Depression is a serious illness that can happen to anyone, even people who seem to have it all. Your favourite celebs are not immune to depression. Nigerian record label owner, Ubi Franklin recently opened up about how he overcame depression.
Nollywood actress, Omoni Oboli in her recent Instagram post noted that celebrities are judged when they seek help on depression. According to her Most people have chronic depression for various reasons. Depression is a very complex issue but it’s very real and society doesn’t help in anyway.
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She puts it this way: ”People don’t always get the help they need especially celebrities because people judge you when you seek professional help. People immediately judge you as mentally ill when you come out and say you are depressed. The same is possibly true for everyone. You are afraid to be labeled but unfortunately, depression has resulted in an epidemic of suicides. There’s an increase in suicides and suicide attempts. The world and social media don’t cut you any slack. People tell you to ‘go and hug transformer’. In other words, ‘kill yourself’.
“Most times depressed people look at death as an exit. They can’t bear to live life anymore. You feel you’ll finally be free and rid of all the sadness and that can be quite appealing.”
The Okafor’s Law producer stated that death is not an option and advised her fans not to embrace that option.
“But I’m here to let you know that you don’t want to kill yourself. Your life is too precious. Everyone has a God given will to live. Listen to it. The truth is your life doesn’t belong to you so it’s not yours to take. Think about the pain you’ll cause the people you leave behind. Cry out to the God who gave you life and let him show you the way”.
