"Am I Absurd?": A Study of Literature on Mental Health based on Gender Violence

"Mental Health is not a destination, but a process; it is about how you drive, not where you are going. Every person goes with ups and downs in his life. Some people extremely fear and have the delusion of 'to be or not to be'. These types of innumerable questions vogue with tension to an individual who is suffering from mental issues. But in contrast, they want to live in stoicism. This kind of continuous conflict ruins their mental stability and start to deal with severe mental issues.

Literature portraits an absolute real-life event from the society and convert these tedious activities into fiction and present them in front of society. It is general observation that the people who lack from childhood nourishment from parents start to face mental issues. The dark life of every individual deals with mental stiffness. The paradigms of mental health issues are connected to Gender Violence. It deals with significant and long-lasting impact on Mental Health. Gender based violence leads to Mental Health conditions like Depression, Anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and substance abuse. It becomes serious issue of concern and becomes the suicidal factor for women, while thirty-three percent of women deal with PTSD.

This paper flames the study of Mental Health issues, reflecting from Literature and shows integral core concerns and solutions to it.

Keywords: Mental Health, Literature, Gender, Violence, Trauma.