Gender discourse over the years has become a perspicuous issue all around the world as women have been continually obliterated by their male counterparts in all spheres of life. This is a vital issue to discuss in literary works as have been done by contemporary feminist advocates. Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions irrefutably highlights the social postures that have been affecting the lives of the Zimbabwean women and the general womanhood. This paper aims at showing the interconnections between female characters; Tambu, her personality traits and how she resists these stereotypical social norms which have been the hinge on which her live turns. Through Tambu, the protagonist, this paper brings into surface the rigid truths relating to the female life in Zimbabwe and the world at large. Guided by the Trauma literary theory and Social Representation theory as the theoretical paradigm, this paper is predicted on the assumption that Dangarembga seeks to present a society where a woman is capable of bringing change by resisting and challenging her fears, breaking silence and speaking out for her voice and choice to be heard.