Silent Killer ( Depression )

 

Mental health is the current health agenda that is gaining popularity all over the world due to how misunderstood it has been in society and the death toll we are presently experiencing.

We are all aware of the cliché ‘health is wealth’ and can testify to its credibility by the loved ones we have lost due to uncorrected health issues.

Mental health is the new mantra that is supposedly understood by medical practitioners and misunderstood by many as a psychological disorder. Most of our cultures define it as witchcraft.

Thanks be to the health ministries, health organizations, and media for propelling the advocacy on mental health awareness. This has made it easier for society to now understand the different types of mental health, their causes, how to deal with them, prevention, and how to also provide medication.

Depression is the most controversial disorder and one that easily goes unnoticed. We have lost the most high-profile individuals due to the stigma followed by admitting to having depression and seeking therapy.

Despite being in an era where therapy is the new trend, our society has not yet embraced the power of trust and opening up to a specialist.

The problem is that we know there is a problem but we ignore it, since communications seems to be the key but it is being held back by conforming to the norms of the society. You have to be strong, face your challenges and move forward which is the easiest thing to say.

Instead of facing the issues we are somehow conditioned to ignore the elephant in the room. Reason to only accommodate those around you. people pleasing.

We are not only losing young folks but a greater number due to depression. As obvious no one really cares and we really don’t want to concern ourselves with other people’s issues, which is another reason to prove the validity of the changes we are encountering as a society in these current days, which is detaching from humanity.

Recently we have had cases of young people drowning in alcohol, while some committing suicide. It is sad, that most responses came as a backlash to how irresponsible most youths are not realizing there is something wrong.

Times have changed and things are no longer operating like in the eighties. We talk about more career opportunities, yes and we are glad but the employment opportunities are limited, same young people, are thriving in the invention and creativity sector and are now limited due to the taxes they have to pay for utilizing their own ideas and resources, exploitation from organizations in the name of experience and exposure for months without a guarantee of employment is another, an unpaid internship is a docket that’s rubbed at its mention.

With all these financial and career challenges, they are termed a weak generation since they can’t keep up with the modern world, the major factor being finances and employment.

We can see their compulsion in social media. The majority are displaying their start-ups, sharing their creativity and urge to go after their dreams but the system seems to be deeming their light and power at every opportunity they create.

We watch them and shame them for falling back to alcohol instead of finding a solution or providing an environment where they can thrive professionally and grow at a personal level.

We all have the tenacity to have a better life but sadly we are living in times beyond survival mode. Can we take a break and figure out how we want to leave the world, just like Michael Jackson pleaded in his song ‘Heal the World’?