The ascent of a mental health influencer : Edna Freeman? Edna Freeman is an American mental health advocate and mother who has overcome childhood trauma in her own life and is passionate about ensuring today’s children don’t need to suffer without early intervention. Edna uses her story of overcoming traumatic childhood abuse to show others that they are not alone and that there is no shame in asking for help.

What is your process for helping young children and teens confront and overcome trauma? The goal is to guide them to the right organizations, medical professionals and sharing my story. I feel that some people tend to see mental illnesses as a taboo or something made up. I want the voices and needs of people and kids with mental illness to be heard. I want them to understand and learn to be gentle with themselves. Parents are also learning to be parents, so yes, a parent can cause trauma on their kids. One scenario is by bringing their own traumas to their kids.

How do you use cosplay and costuming as a form of therapy for yourself and those you work with? In my case, cosplay is like I express some of the pain hidden inside me. I pick the characters that have a bit similar story as me. I love the costumes and makeup because it makes me a new person, and it gives me the freedom to speak without fear of being judged.

Edna Freeman is a Brazilian survivor of abuse during childhood and adolescence, and currently uses her personal experience to help children and adults who are experiencing this type of situation. She is a mother of two and currently lives in San Francisco, United States, with her family. With a postpartum doula certificate, specialist in newborn care and early childhood education, Edna is always dedicated to learning a little more in order to help everyone. “What I offer is my knowledge, from all these years that I have been doing therapy, using the power of high discovery, I knew that my life goal was to become the spokesperson for all abused children, teenagers and adults and mental and emotional traumas “, revealed Edna.

One of her hobbies is being a cosplayer, on her Instagram profile, it is easy to see several photos where she is dressed as a character. He has participated in several events such as Comic Con and other conventions of the genre and met several artists, Sthephen Amell and Emily Bett from the Arrow series, Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny from The X-Files, Lana Parrilla from Once Upon a Time are some of the names that Edna has already had the opportunity to meet. Another great interest of Edna is in travel, with her husband she has already visited countries like Italy, France, Greece, Japan, England, Bahamas, Argentina and many others, not to mention the different states she met in the United States itself, which is where she lives.

Based in San Francisco, Northern California, since adolescence, the Brazilian Edna Freeman is proof that it is always possible to turn the page and write a surprising script. Not for nothing, he saw the ad “Looking for pregnant women”, published by an American agency, with different eyes. And it worked: she was selected from countless candidates for the lead role in a hospital chain campaign and saw her popularity soar thanks to publicity.