Across the world, young people are suffering from a growing crisis: the mental health crisis. Problems like depression, anxiety, trauma, and self-harm are rising rapidly among the young generation. These problems are often ignored, and governments do not pay much attention to them. I am writing this as an Afghan girl who grew up amid wars. I have seen this pain closely, and I have lived through trauma myself. When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, I lost my school, my dreams, and my freedom. Many girls like me and I went through depression, but some of us didn’t even know what it was, because no one really talks about mental health. For youth like me, this is not just a mental issue, it is also an issue of justice and peace. Youth mental health is a current global crisis, but governments are doing nothing to reduce it. According to a UNICEF report, half of all mental health problems begin by age 14, and most remain untreated. In some countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan, this issue is not even discussed. It is not taken as a real issue. Many people still believe that talking about mental problems is shameful. There is no........

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