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My Anxiety is a Boggart. | Mariyam Saigal | TEDxCMRIT

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Mariyam Saigal is pursuing her degree in psychology. She works as a content writer at YourQuote. Which is a writing app that has a vision to democratize creative expression. Published in the first print anthology of The Bombay Review (literary magazine). She's a slambassdor of Airplane Poetry Movement. She has been featured across Bangalore by different collectives like 100 thousand poets for a change, Greenpeace, Slamboyance, Koramangala Socials: Papermoon, etc.

" My Anxiety is a Boggart. "

In her performance she compares anxiety to a boggart which is a shape-shifting creature that transforms itself into a shape which frightens the person, who encounters it, the most. It gives us an insight into the deep complexities of anxiety and breaks several barriers surrounding mental health. The manner in which Mariyam unfurls the brutal reality of the facts revolving around mental health, and anxiety was commendable, and could help the audience easily connect. With references from pop culture, this performance is truly unique . Mariyam Saigal is pursuing her degree in psychology. She works as a content writer at YourQuote. Which is a writing app that has a vision to democratize creative expression.

Published in the first print anthology of The Bombay Review (literary magazine). She's a slambassdor of Airplane Poetry Movement.

She has been featured across Bangalore by different collectives like 100 thousand poets for a change, Greenpeace, Slamboyance, Koramangala Socials: Papermoon, etc. She's been featured by the Habitat too. 

She was a semi-finalist for the regional poetry slam conducted by Inverse at Goa, 2017.

She was a performer at Spoken Fest conducted by Kommune in Mumbai, 2017.

Conducted, hosted and organized several events in Bangalore.

She recently went on a spoken word tour to Maharashtra where she spread the culture of spoken word in tier 2 and tier 3 cities. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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