On some nights, sleeping pills were the only way Marilyn was able to get rest. Thoughts about her worsening relationship with her employer, the death of her aunt back in the Philippines and harassment over a loan to cover her mother’s hospital fees kept her up till the early hours. Despite being plunged into depression, it was work as usual for the 40-year-old domestic worker the next day. On Sundays, her only day off, she stayed home instead of going to church, where she used to sing and play guitar. She said she also started experiencing hair loss, would barely eat and did not even have the …
