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EBreast cancer is, unfortunately, one of the tumors that causes the most victims and that mainly affects women, although, thanks to the amount of research carried out, many have managed to defeat it.
The platform ‘Better Connected’ of Telefónica has contacted Marta Gilarta young woman who has managed to overcome a breast cancer at just 24 years old. Marta wanted to give voice to her story by turning it into a message of emotional support through her Instagram account, thus connecting with a whole circle.
A story of overcoming
Marta was diagnosed with breast cancer with 22 years, in the middle of a pandemic It was there that he saw the need for the psychological help that he needed at that time to be able to face everything that came his way.
went through a treatment chemotherapy, mastectomy and breast reconstruction operations. But not alone anymore physically, if not also on an emotional levelHe went to individual and group therapies, which helped him to move forward, express himself and process everything he was experiencing, especially the group ones. Marta comments that knowing that other people are in the same situation as her and going through the exact same thing helped her manage her emotions.
It was hard for the young woman. After all, it is a disease, and not just any. A malignant tumor that can end your life in the blink of an eye. However, in Better ConnectedMarta emphasizes the importance of asking for psychological help, Being able to communicate and express yourself is crucial to being able to face adversity.
There are many who consider asking for help as a ‘weakness’, and the truth is that it is quite the opposite. Seeking help is being brave, it is valuing yourself, and it is simply looking for your own well-being. For this reason, Marta emphasizes that the main task is to learn to ask for help. Vulnerability gives us power because, from there, the only thing we can do is grow thanks to emotional support, both professionals and non-professionals, who give us a hand in difficult times.
“Vulnerability is not a bad thing, if you can’t handle everything, nothing happens.”
In her search for professional help, Marta thanks the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) for providing her with the help she so badly needed at that time.
“Doing therapy helped me manage the tsunami that was coming over me.”
They were two very difficult years, but now, after having overcome cancer, he speaks openly, even with a humorous touch, about his own experience on his Instagram account. It also offers tools to learn to deal with this situation, the management of emotions and how to decide to face them is essential to learn how to get ahead.
Normalize psychological help and emotional support
After having overcome such a complicated disease, and not only physically, but also mental levelthe young woman shows her desire for tear down and break taboos that exist with psychological help. Years ago, the help of mental health professionals was totally stigmatized and emotional support was superfluous. Instead, today, we continue to move forward and fight to normalize it.
He psychological support is basic in a disease treatment process, but it is also in many day-to-day situations that overwhelm us. Marta Gilart tells us about the many taboos that exist around cancer and everything that goes beyond the disease itself. Terms like death, sexual life, even menopause that affect the mental level can drag us down and we lose the ability to manage our peace of mind.
Without psychological help and emotional support, it is much more difficult to overcome difficult moments in life, so “we must be aware that there are many people who can accompany us“says the young woman.
«Accompanying people who are having a hard time is very complicated. However, there are many things we can do to help them in their process: help them do the shopping, create a playlist to listen to during treatment, invite a snack at home, etc. We are not alone, there is always someone who can help us.
With this amount of messages, Marta has inadvertently created a emotional support network For all those people who are going through a difficult time. Comment like this:
“When we connect, we can do amazing things, I have no doubt.”
The young woman also explained how the whole process was during her illness, “you feel like an alien”, it states. For that same reason, it is essential to have a group with which to connect, speak naturally, express yourself without restrictions and empathize.
“When we connect we are stronger.”
‘Better Connected’, what is it?
Is a Telefónica content platform where great personalities explain their success stories. Such is the case of Ferran Adrià, Teresa Perales, Javier Gómez Noya or Nacho Azofra. They all come to the same point, “when we connect, we are capable of doing incredible things, which is the universal truth that Better Connected launches on.
The objective of Better Connected is none other than to value the power of human connections: “We want to make our world more human by connecting people’s lives,” he says Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete, president of Telefonica. Rafael Fernández de Alarcón, Director of Global Marketing at Telefónica, assures:
«At Telefónica, we believe in a more humane world. A world that moves thanks to the talent of people. That’s why we support talent the way we know best: connecting it. Mejor Conectados wants to be a place to be inspired, meet, connect and achieve incredible things.”
