May 25, 2022 • 43 mins
What is the difference between someone being lazy or going through a mental health crisis like depression or anxiety ? Where do we draw a thin line?
I’m learning and understanding that People don’t just suddenly lose interest in doing things they’ve always LOVED to do.
With careful analysis, you’d find quite a number of reasons one could be going through that season .
A particular lady who simply explains it this way, “It stated slowly, but I always picked myself up. Month after month the cycle continued until eventually I just couldn’t anymore.
My body started experiencing weird symptoms and one that got me off the hook was partially diagnosed intercoastal neuralgia (atleast according to the Doctors), just started as ordinary dull back pain, then it became sharp , until I started having breathing difficulties, initial eventually I just lost interest in doing anything. I started experiencing episodes of agoraphobia, all I wanted to do was be in my room doing absolutely NOTHING!“ it was the simple things that I could no longer do. Like people who know me can attest to the fact that I never go to bed without brushing my teeth, well at a particular time, for about 6 months I honestly wouldn’t even notice I didn’t until I was in bed and reflecting on my day……
God doesn’t create mad people, crazy people, kuku people ,zogo people…. He created us perfectly in His image, and likeness. GENESIS 1:27
Adverse situations = adverse responses, but the responses don’t define us….
stop numbing the feelings, trauma is real , they’re normal traumatic human responses. LETS STOP THE STIGMA.
SEEK HELP.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, BE BLESSED 😇🙏🏽
I’m learning and understanding that People don’t just suddenly lose interest in doing things they’ve always LOVED to do.
With careful analysis, you’d find quite a number of reasons one could be going through that season .
A particular lady who simply explains it this way, “It stated slowly, but I always picked myself up. Month after month the cycle continued until eventually I just couldn’t anymore.
My body started experiencing weird symptoms and one that got me off the hook was partially diagnosed intercoastal neuralgia (atleast according to the Doctors), just started as ordinary dull back pain, then it became sharp , until I started having breathing difficulties, initial eventually I just lost interest in doing anything. I started experiencing episodes of agoraphobia, all I wanted to do was be in my room doing absolutely NOTHING!“ it was the simple things that I could no longer do. Like people who know me can attest to the fact that I never go to bed without brushing my teeth, well at a particular time, for about 6 months I honestly wouldn’t even notice I didn’t until I was in bed and reflecting on my day……
God doesn’t create mad people, crazy people, kuku people ,zogo people…. He created us perfectly in His image, and likeness. GENESIS 1:27
Adverse situations = adverse responses, but the responses don’t define us….
stop numbing the feelings, trauma is real , they’re normal traumatic human responses. LETS STOP THE STIGMA.
SEEK HELP.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, BE BLESSED 😇🙏🏽
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Shalam and welcome. Thanks for tuninginto the African Blues Podcast. This is
the day that the Lord has madeand we shall surely surely rejoice and be
glad inmate. As we begin,let's just say a word of prayer.
Dear Lord, we just want tosay thank you for this day. Thank
you for your goodness, your graceand your mercys. Thank You of a
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Father for who you are and wheyou continue to be in our lives.
In the Mighty name of Jesus Christ, we bless your holy name. In
the Mighty Name of Jesus Father,I just want to prey living up this
entire time into your hands that lestyou kndom command, you will be done
alone in the Mighty Name of Jesushave your way. Yehh, oh God.
And I want to speak a specialblessing Father, for to each and
every person would take time to listento this podcast, and you replenish their
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time and the resources in Jesus' mightyname. Prayer. Lord, for every
need that they may have, mayyou meet it in according to the perfect
plan for their lives. In theMighty Name of Jesus, Glory and honability.
A long Father, because only youdeserve it, and in prayer to
Oh for God for the world thatwe're going to study on, they become
and accomplished able to send it foran our lives in Jesus's might name of
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prayer, with thanksgiving and praise inour fights. Amen. So we're going
to be reading our sciptrating today's comingfrom Exire thirty aury from verse nineteen to
twenty six, and the bibaries peopleof Zion who live in Jerusalem. You
will weep no more, how gracioushe will be when you cry for help.
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As soon as he hears, hewill answer you. Although the Lord
gives you the bird of adversity andthe water reflection. Your teachers will be
hidden no more. With your owneyes, you will see them, whether
you turn to the right or tothe left. Your ears will hear a
voice behind you saying, this isthe way walking it. Then you will
just secrete your idols overlaid with silver, and images covered with gold. You
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will throw away like menstrul cloth andsay to them. You will throw them
away like mestro clothes, and sayto them away with you. He will
also send during from the seed tosow in the ground, and the food
that comes from the land will berich and plentiful. In that day,
your cattle will graze in broad meadows. The oxen and donkeys that work the
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soul will eat fodder and mash,spread out with fog and shovel In the
same day of great slaughter, whenthe towers fall, streams of water will
flow on every high mountain and everylofty hill. The moon will shine like
the sun, and the sunlight throughthe seven times brighter like the light of
seven food days. When the Lordbinds up the bruises of his people and
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heals the wounds he inflicted. Amen. And so that is God's word for
us today. I hope we areblessed. And yes, Happy Africa Day.
Happy Africa Day. I will sosurprised today I saw somebody post like
Africa Day twenty twenty two and likethe theme for each and I was thinking,
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is it Africa Day or Africa FreedomDay? And I just realized,
no, Africa Freedom there's actually likeway really in April. So today's Africa
Day. I don't know how manypeople know about that, but I didn't,
honestly, and so I took sometime to read about it, and
I just realized that well, it'sactually a good thing, you know,
And I don't know if we reallyreally celebrate it that much, but I
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think for me, from what Ihave, from the reading I got and
what have just come to realize,it's really really important that we get to
celebrate Africa Day because nobody will celebrateit for us. Nobody will come and
celebrate our goals, our achievements,even if they are lead to. Nobody
will come and do it for us, if not to end up being colonized
again. And so yeah, ifyou see people maybe gathering in small groups
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so just making sensitization and trying todo something about today, go and join
them. You just might never knowwhat impact it will make. Because at
the end of the day, ifyou do something and people get to hear
about it, just by looking atyou, they'll know that you're of African
descent, and of course that iswhat they will take that and that will
be an achievement you wouldn't know,and especially for places like the country that
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I'm that I'm in now some peoplethink Africa is a country. But anyway,
if you do something and they getto hear you've done something good,
you know, be for a smallcomman. Sometimes they might not even get
to hear. But it's the impactthat you live with the people that you
do something for you know just whatit does for them, and also for
you to eat something big. Soif you're able to please support the people,
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support somebody, cook a meal,you know, send to somebody,
go and you've shared with somebody.You just might never know what you do
for them. And so maybe theycan just also read. The theme for
this year's Africa Day is Africa's Yearof Nutrition. So yeah, like I
said earlier, you can say youcan cook a nice new and sharage.
You know, you can do something, speak some vegetables from the garden,
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share it with your neighbor, justanything you know, you just might never
know what it may do for them. So today's topic is basically going to
be around mental health. Yes,I think, as we may all be
aware, the rise of the mentalhealth topics have been on the rise,
I think especially the last two tothree years, Like there's a lot of
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there's been a lot of more likeexpression, people be more vocal about mental
health, and I thought, wellwhen not talk about it to this day
and so I'd just like to puta disclaimer that today's the topic for today
the podcast. It being about mentalhealth is nothing to do with medical purposes,
but it's only for education purposes.So if you resonate with anything that
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we may get to discuss today,please make sure you see a professional therapy.
You see a psychologists and counselor psychotherapist. Sees somebody who is more professional,
and talk to them if at allyou need counsel. So, yes,
May is commorated as a month ofmental health, but I think we
have like a week between, ifI'm not mistaken, nineteenth to fifteenth,
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that's when people get to really talkabout more mental health struggles or maybe the
mental health journey, how they're going, how they're excelling, you know.
So I'd just like to share afew experiences and maybe thoughts from the knowledge
that I've gained from It's a personalexperiences and evaluations, reading books from psychologists,
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some papers, and also particularly particularlylistening to doctor Caroline Lief. So
please take that name down and ifyou're able to find some time, look
this woman up. So, doctorCaroline Leaf is a neuro psychotherapist near psychotherapist,
is it neuro psychologists forgotten neuro psychologists. Yes, so doctor Carolyne Dave
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is in your psychologist. She's basedin America, but she was born in
Zimbabwe, raised in South Africa,then moved to moved to America. So
she also has a book titled CleaningUp Your mentor Mess, A very good
book. I only listened to likereviews of it. I haven't yet read
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it. I've bought it, butI haven't read it. But if you're
able to get it, please getit and read it. It's a really,
really good book. And she alsohas an app called the Neurocycle.
This app can be found both oniOS and andreid. You can download it
and just see what it can do, how it can help you to just
clean your mentor mess. And it'sfree. She explains a lot, especially
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it comes to the brain and themind. How many people find themselves mistaking
the brain and the mind, saying, oh, my goodness, like my
brain is not working, or mymind is confused, or my brain is
confused, making such statements, youknow. But I think that once she
gets to listen doctor Caroline, ifyou will get to really understand the relationship
between the mind and the brain.And for me, it's really really been
helping. Most of the times Ijust feel like I'm going to get a
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mental breakdown. Of course, afterpraying, I just go turn on doctor
Caroline Leave something to do with whatI'm feeling. I just get to listen
to her, just some things down, calm myself down, and I just
get to do some real evaluation andget my try to get myself back on
track, you know. And soaccording to doctor Caroline Leaf, like mental
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health, the phenomenon of mental health, it has always always been there,
like it's been there years and yearsbefore, but then for the past years,
I think, especially during the pandemic, especially yes during the pandemic.
According to her, she says,it is not the awareness of mental health
that has actually been that has actuallybeen what can I see that has been
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talked about the most, But ifyou look in depth, it's more of
mismanagement of mental health. Mismanagement ofmental health. And so it got me
thinking, you know, sometime beforeI got to really understand that well,
struggles of mental health are actually real. Because the day I sat down and
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I was asking myself, what isthe difference between someone being lazy or somebody
going through a mental like a mentalhealth crisis. Maybe like depression or anxiety,
And where do you draw the line? Because I got to understand that
most of the times we get toeither judge ourselves or people are so fast
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thinking that they're just being lazy ornot wanting to do something, when the
actress is what they're going through couldactually be more deeper than the listeners that
we may be perceiving or thinking thatthey're having. Because is it possible they
could be going through a mental healthcrisis, you know, And so where
do we draw the line between leazinessor somebody going through a mental health crisis?
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Maybe you could help me answer thatquestion, even I don't know,
so I will quickly read not astory, just like anyway. Yes it's
a story, but just a descriptionof somebody who was talking about how they
got to realize that they were goingthrough a mental mental health issue, mental
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health breakdown. And so the personsaid, I read, she said,
I I started. This is howshe started. I started like this.
It was all slowly, but Ialways picked myself up. It was always
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slowly, but I always picked myselfup. Month after month, the cycle
continued until eventually I just couldn't doit anymore. My body started experiencing weird
symptoms, and one that got meof the hook was partially was a partial
diagnosis sory of neural of intercostal neurausia, at least according to the doctors.
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I just started feeling in a darkback pain. It became sharp until I
said having until it led to breathingdifficulties. Initially, I just eventually sorry,
I lost interest in doing anything.I started experiencing episodes of agoraphobia.
Agrophabia is like if you of beingin crowds. I wanted to All I
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wanted to do was be in myroom and do absolutely nothing. It was
the simple things that I could nolonger do, not the big things,
like for example, people who knowme can attest to the fact that I
never got to bed without brushing myteeth. Well at this particular time about
six months, I honestly couldn't evennotice I didn't brush my teeth until I
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was in bed and reflecting on mymind day. This really really caught,
like caught my attention. Like thesimplicity of this description, you know,
it doesn't talk about how the personwent to do drugs and no, like
these are things that they will bringit down they'll bring it home. If
I should like, they will bringit. They will bring it to you.
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They'll bring it to your heart,They'll bring it to your soul,
They'll bring it to your spirit,you know. And this is so true.
Honestly, this is so true.And I just I was evaluating,
and I just I just came tothis point, this resolution that we all
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have to understand and learn that peopledon't just settenly lose interest in doing the
things that they've always loved to do, you know, But with careful analysis,
you find that there could be anumber of reasons they could be behaving
the way they are doing the thingsthat they're doing, or not doing the
things that they should be doing,you know. And I been away from
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home has taught me a lot,you know, despite of course, I've
gotten to really appreciate my continent andmy country. I've gotten to appreciate it
so so so much. But thenwith that also you get to see that
the flows that we have they arealso very visible, especially with regards mental
health. I don't know about otherAfrican countries, you know, but for
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my country, for the time thatI was growing, if you hear anything
to do with like mental health issuesor somebody has gone crazy, you know,
like before somebody goes crazy, andif they're just having like a mental
breakdown, it's like, oh,these are bazoom good diseases. You know,
these are problems for like white people. It cannot be for us.
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So if you have a mental breakdown, you've gone crazy, you've gone mad.
Either it's a curse or something isjust wrong your village people have come
for you. I don't know,you know, that was the only thing
that was around it. And Ithink I used to I remember I used
to watch a lot of South Africanmovies. Also, it's Syndego and generations.
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I don't know if anybody remembers,if you ever watched like most of
the terms when anybody was going throughlike a mental breakdown. In Syndego,
they'll bring like a sango mar andthey'll throw like stones on like a carpet,
and they'll be reading things and blahblah blah, all those kinds of
things. And it just took meback, like you know, for the
longest time, for the longest time, we have trusted so much in like
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sango maas her bellies or traditional healersto treat mental illnesses and not like professionals
to treat them, and of coursenot just to paint like Africa. You
know, bad if I should thelack of a better term, not bad
weak in that aspect of not beingable to acknowledge the fact that these mental
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health issues are actually really true existbecause according again to doctor Caroline Live,
I'm going to be caughting her alot because most of the information that I
was reading is coming from her.The West actually describes depression as an illness
or a disease, while on theAfrican side it is not normal. It
could be accurs, it's something ofevil sense, you know. But at
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the end of the day, depression, anxiety, or any sort of mental
like a mental health disorder or crisis, it's none of these. It is
none of these things. Mental healthis not a disease. It's not an
illness. It is a condition.And that condition, at the end of
the day, does not like describewho you are. It does not define
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is. The word does not definewho you are. So let's say,
for example, if somebody on anormal day you will say, oh,
I am depressed, or I haveanxiety, I have PTSD, or have
ADHD. But it is important tocome to the understanding that these names do
not define who we are, andit's always best to Actually, it's a
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good thing to know the things thatyou're dealing with, because at the end
of the day, it kind ofgives you, like a sense of control
if you know that, Okay,there isn't a feeling this is because I
have malaria. There is a feelingthis is because I have a fever,
you know, because it gives youyou it gives you a sense of control.
But at the end of the day, according to studies, it says
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it is better to describe such suchthings as I am experiencing. So for
example, I'm experiencing symptoms of depression, or I'm experiencing symptoms of anxiety.
You know, I'm experiencing PTSD symptoms. You know, I am experiencing AD
symptoms, you know, instead ofhaving to call those things to be on
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you. Because in accepting that thosethings are part of you, if you
get so much into living, you'llfind that they get to I give you
an identity and you get to forgetto live outside of those things. So
I think I've spoken a lot.We're going to get into the first musical
break, and then we're going tocome and talk about the importance of knowing
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and taking care of your mental health. I believe that it's never too early
or too late to really start withthese things. So first up is going
to be past the Nazimo and spiritpraise with the song Jehova, it's a
Pillowena be blessed as you listen.Dep de om heale b boy e do
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ma heale imparty read heal been sadbe l way the kuzzo dina imparting the
laddel to Nani Nani fellow Jah readsPeeli betpla waya runa hold read peel a
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lord ben sadler way up. Howam I talk to hold that you hold
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the ni born a city common saltytimes VATARTI do to it the tripular comma
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tati salty said my fati a seizingtheir home lippo faily ipat her whole fu
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read tapped it when time and wheremy fancy, I told Tonna limit little
you're notllan badly fana schahld fu tapefam when tad where where the God?
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I tell them my ty want itfit or call myself who see no one
now where me a somebody in mys got nothing? Tell me me my
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mom is taking away? Tell mymama turning yet? How did somebody talking
about my check? I'm gona tackingany door, Mamma chuck me an,
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tell mom, I chuck it.I can't talk. It's body. I
didn't chuck me away. God exact. Let's take me nowhere, man,
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let's tell me the man I'm thisand we are back. As we continue
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talking about mental health, and sobefore we get into the importance of knowing
and taking care of your mental health, I'd just like to read another I
don't know if you call it adescription exactly what mental health entails. And
this is according to the NHS,the National Health Service in the UK,
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and it reads mental health. Mentalhealth is broad. So mental health includes
emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing. It affects how we think,
feel, act, make choices andrelate with. Mental health is more than
the absence of a mental illness.It is essential to your over health and
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quality of life. So now let'sget into discussing as talking about them importance
of mental health. So, ifyou have a pen, maybe you'd like
me to j a few things,because I feel like these are really really
really important points that we can takedown and just share with people around us,
especially share with a loved one,you know, somebody who you think
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you observe. I think this person, this is not who they are.
Something should be bothering them internally,you know, And maybe they're not able
to open up. So some ofthe things that you can just advise them
first, let them know about theimportance. Maybe that might help them encourage
them to open up. So I'mgoing to talk about ten things, just
ten things that are kind of theimportance that will tell us the importance I
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mean of our mental health and nottaking care of our mental health. So
the first one is that mental healthis crucial in relationship. It's important because
it's crucial for relationships. So mentalillnesses might have an impact on how we
interact with our friends and family.Mental illnesses frequently result in passive aggressiveness,
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hostility, and the impact and theimpact to participating in social activities. This
may result in conflicts with our friendsand family. Mental illnesses have the potential
to compel us to overthrow our lovedones for no apparent reason. This is
so true. I'm not going tobe adding anything. I'll just read them
as they are because they are likestraight to the point. Number two,
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Mental health affects physical health. Somental health can induce stress and have an
effect on our immune systems. Asa result, our body's ability to cope
with illness may be jeopardized. Asick mind can lead to anxiety and sadness,
both of which can make it difficultto move about and stay active.
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I think if you remember I readearlier about a story, a brief description
from a story about the lady whowas talking about how she said feeling back
pain, it was very numb,they became sharp and instead having breathlessness,
and at the end of the dayshe just lost like interest in doing anything.
At the end of the day,the only thing she was going through
is just like some symptoms of depression. She was going through a mental health
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crisis. And because she's sought counsel, she got out of it. She
was even able to talk about it. So the third one, mental health
is related to emotional wellbeing. Everyday, how you feel on the inside
is just as important as how physicallyhealthy you are. Mental health advice demonstrates
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how a negative mind can make youfeel down, irritated, irritated, sorry,
or disturbed. Make you feel down, irritated, or disturbed. The
fourth one is This is according toNAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Health,
and it says the awareness of mentalhealth can help in curbing suicide rates.
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I think if we know that onething that is on the rise,
it's suicide in America. I thinkif you read the every morning that you
turn on the news, I think, for me, most of the times
I just opened my YouTube, there'salways suicide, either shooting, somebody's killed
themselves, somebody they've drowned, theyfound the body where like it's just happening,
you know. So forty six percentof those who commit suicide have recognized
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a mental health condition, you know. Other studies conducted by the US Department
of Health and Human Services found thatapproximately sixty percent of those who committed suicide
had a good condition such as majordepression, bipolar disorder, or dysthmia.
This demonstrates the link between mental healthand suicide, as well as how early
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medical intervention may be and self carecould help minimize the number of this,
so said crisis and deaths. Soit's critical to follow suggestions to maintain your
mental health and be aware of mentalhealth and for yourself and for those around
you. So mental health is alsolinked with crime and victimization. I think
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we know about people you just youhear know this child was stealing, or
this child went and joy their gang. These child went child went and did
what, probably not because they evenwanted just going through something. I think
that it's not all the time thatpeople do certain things or join at certain
places because they just want to bestarborn, or it's peer pressure. You
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know, it's not always like peerpressure. In most cases. If you
hear stories the people that went andjoined gang members or maybe they went to
live in a brothel, whatever thecase may be, most of the times
you find that they felt accepted there, which means something that they're lacking wherever
they're coming from is acceptance, maybeyou know from friends or from families.
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But when they go there, theyare love, they accepted for who they
are. They are jing Judd forwho they are. You know, they
are nurtured in whatever and whoever theyare, and because they are loved that
where they choose to find themselves there. So it's not always the peer pressure
actually is what causes put to docertain things. We just really need to
get down to the level that peopleare at and try to understand them.
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The next thing is that knowing yourmental health. The importance of knowing your
mental health is connected to productivity andfinancial stability. It is said according to
American Journal of Psychiatry that those seriousmental diseases earn forty percent less than those
in good mental health, and itis widely studies that studied sorry that part
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mental health can cause a drop inproductivity, which has an impact on financial
stuff ability. The seventh point isthat mental health is also a link to
society of factors. Society factors,children of adults with mental problems are more
likely to experience abuse, neglect,and behavior issues. They like to grow
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to be complex human beings who struggleto find society acceptance and support. And
it has been noted that people havebeen mental difficulties become socially isolated and find
it difficult to maintain a healthy sociallife. So the effects of equality or
life. So mental health also isimportant because it affects the quality of life
and unhealthy man can cause one tolose interest in things we once enjoyed.
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You know, and treated mental healthcan often be identified with a sense of
hopelessness, sadness, worthlessness, feelingsof guilt, anxiety, fear, and
perceived loss of control. The nightone is the importance of mental health gives
us awareness and can help us andthe stigma. I think for many of
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us that know, I would linksome I would link some papers that I
read, just particularly for my country, you know. And there's a study
that has been done and it saysthat most of the people that suffer from
mental illness is stigmatized and judged,while others are taken advantage of sexually,
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you know, because suppose that they'renot in their right minds. And so
even if somebody tries to open upabout it, they'll be judged, so
they don't want to go. Andif they don't go, other somebody else
can then takes advantage of them.So it's a really really bad thing.
If we're able to really talk aboutthese things and make people sesitize people,
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make them more aware of these things, I think we can make things better,
make us set make our continents better. So mental health, the importance
of mental health is that it helpspeople become aware of ending the stigma,
and then mental health is important becausebecause it also enables community building. It
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enables community building. Although I wasthinking, because having grown up with the
man who works in like the inthe health department, the Ministry of Health,
if I should say, they usuallygo for a lot, a lot
of campaigns. So I was justthinking in the back of my mind that
is it possible that campaigns are donebut people don't really think they are relevant?
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Because really, really, when itcomes to like HIV, campaigns are
done COVID. Recently, she's tellingmy about to been doing campaigns. I
don't know how many days going topeople's going to like cincitize people about the
vaccination, while this polio as wellall these things. So is it possible
that I have a question on thetenth one community building, like, is
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it possible that despite campaigns being donealso but people might think it's relevant But
anyway, will not get into that. We're going to take another musical break,
and then we're going to talk abouthow best we can promote our mental
health and we're going to take asong by Moses Bliss and it's sings titled
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you I Live for be blessed Asyou listen, Han who ye are Sisters?
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Out, yes, lie, whatmay come away by our face,
it's you you you are I leaveand b sisters of totally your what they
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come away the matter what happens,it's you. We leeve for you along
in the world. There's so manyvoices. No, no, don't trust
any precious way. I'm leaving.Everyone's stalk care everyone's talking. You're delaying,
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precious, I'm a lady, abdya lot of so many processing about
of so many voices. No,no, don't trust any prescious leading a
man, I'm believing away. Youwants talking. Everyone's talking, the questions,
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naming your name, telling you themottering, call your bad except some
make sense. Doesn't matter what sayscalling your head said, say you see,
that's how I loved out to sweatsaid, it's your Jesus's you re
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not to me, I not towhat says oo oh oh all right,
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it's surely for for Oh oh,it's you live for it. Chill,
it's you lord, a lot aboutyour teen sons. Anywhere you trust leave
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the night little start gets by thatsound. Moving on to how we can
promote our mental health. So thefirst thing that we can do is to
find better ways to manage our stress, and in that you need to understand
the triggers. What is triggering yourstress or whatever it is that you're feeling
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anxiety, and if whatever feelings orsymptoms that you're feeling, what are the
triggers. Take some time off,pray, meditate, go for counseling if
need be. The second thing iseat and sleep well. One thing I've
come to realize is the our continentis rich. We have so many foods.
If you're a dad of your own, go to another country and eat,
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you know, go through West Africa, go to East Africa. It's
something, it's some chips, chips, mayai, it's some shit, or
it's some negosity, taste something,you know, just find something and eat.
Engage in exercises and healthy activities.I think we all know the importance
of exercising. Do not neglect socialinteractions, especially those that are good and
for building you. Please please makesure that you go for them. SAE
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help, seek help, seek help. That's the last thing. Make sure
that you seek help. If youfind yourself going through any sort of man
to health break down or mental healthtriggers, things that are not making you
feel right mentally, and so justconclusively, I would like to just encourage
us, you know that we needto realize that adverse situations always always require
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us to give an adverse response.Sorry, but those responses, whatever that
you do in that time does notdefine you. It's not the definition of
your You're not a bad person.You're not a bad person, You're not
a crazy person. That does notdefine You're not an immature person. That
does not define you. The situationmade you react that with That's just a
response. It's just a reaction.And if you know, like how many
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sols are involved when you have tothe new transmitters that are involved in making
a response, they think about onethy foundred and something. Imagine who would
even have to start thinking of responseif in a situation that is tense according
maybe to you, the kind ofpersonality that you're, the kind of person
or personality trait that you that youcarry. You know, so the response
does not define you at all.So let's stop numbering our feelings. Whatever
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that you're feeling, do not number. Trauma is real. Trauma is real
in whatever aspect, no matter housewe may think. Trauma is real.
And so whatever it is, whateverresponse you give, it is just a
normal traumatic response. It's a humantraumatic response. So let's not stigmatizing people
that are going through mental health crisisesor even if it's so if you've gone
through it, get out and justseek help. You can definitely get the
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help. So I hope we've beenencouraged by today's podcast, and yeah,
thank you for listening. I'd liketo maybe get feedback. If that's okay,
you can email me. I knowprobably a signing up is a whole
long issue to this account, tothis app. Sorry, so you can
just email me, give an opinionmaybe whatever encouragement, whatever that it may
be. And I'd like to sharefrom the next time you're going to be
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here. So this is all fortoday. Thanks for tuning in, Stay
blessed, and I'm going to signout with African Blues by pumping Marc Footfall
and the Darling Estitute and go justcommemorate Africa Day. Be blessed as you
listen until next time. Thank youfor tuning in. Geeva in calable and
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you mayacle Sayopa reli ghani mouse MOUsin it are open joke of sleeping sons
of Jacob wake up to your natcharise up, like your safe. Y'all,
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show him what you're made of.Not to sleep, not to say
you are fearfully made by the ancientof b Let him give you your name,
because it's not neither. I seea beautiful in the Africa get I
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see I've learned that with shell showup for you. No, you've granted
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me well, no matter how emptymy pocket is you the light of the
world, even in the dark continents. You say, I'm shying them.
Well, when I feel tied up, advantage road gets tied up with curls.
But you are the driver controller.That's a close your mouth and the
blood speak You're not alone. Yeah, my god weep water are dry and
his blood stick love with tight gray, but it runs deep grace that is
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the powerful will change. There's nocondamination, friend, Nothing's impossible with faith.
I see your beautiful in the Africanblue. I see of learned.
That was shaw Showa for you,beautiful African, beautiful African rugs. When
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you're feel the globe itsa that goldand God doesn't mat of who you are.
That gold and God rise up Africa. That gold and God, it's
the gold and got the gold andgold globe. The gold that God doesn't
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not who you are that cold andgot Ris Africa that gold and got trust
in Themerica of your honor. Leannot talk to your own and the girl,
thank God, But in all yourways acknowledge her and girl, and
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God shall direct your pass. AndGod
Shalam and welcome. Thanks for tuninginto the African Blues Podcast. This is
the day that the Lord has madeand we shall surely surely rejoice and be
glad inmate. As we begin,let's just say a word of prayer.
Dear Lord, we just want tosay thank you for this day. Thank
you for your goodness, your graceand your mercys. Thank You of a
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Father for who you are and wheyou continue to be in our lives.
In the Mighty name of Jesus Christ, we bless your holy name. In
the Mighty Name of Jesus Father,I just want to prey living up this
entire time into your hands that lestyou kndom command, you will be done
alone in the Mighty Name of Jesushave your way. Yehh, oh God.
And I want to speak a specialblessing Father, for to each and
every person would take time to listento this podcast, and you replenish their
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time and the resources in Jesus' mightyname. Prayer. Lord, for every
need that they may have, mayyou meet it in according to the perfect
plan for their lives. In theMighty Name of Jesus, Glory and honability.
A long Father, because only youdeserve it, and in prayer to
Oh for God for the world thatwe're going to study on, they become
and accomplished able to send it foran our lives in Jesus's might name of
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prayer, with thanksgiving and praise inour fights. Amen. So we're going
to be reading our sciptrating today's comingfrom Exire thirty aury from verse nineteen to
twenty six, and the bibaries peopleof Zion who live in Jerusalem. You
will weep no more, how gracioushe will be when you cry for help.
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As soon as he hears, hewill answer you. Although the Lord
gives you the bird of adversity andthe water reflection. Your teachers will be
hidden no more. With your owneyes, you will see them, whether
you turn to the right or tothe left. Your ears will hear a
voice behind you saying, this isthe way walking it. Then you will
just secrete your idols overlaid with silver, and images covered with gold. You
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will throw away like menstrul cloth andsay to them. You will throw them
away like mestro clothes, and sayto them away with you. He will
also send during from the seed tosow in the ground, and the food
that comes from the land will berich and plentiful. In that day,
your cattle will graze in broad meadows. The oxen and donkeys that work the
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soul will eat fodder and mash,spread out with fog and shovel In the
same day of great slaughter, whenthe towers fall, streams of water will
flow on every high mountain and everylofty hill. The moon will shine like
the sun, and the sunlight throughthe seven times brighter like the light of
seven food days. When the Lordbinds up the bruises of his people and
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heals the wounds he inflicted. Amen. And so that is God's word for
us today. I hope we areblessed. And yes, Happy Africa Day.
Happy Africa Day. I will sosurprised today I saw somebody post like
Africa Day twenty twenty two and likethe theme for each and I was thinking,
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is it Africa Day or Africa FreedomDay? And I just realized,
no, Africa Freedom there's actually likeway really in April. So today's Africa
Day. I don't know how manypeople know about that, but I didn't,
honestly, and so I took sometime to read about it, and
I just realized that well, it'sactually a good thing, you know,
And I don't know if we reallyreally celebrate it that much, but I
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think for me, from what Ihave, from the reading I got and
what have just come to realize,it's really really important that we get to
celebrate Africa Day because nobody will celebrateit for us. Nobody will come and
celebrate our goals, our achievements,even if they are lead to. Nobody
will come and do it for us, if not to end up being colonized
again. And so yeah, ifyou see people maybe gathering in small groups
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so just making sensitization and trying todo something about today, go and join
them. You just might never knowwhat impact it will make. Because at
the end of the day, ifyou do something and people get to hear
about it, just by looking atyou, they'll know that you're of African
descent, and of course that iswhat they will take that and that will
be an achievement you wouldn't know,and especially for places like the country that
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I'm that I'm in now some peoplethink Africa is a country. But anyway,
if you do something and they getto hear you've done something good,
you know, be for a smallcomman. Sometimes they might not even get
to hear. But it's the impactthat you live with the people that you
do something for you know just whatit does for them, and also for
you to eat something big. Soif you're able to please support the people,
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support somebody, cook a meal,you know, send to somebody,
go and you've shared with somebody.You just might never know what you do
for them. And so maybe theycan just also read. The theme for
this year's Africa Day is Africa's Yearof Nutrition. So yeah, like I
said earlier, you can say youcan cook a nice new and sharage.
You know, you can do something, speak some vegetables from the garden,
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share it with your neighbor, justanything you know, you just might never
know what it may do for them. So today's topic is basically going to
be around mental health. Yes,I think, as we may all be
aware, the rise of the mentalhealth topics have been on the rise,
I think especially the last two tothree years, Like there's a lot of
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there's been a lot of more likeexpression, people be more vocal about mental
health, and I thought, wellwhen not talk about it to this day
and so I'd just like to puta disclaimer that today's the topic for today
the podcast. It being about mentalhealth is nothing to do with medical purposes,
but it's only for education purposes.So if you resonate with anything that
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we may get to discuss today,please make sure you see a professional therapy.
You see a psychologists and counselor psychotherapist. Sees somebody who is more professional,
and talk to them if at allyou need counsel. So, yes,
May is commorated as a month ofmental health, but I think we
have like a week between, ifI'm not mistaken, nineteenth to fifteenth,
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that's when people get to really talkabout more mental health struggles or maybe the
mental health journey, how they're going, how they're excelling, you know.
So I'd just like to share afew experiences and maybe thoughts from the knowledge
that I've gained from It's a personalexperiences and evaluations, reading books from psychologists,
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some papers, and also particularly particularlylistening to doctor Caroline Lief. So
please take that name down and ifyou're able to find some time, look
this woman up. So, doctorCaroline Leaf is a neuro psychotherapist near psychotherapist,
is it neuro psychologists forgotten neuro psychologists. Yes, so doctor Carolyne Dave
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is in your psychologist. She's basedin America, but she was born in
Zimbabwe, raised in South Africa,then moved to moved to America. So
she also has a book titled CleaningUp Your mentor Mess, A very good
book. I only listened to likereviews of it. I haven't yet read
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it. I've bought it, butI haven't read it. But if you're
able to get it, please getit and read it. It's a really,
really good book. And she alsohas an app called the Neurocycle.
This app can be found both oniOS and andreid. You can download it
and just see what it can do, how it can help you to just
clean your mentor mess. And it'sfree. She explains a lot, especially
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it comes to the brain and themind. How many people find themselves mistaking
the brain and the mind, saying, oh, my goodness, like my
brain is not working, or mymind is confused, or my brain is
confused, making such statements, youknow. But I think that once she
gets to listen doctor Caroline, ifyou will get to really understand the relationship
between the mind and the brain.And for me, it's really really been
helping. Most of the times Ijust feel like I'm going to get a
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mental breakdown. Of course, afterpraying, I just go turn on doctor
Caroline Leave something to do with whatI'm feeling. I just get to listen
to her, just some things down, calm myself down, and I just
get to do some real evaluation andget my try to get myself back on
track, you know. And soaccording to doctor Caroline Leaf, like mental
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health, the phenomenon of mental health, it has always always been there,
like it's been there years and yearsbefore, but then for the past years,
I think, especially during the pandemic, especially yes during the pandemic.
According to her, she says,it is not the awareness of mental health
that has actually been that has actuallybeen what can I see that has been
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talked about the most, But ifyou look in depth, it's more of
mismanagement of mental health. Mismanagement ofmental health. And so it got me
thinking, you know, sometime beforeI got to really understand that well,
struggles of mental health are actually real. Because the day I sat down and
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I was asking myself, what isthe difference between someone being lazy or somebody
going through a mental like a mentalhealth crisis. Maybe like depression or anxiety,
And where do you draw the line? Because I got to understand that
most of the times we get toeither judge ourselves or people are so fast
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thinking that they're just being lazy ornot wanting to do something, when the
actress is what they're going through couldactually be more deeper than the listeners that
we may be perceiving or thinking thatthey're having. Because is it possible they
could be going through a mental healthcrisis, you know, And so where
do we draw the line between leazinessor somebody going through a mental health crisis?
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Maybe you could help me answer thatquestion, even I don't know,
so I will quickly read not astory, just like anyway. Yes it's
a story, but just a descriptionof somebody who was talking about how they
got to realize that they were goingthrough a mental mental health issue, mental
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health breakdown. And so the personsaid, I read, she said,
I I started. This is howshe started. I started like this.
It was all slowly, but Ialways picked myself up. It was always
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slowly, but I always picked myselfup. Month after month, the cycle
continued until eventually I just couldn't doit anymore. My body started experiencing weird
symptoms, and one that got meof the hook was partially was a partial
diagnosis sory of neural of intercostal neurausia, at least according to the doctors.
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I just started feeling in a darkback pain. It became sharp until I
said having until it led to breathingdifficulties. Initially, I just eventually sorry,
I lost interest in doing anything.I started experiencing episodes of agoraphobia.
Agrophabia is like if you of beingin crowds. I wanted to All I
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wanted to do was be in myroom and do absolutely nothing. It was
the simple things that I could nolonger do, not the big things,
like for example, people who knowme can attest to the fact that I
never got to bed without brushing myteeth. Well at this particular time about
six months, I honestly couldn't evennotice I didn't brush my teeth until I
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was in bed and reflecting on mymind day. This really really caught,
like caught my attention. Like thesimplicity of this description, you know,
it doesn't talk about how the personwent to do drugs and no, like
these are things that they will bringit down they'll bring it home. If
I should like, they will bringit. They will bring it to you.
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They'll bring it to your heart,They'll bring it to your soul,
They'll bring it to your spirit,you know. And this is so true.
Honestly, this is so true.And I just I was evaluating,
and I just I just came tothis point, this resolution that we all
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have to understand and learn that peopledon't just settenly lose interest in doing the
things that they've always loved to do, you know, But with careful analysis,
you find that there could be anumber of reasons they could be behaving
the way they are doing the thingsthat they're doing, or not doing the
things that they should be doing,you know. And I been away from
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home has taught me a lot,you know, despite of course, I've
gotten to really appreciate my continent andmy country. I've gotten to appreciate it
so so so much. But thenwith that also you get to see that
the flows that we have they arealso very visible, especially with regards mental
health. I don't know about otherAfrican countries, you know, but for
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my country, for the time thatI was growing, if you hear anything
to do with like mental health issuesor somebody has gone crazy, you know,
like before somebody goes crazy, andif they're just having like a mental
breakdown, it's like, oh,these are bazoom good diseases. You know,
these are problems for like white people. It cannot be for us.
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So if you have a mental breakdown, you've gone crazy, you've gone mad.
Either it's a curse or something isjust wrong your village people have come
for you. I don't know,you know, that was the only thing
that was around it. And Ithink I used to I remember I used
to watch a lot of South Africanmovies. Also, it's Syndego and generations.
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I don't know if anybody remembers,if you ever watched like most of
the terms when anybody was going throughlike a mental breakdown. In Syndego,
they'll bring like a sango mar andthey'll throw like stones on like a carpet,
and they'll be reading things and blahblah blah, all those kinds of
things. And it just took meback, like you know, for the
longest time, for the longest time, we have trusted so much in like
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sango maas her bellies or traditional healersto treat mental illnesses and not like professionals
to treat them, and of coursenot just to paint like Africa. You
know, bad if I should thelack of a better term, not bad
weak in that aspect of not beingable to acknowledge the fact that these mental
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health issues are actually really true existbecause according again to doctor Caroline Live,
I'm going to be caughting her alot because most of the information that I
was reading is coming from her.The West actually describes depression as an illness
or a disease, while on theAfrican side it is not normal. It
could be accurs, it's something ofevil sense, you know. But at
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the end of the day, depression, anxiety, or any sort of mental
like a mental health disorder or crisis, it's none of these. It is
none of these things. Mental healthis not a disease. It's not an
illness. It is a condition.And that condition, at the end of
the day, does not like describewho you are. It does not define
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is. The word does not definewho you are. So let's say,
for example, if somebody on anormal day you will say, oh,
I am depressed, or I haveanxiety, I have PTSD, or have
ADHD. But it is important tocome to the understanding that these names do
not define who we are, andit's always best to Actually, it's a
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good thing to know the things thatyou're dealing with, because at the end
of the day, it kind ofgives you, like a sense of control
if you know that, Okay,there isn't a feeling this is because I
have malaria. There is a feelingthis is because I have a fever,
you know, because it gives youyou it gives you a sense of control.
But at the end of the day, according to studies, it says
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it is better to describe such suchthings as I am experiencing. So for
example, I'm experiencing symptoms of depression, or I'm experiencing symptoms of anxiety.
You know, I'm experiencing PTSD symptoms. You know, I am experiencing AD
symptoms, you know, instead ofhaving to call those things to be on
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you. Because in accepting that thosethings are part of you, if you
get so much into living, you'llfind that they get to I give you
an identity and you get to forgetto live outside of those things. So
I think I've spoken a lot.We're going to get into the first musical
break, and then we're going tocome and talk about the importance of knowing
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and taking care of your mental health. I believe that it's never too early
or too late to really start withthese things. So first up is going
to be past the Nazimo and spiritpraise with the song Jehova, it's a
Pillowena be blessed as you listen.Dep de om heale b boy e do
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ma heale imparty read heal been sadbe l way the kuzzo dina imparting the
laddel to Nani Nani fellow Jah readsPeeli betpla waya runa hold read peel a
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lord ben sadler way up. Howam I talk to hold that you hold
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the ni born a city common saltytimes VATARTI do to it the tripular comma
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tati salty said my fati a seizingtheir home lippo faily ipat her whole fu
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read tapped it when time and wheremy fancy, I told Tonna limit little
you're notllan badly fana schahld fu tapefam when tad where where the God?
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I tell them my ty want itfit or call myself who see no one
now where me a somebody in mys got nothing? Tell me me my
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mom is taking away? Tell mymama turning yet? How did somebody talking
about my check? I'm gona tackingany door, Mamma chuck me an,
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tell mom, I chuck it.I can't talk. It's body. I
didn't chuck me away. God exact. Let's take me nowhere, man,
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let's tell me the man I'm thisand we are back. As we continue
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talking about mental health, and sobefore we get into the importance of knowing
and taking care of your mental health, I'd just like to read another I
don't know if you call it adescription exactly what mental health entails. And
this is according to the NHS,the National Health Service in the UK,
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and it reads mental health. Mentalhealth is broad. So mental health includes
emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing. It affects how we think,
feel, act, make choices andrelate with. Mental health is more than
the absence of a mental illness.It is essential to your over health and
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quality of life. So now let'sget into discussing as talking about them importance
of mental health. So, ifyou have a pen, maybe you'd like
me to j a few things,because I feel like these are really really
really important points that we can takedown and just share with people around us,
especially share with a loved one,you know, somebody who you think
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you observe. I think this person, this is not who they are.
Something should be bothering them internally,you know, And maybe they're not able
to open up. So some ofthe things that you can just advise them
first, let them know about theimportance. Maybe that might help them encourage
them to open up. So I'mgoing to talk about ten things, just
ten things that are kind of theimportance that will tell us the importance I
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mean of our mental health and nottaking care of our mental health. So
the first one is that mental healthis crucial in relationship. It's important because
it's crucial for relationships. So mentalillnesses might have an impact on how we
interact with our friends and family.Mental illnesses frequently result in passive aggressiveness,
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hostility, and the impact and theimpact to participating in social activities. This
may result in conflicts with our friendsand family. Mental illnesses have the potential
to compel us to overthrow our lovedones for no apparent reason. This is
so true. I'm not going tobe adding anything. I'll just read them
as they are because they are likestraight to the point. Number two,
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Mental health affects physical health. Somental health can induce stress and have an
effect on our immune systems. Asa result, our body's ability to cope
with illness may be jeopardized. Asick mind can lead to anxiety and sadness,
both of which can make it difficultto move about and stay active.
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I think if you remember I readearlier about a story, a brief description
from a story about the lady whowas talking about how she said feeling back
pain, it was very numb,they became sharp and instead having breathlessness,
and at the end of the dayshe just lost like interest in doing anything.
At the end of the day,the only thing she was going through
is just like some symptoms of depression. She was going through a mental health
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crisis. And because she's sought counsel, she got out of it. She
was even able to talk about it. So the third one, mental health
is related to emotional wellbeing. Everyday, how you feel on the inside
is just as important as how physicallyhealthy you are. Mental health advice demonstrates
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how a negative mind can make youfeel down, irritated, irritated, sorry,
or disturbed. Make you feel down, irritated, or disturbed. The
fourth one is This is according toNAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Health,
and it says the awareness of mentalhealth can help in curbing suicide rates.
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I think if we know that onething that is on the rise,
it's suicide in America. I thinkif you read the every morning that you
turn on the news, I think, for me, most of the times
I just opened my YouTube, there'salways suicide, either shooting, somebody's killed
themselves, somebody they've drowned, theyfound the body where like it's just happening,
you know. So forty six percentof those who commit suicide have recognized
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a mental health condition, you know. Other studies conducted by the US Department
of Health and Human Services found thatapproximately sixty percent of those who committed suicide
had a good condition such as majordepression, bipolar disorder, or dysthmia.
This demonstrates the link between mental healthand suicide, as well as how early
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medical intervention may be and self carecould help minimize the number of this,
so said crisis and deaths. Soit's critical to follow suggestions to maintain your
mental health and be aware of mentalhealth and for yourself and for those around
you. So mental health is alsolinked with crime and victimization. I think
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we know about people you just youhear know this child was stealing, or
this child went and joy their gang. These child went child went and did
what, probably not because they evenwanted just going through something. I think
that it's not all the time thatpeople do certain things or join at certain
places because they just want to bestarborn, or it's peer pressure. You
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know, it's not always like peerpressure. In most cases. If you
hear stories the people that went andjoined gang members or maybe they went to
live in a brothel, whatever thecase may be, most of the times
you find that they felt accepted there, which means something that they're lacking wherever
they're coming from is acceptance, maybeyou know from friends or from families.
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But when they go there, theyare love, they accepted for who they
are. They are jing Judd forwho they are. You know, they
are nurtured in whatever and whoever theyare, and because they are loved that
where they choose to find themselves there. So it's not always the peer pressure
actually is what causes put to docertain things. We just really need to
get down to the level that peopleare at and try to understand them.
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The next thing is that knowing yourmental health. The importance of knowing your
mental health is connected to productivity andfinancial stability. It is said according to
American Journal of Psychiatry that those seriousmental diseases earn forty percent less than those
in good mental health, and itis widely studies that studied sorry that part
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mental health can cause a drop inproductivity, which has an impact on financial
stuff ability. The seventh point isthat mental health is also a link to
society of factors. Society factors,children of adults with mental problems are more
likely to experience abuse, neglect,and behavior issues. They like to grow
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to be complex human beings who struggleto find society acceptance and support. And
it has been noted that people havebeen mental difficulties become socially isolated and find
it difficult to maintain a healthy sociallife. So the effects of equality or
life. So mental health also isimportant because it affects the quality of life
and unhealthy man can cause one tolose interest in things we once enjoyed.
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You know, and treated mental healthcan often be identified with a sense of
hopelessness, sadness, worthlessness, feelingsof guilt, anxiety, fear, and
perceived loss of control. The nightone is the importance of mental health gives
us awareness and can help us andthe stigma. I think for many of
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us that know, I would linksome I would link some papers that I
read, just particularly for my country, you know. And there's a study
that has been done and it saysthat most of the people that suffer from
mental illness is stigmatized and judged,while others are taken advantage of sexually,
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you know, because suppose that they'renot in their right minds. And so
even if somebody tries to open upabout it, they'll be judged, so
they don't want to go. Andif they don't go, other somebody else
can then takes advantage of them.So it's a really really bad thing.
If we're able to really talk aboutthese things and make people sesitize people,
(31:47):
make them more aware of these things, I think we can make things better,
make us set make our continents better. So mental health, the importance
of mental health is that it helpspeople become aware of ending the stigma,
and then mental health is important becausebecause it also enables community building. It
(32:09):
enables community building. Although I wasthinking, because having grown up with the
man who works in like the inthe health department, the Ministry of Health,
if I should say, they usuallygo for a lot, a lot
of campaigns. So I was justthinking in the back of my mind that
is it possible that campaigns are donebut people don't really think they are relevant?
(32:31):
Because really, really, when itcomes to like HIV, campaigns are
done COVID. Recently, she's tellingmy about to been doing campaigns. I
don't know how many days going topeople's going to like cincitize people about the
vaccination, while this polio as wellall these things. So is it possible
that I have a question on thetenth one community building, like, is
(32:52):
it possible that despite campaigns being donealso but people might think it's relevant But
anyway, will not get into that. We're going to take another musical break,
and then we're going to talk abouthow best we can promote our mental
health and we're going to take asong by Moses Bliss and it's sings titled
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you I Live for be blessed Asyou listen, Han who ye are Sisters?
(33:42):
Out, yes, lie, whatmay come away by our face,
it's you you you are I leaveand b sisters of totally your what they
(34:14):
come away the matter what happens,it's you. We leeve for you along
in the world. There's so manyvoices. No, no, don't trust
any precious way. I'm leaving.Everyone's stalk care everyone's talking. You're delaying,
(34:39):
precious, I'm a lady, abdya lot of so many processing about
of so many voices. No,no, don't trust any prescious leading a
man, I'm believing away. Youwants talking. Everyone's talking, the questions,
(35:02):
naming your name, telling you themottering, call your bad except some
make sense. Doesn't matter what sayscalling your head said, say you see,
that's how I loved out to sweatsaid, it's your Jesus's you re
(35:37):
not to me, I not towhat says oo oh oh all right,
(36:00):
it's surely for for Oh oh,it's you live for it. Chill,
it's you lord, a lot aboutyour teen sons. Anywhere you trust leave
(36:43):
the night little start gets by thatsound. Moving on to how we can
promote our mental health. So thefirst thing that we can do is to
find better ways to manage our stress, and in that you need to understand
the triggers. What is triggering yourstress or whatever it is that you're feeling
(37:07):
anxiety, and if whatever feelings orsymptoms that you're feeling, what are the
triggers. Take some time off,pray, meditate, go for counseling if
need be. The second thing iseat and sleep well. One thing I've
come to realize is the our continentis rich. We have so many foods.
If you're a dad of your own, go to another country and eat,
(37:28):
you know, go through West Africa, go to East Africa. It's
something, it's some chips, chips, mayai, it's some shit, or
it's some negosity, taste something,you know, just find something and eat.
Engage in exercises and healthy activities.I think we all know the importance
of exercising. Do not neglect socialinteractions, especially those that are good and
for building you. Please please makesure that you go for them. SAE
(37:52):
help, seek help, seek help. That's the last thing. Make sure
that you seek help. If youfind yourself going through any sort of man
to health break down or mental healthtriggers, things that are not making you
feel right mentally, and so justconclusively, I would like to just encourage
us, you know that we needto realize that adverse situations always always require
(38:14):
us to give an adverse response.Sorry, but those responses, whatever that
you do in that time does notdefine you. It's not the definition of
your You're not a bad person.You're not a bad person, You're not
a crazy person. That does notdefine You're not an immature person. That
does not define you. The situationmade you react that with That's just a
response. It's just a reaction.And if you know, like how many
(38:35):
sols are involved when you have tothe new transmitters that are involved in making
a response, they think about onethy foundred and something. Imagine who would
even have to start thinking of responseif in a situation that is tense according
maybe to you, the kind ofpersonality that you're, the kind of person
or personality trait that you that youcarry. You know, so the response
does not define you at all.So let's stop numbering our feelings. Whatever
(38:58):
that you're feeling, do not number. Trauma is real. Trauma is real
in whatever aspect, no matter housewe may think. Trauma is real.
And so whatever it is, whateverresponse you give, it is just a
normal traumatic response. It's a humantraumatic response. So let's not stigmatizing people
that are going through mental health crisisesor even if it's so if you've gone
through it, get out and justseek help. You can definitely get the
(39:22):
help. So I hope we've beenencouraged by today's podcast, and yeah,
thank you for listening. I'd liketo maybe get feedback. If that's okay,
you can email me. I knowprobably a signing up is a whole
long issue to this account, tothis app. Sorry, so you can
just email me, give an opinionmaybe whatever encouragement, whatever that it may
be. And I'd like to sharefrom the next time you're going to be
(39:43):
here. So this is all fortoday. Thanks for tuning in, Stay
blessed, and I'm going to signout with African Blues by pumping Marc Footfall
and the Darling Estitute and go justcommemorate Africa Day. Be blessed as you
listen until next time. Thank youfor tuning in. Geeva in calable and
(40:13):
you mayacle Sayopa reli ghani mouse MOUsin it are open joke of sleeping sons
of Jacob wake up to your natcharise up, like your safe. Y'all,
(40:35):
show him what you're made of.Not to sleep, not to say
you are fearfully made by the ancientof b Let him give you your name,
because it's not neither. I seea beautiful in the Africa get I
(41:02):
see I've learned that with shell showup for you. No, you've granted
(41:29):
me well, no matter how emptymy pocket is you the light of the
world, even in the dark continents. You say, I'm shying them.
Well, when I feel tied up, advantage road gets tied up with curls.
But you are the driver controller.That's a close your mouth and the
blood speak You're not alone. Yeah, my god weep water are dry and
his blood stick love with tight gray, but it runs deep grace that is
(41:53):
the powerful will change. There's nocondamination, friend, Nothing's impossible with faith.
I see your beautiful in the Africanblue. I see of learned.
That was shaw Showa for you,beautiful African, beautiful African rugs. When
(42:31):
you're feel the globe itsa that goldand God doesn't mat of who you are.
That gold and God rise up Africa. That gold and God, it's
the gold and got the gold andgold globe. The gold that God doesn't
(42:52):
not who you are that cold andgot Ris Africa that gold and got trust
in Themerica of your honor. Leannot talk to your own and the girl,
thank God, But in all yourways acknowledge her and girl, and
(43:15):
God shall direct your pass. AndGod
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