#NoShameDay: ‘It is a journey, your journey, you are enough’ | @birdwithasong shares her story of mental illness

There is a silence and a dangerous indifference to mental sickness in Nigeria. Mental illness is often shrouded in deleterious stigmas and misconceptions. Persons suffering from mental sickness are often discriminated against and forced to remain -often, dying- in silence.

Unbeknownst to many, mental ill health is largely under-diagnosed, with many unaware of their mental health status.

Awareness and public knowledge of the issue is lacking, thus creating a system whereby patients suffer in shame and silence, while a culture of discrimination, misconception and stigma is perpetuated. This often result in many shying away from knowing their mental health status.

Today is the #NoShameDay. A day when people share stories about their battle with mental ill-health and also create awareness on the issue.

Social commentator, @birdwithasong, shares her story in the following tweets;

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