Anita Peter hopes ‘To Win Your Battles, Stay Alive’ will help in breaking the stigma around mental health Anita Peter’s new book
To Win Your Battles, Stay Alive initiates a conversation on depression and mental health issues. The book by the Hyderabad-based dancer and actor was launched virtually by Sunitha Krishnan social activist and co- founder of Prajwala an NGO working to rescue and rehabilitate sex-trafficked victims.
The launch screening at the State Art Gallery in Madhapur also had the screening of one of the short films,
To Win Your Battles, Stay Alive, based on the book.
Having overcome phases of clinical depression, Anita calls mental health awareness, the need of the hour. Anita reveals it was a query by students ‘Did you ever fail in life?’ that prompted her to share her story of her struggle and choosing to stand up. “Mental health is not given enough importance and is denied and ignored due to several reasons,” she says. In her book, Anita shar