Thread by @oupapilane

Men do suffer from depression. I resigned from my government job of 15yrs, invested pension money in four business that failed, got divorced after a 20 year relationship and that triggered my depression that was traced back to my childhood. I do relapse and still attend therapy.

Guys it is noble to get help, we are living in difficult times, there is an expectation that men should do well irrespective of the economic conditions worsened by the pandemic. Many guys are struggling and dying inside. There is nothing to be ashamed of, get help 🙏🙏🙏

It was sick of faking smiles in public, I was sick of letting my kids and myself down, I was sick of feeling like a failure and I was sick of crying myself to sleep every night and I wanted the pain to go away, but it couldn’t. My mind and body were tired and it was 3am.

It was 3 am in the morning I could not sleep and that happened every night. At first I thought It was just stress, I began to experience panic attack, terrible mood swings, I felt like something was ripping me apart as cried alone in my bedroom.

This was a man who was known to be doing well, always dressed well and looking the part in public and how can he be sick? maybe it’s just a phase it will pass as I convinced myself. It didn’t. It went on for days that turned to months.

One morning I couldn’t take it anymore and started thinking about taking my life, never before in my life have I romanticize about death, thinking about the best ways of taking my life, I was at a culdisac, there was nothing exciting about living, tears were running down my face.

I can only thank God that I realized at that moment I was not ok and needed help, the first point of call was my close Pastor friend of mine and then went to seek professional help, I am ok now but I do have sad moments, and I do go for therapy from time to time.

My dear brothers times are hard, I just want to assure you that you are not alone, please do go seek help before it’s too late. Depression does affect men too.
Hope my story will help in saving a life.🙏 #DepressionIsReal