DEPRESSION: Not a joking sturrvs

Many a times, depression is taken really lightly in our part of the world...BUT it is a big deal! A DEPRESSIVE DISORDER is not a passing blue mood but rather persistent feelings of sadness and/or worthlessness and a lack of desire to engage in formerly pleasurable activities. 

Today, I am not a blogger or anything. Just a person...a person who knows what it feels like to be depressed. A person who has had a lack to engage in pleasurable activities. A person who has had suicidal thoughts. 

Yes, I have had suicidal thoughts...because at a time you think being out of this world, would make everything better. You think you have no reason to live. You think "Even God has given up on me." 
That moment, that split second, you assume no one is going through more pain than you are.

And it's even worse going through this in a typical African home; with African parents who believe that "your mates (who are doing better) do not have two heads"!!

It's unbearable when you are surrounded by people yet have no one to talk to. Not a single soul! Because you parents don't wanna hear about you "little" issues, your siblings are looking up to you, your bestfriend might just spill it all out to the world and your boyfriend thinks you're overreacting.

And we females are even more prone to this disorder because of how vulnerable we are, how our brains overthink issues and how badly we are at dealing with bad situations. Not a single soul wants to even try and understand your frustrations, your problems...everyone just assumes you're PMS'ing!! Everyone wants you to shut up 'cos someone is going through worse in life.

But the thing is we all don't have the same strength to absorb and deal with events. "One man's meat is definitely another man's poison". What will tear me apart will seem like "a small sturrvs" to you but yours may seem irrelevant to me too. So let just be there for each other. Let's stop being hypocritical. Let's listen to our wards and kids even though their problems don't seem to matter. Let us make therapists available for these amazing people who are going through trying times. 
Hmph! Depression is real. Depression is growing even more rampant in our generation. Depression is taking too many lives. Lives of too many beautiful human beings that the world needs...SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONE TO TALK TO!!!


It's about time we come together to fight this monster called DEPRESSION!!
It's about time we become our 'brothers' keeper'!
It's about time we become better parents, friends...better human beings!
It's about time we get educated on depression!!

In partnership with Makeup by Dela,Hair by Larousha and NuvivicakesGh we're starting a secondary school tour  education on depression. You can click the link below to join a whatsapp group or leave your comments down in the comment box and i'd happily reply your comments. 


TO ANYONE DEALING WITH DEPRESSION ATM:
YOU'RE AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL WHOSE EXISTENCE IN THE WORLD IS MORE APPRECIATED THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE. YOU'RE UNIQUE AND SPECIAL AND EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO FEEL IT AT THIS POINT, YOU'RE DEEPLY LOVED. SUICIDE IS NOT THE SOLUTION!!!


Click link to join group 
https://chat.whatsapp.com/JLWxDqzK7Nh99GCvDlulLb