DON'T BE THE REASON WHY A PERSON COMMITS SUICIDE

 DON'T BE THE REASON WHY A PERSON COMMITS SUICIDE

I read an account of a young man who committed suicide in Abuja yesterday as written by his colleague on Twitter, he drank snipper again... Suicide used to be alien to Africa, but it seems to be gradually becoming a thing in our society now. I'm not sure we are doing enough to address this. 

The world economy is crashing, the naira is becoming like paper, and prices of foodstuff have skyrocketed, indeed, people are going through a lot.

In a society where the concept of mental health is grossly misunderstood, where keeping your issues to yourself is considered a cultural value and manning up a masculine skill. One can only imagine what people are going through all alone in their closets.

No thanks to social media, you also have to show up here as if you have it all put together, it's a tough call out there these days.

If you're reading this and you are having a sense of hopelessness or something keeps ringing in your head to give it all up, please pause for a moment and reach out. If you are feeling lost, overwhelmed, sad or lonely, please take a moment to breathe and seek help.

Depression simply takes you into a dark tunnel and drops you right at the center where you can see no way out or any sign of light... Even though people around you might be praying to be like you, depression lies to you that you have the worse life ever. Before dwelling on those lies in your head, please talk to someone.

And as an individual reading this, the least you can do is spread some love around you today, people are dealing with so much already, do not be the reason they will eventually throw in the towel.