Growing up in oppressive environments has a detrimental impact on one's psychological wellbeing, this is why people need a different type of support, one that is liberating ...
The whole experience of the individual is different, from the minute one is born in a virtual reality of lies, through the years of growing up and being socialised to our roles, being told what to believe, what to cheer for, even who to sleep with, not to mention the experience of groups like women or religious minorities, and it goes on till the minute we die! Even when we think we're getting liberated by others it's only to get oppressed by our claimed liberators, and when we break free, we get quickly punished for it...
Living in oppressive environments is not an easy experience, but we do have HOPE, and we think we have a way.
(All cartoons by Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani).