Shasini Gamage: Sri Lanka and Rock Bottom

shasini gamage: It started with thoughts, and then mutilation which is worse, she said, according to CTV. Gamage came to Canada as a one-year-old and was raised by a single mother. Shasini Gamage, an 18-year-old immigrant from Sri Lanka, remembers when she hit rock bottom. In her early teens, things started to change. Not that it's non-existent, but it's taboo to talk about it, especially in Sri Lanka, she said. I had body image issues and my home was a toxic place to be, she said, adding that he couldn't open up about what was going on in her mind. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.