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MENTAL HEALTH, MY EXPERIENCE

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Brian Namakobo, photo by Otis Mangwende Hey... Today let's talk about Mental Health. I was once sad and thought the world was coming to an end, all I could see was a me and my shadow, I was drained, weak and teary, voices in my head "JUST END IT, WHO ARE YOU ARE? NO BODY CARES ABOUT YOU?" they said. I had all the options and reasons to end my life. It all started on social media on one of my personal pages, I was really brutalized, mocked and insulted for a post that was just explaining how I felt which read [Voices in my head]. I died a little bit but I chose life and one day I received a phone call strange from one lady from MISA Zambia who said she was doing a research on the Zambian Bloggers to cut short, yes I am a [blogger] As if she knew what I was going through. She asked me questions relating to cyber bullying, My responses could and couldn't have been exactly how I felt at that time but talking about it brought relief in my heart. She ended on a Question ...