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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.22,0:00:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.94,0:00:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.08,0:00:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.67,0:00:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was my first time eating\NNigerian [jollof].
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.25,0:00:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.72,0:00:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.98,0:00:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all seriousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.82,0:00:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going through a lot\Nof personal turmoil.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.34,0:00:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Faced with enormous stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.73,0:00:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suffered an anxiety attack.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.74,0:00:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On some days I could do no work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.44,0:00:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On other days,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.36,0:00:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just wanted to lay in my bed and cry.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.86,0:00:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My doctor asked if I'd like to speak\Nwith a mental health professional
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.13,0:00:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about my stress and anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.03,0:00:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mental health?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.19,0:00:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I clammed up and violently\Nshook my head in protest.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.42,0:00:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt a profound sense of a shame ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.59,0:01:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt the weight of stigma.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.31,0:01:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a loving, supportive family
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.69,0:01:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and incredibly loyal friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.17,0:01:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet I could not entertain the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.64,0:01:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of speaking to anyone\Nabout my feeling of pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.22,0:01:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt suffocated\Nby the rigid architecture
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.71,0:01:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our African masculinity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.90,0:01:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"People have real problems, Sangu.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.04,0:01:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get over yourself."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.13,0:01:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first time I heard "mental health,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.08,0:01:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a boarding school student,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.13,0:01:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fresh off the boat from Ghana
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.21,0:01:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Peddie School in New Jersey.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.17,0:01:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had just gone through\Nthe brutal experience
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.76,0:01:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of losing seven loved ones\Nin the same month.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.67,0:01:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The school nurse,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.15,0:01:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concerned about what I'd gone through --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.32,0:01:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God bless her soul --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.24,0:01:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she inquired about my mental health.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.48,0:01:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is she mental?" I thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.46,0:02:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does she not know I'm an African man?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.77,0:02:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like Okonkwo in "Things Fall Apart,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.79,0:02:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we African men neither process\Nnor express our emotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.07,0:02:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We deal with our problems --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.79,0:02:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.42,0:02:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We deal with our problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.44,0:02:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I called my brother and laughed\Nabout [oyinbo] people --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.71,0:02:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white people --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.23,0:02:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their strange diseases --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.11,0:02:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depression, ADD and those "weird things."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.67,0:02:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up in West Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.74,0:02:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people used the term "mental,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.94,0:02:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what came to mind was a madman
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.29,0:02:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with dirty, dread-locked hair,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.42,0:02:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bumbling around half-naked on the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.13,0:02:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know this man.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.11,0:02:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our parents warned us about him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.92,0:02:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mommy, mommy, why is he mad?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.49,0:02:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Drugs!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.72,0:02:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you even look at drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.98,0:02:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you end up like him."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.43,0:02:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.26,0:02:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come down with pneumonia,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.26,0:02:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your mother will rush you\Nto the nearest hospital
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.73,0:02:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for medical treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.19,0:03:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But dare to declare depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.56,0:03:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your local pastor\Nwill be driving out demons
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.08,0:03:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and blaming witches in your village.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.86,0:03:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I called into the World\NHealth Organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.44,0:03:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mental health is about being able\Nto cope with the normal stresses of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.02,0:03:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To work productively and fruitfully,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.64,0:03:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be able to make\Na contribution to your community.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.67,0:03:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mental health includes our emotional,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.79,0:03:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,psychological
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.59,0:03:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our social well-being.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.10,0:03:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Globally, 75 percent\Nof all mental illness cases
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.72,0:03:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be found in low-income countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.52,0:03:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet most African governments
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.38,0:03:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invest less than one percent of their\Nhealth care budget on mental health.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.82,0:03:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even [West,]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.30,0:03:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have a severe shortage\Nof psychiatrists in Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.06,0:03:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nigeria, for example,\Nis estimated to have 200
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.04,0:04:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a country of almost 200 million.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.52,0:04:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In all of Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.02,0:04:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,90 percent of our people\Nlack access to treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.83,0:04:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.60,0:04:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we suffer in solitude,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.72,0:04:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,silenced by stigma.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.60,0:04:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We as Africans often respond\Nto mental health with distance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.03,0:04:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ignorance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.72,0:04:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guilt,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.24,0:04:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fear
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.12,0:04:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.46,0:04:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a study conducted by Arboleda Flórez,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.16,0:04:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly asking what\Nis the cause of mental illness,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.86,0:04:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,34 percent of Nigerian respondents\Ncited drug misuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.42,0:04:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,19 percent said divine wrath\Nand the will of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.97,0:04:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.68,0:04:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,12 percent --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.36,0:04:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,witchcraft and spiritual posession.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.90,0:05:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But few cited other known\Ncauses of mental illness ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.48,0:05:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like genetics,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.40,0:05:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,socio-economic status,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.29,0:05:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,war,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.82,0:05:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conflict,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.34,0:05:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the loss of a loved one.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.97,0:05:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stigmatization against mental illness
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.14,0:05:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often results in the ostracizing\Nand demonizing of sufferers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.60,0:05:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Photojournalist Robin Hammond\Nhas documented some of these abuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.62,0:05:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Uganda,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.10,0:05:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Somalia,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.53,0:05:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here in Nigeria.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.56,0:05:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.16,0:05:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stigma is personal.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.29,0:05:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2009,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.98,0:05:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I received a frantic call\Nin the middle of the night.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.50,0:05:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My best friend in the world --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.87,0:05:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a brilliant, philosophical,\Ncharming, hip, young man --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.03,0:05:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.79,0:06:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I witnessed some of the friends\Nwe'd grown up with recoil.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.42,0:06:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard the snickers,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.98,0:06:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard the whispers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.36,0:06:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Did you hear he has gone mad?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.38,0:06:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He [suffered through] derogatory,\Ndemeaning commentary
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.43,0:06:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about his condition --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.42,0:06:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words we would never say\Nabout someone with cancer,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.42,0:06:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or someone with malaria.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.76,0:06:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somehow when it comes to mental illness,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.66,0:06:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our ignorance eviscerates all empathy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.82,0:06:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stood by his side as his\Ncommunity isolated him,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.37,0:06:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but our love never wavered.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.95,0:06:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tacitly, I became passionate\Nabout mental health.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.06,0:06:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inspired by his plight,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.72,0:06:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I helped found the Mental Health\NSpecial Interest Alumni Group
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.06,0:06:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at my college.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.74,0:07:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And during my tenure as a resident\Ntutor in graduate school,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.22,0:07:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I supported many undergraduates\Nwith their mental health challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.59,0:07:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw African students struggle,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.30,0:07:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unable to speak to anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.85,0:07:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even with this knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.76,0:07:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with their stories in tow,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.99,0:07:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I in turn struggled,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.09,0:07:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and could not speak to anyone\Nwhen I faced my own anxiety,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.54,0:07:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so deep is our fear of being the mad man.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.08,0:07:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.15,0:07:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we Africans especially --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.24,0:07:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to realize that our mental struggles
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.26,0:07:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not detract from our virility,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.15,0:07:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor does our trauma taint our strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.05,0:07:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to see mental health\Nas important as physical health.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.80,0:07:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to stop suffering in silence.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.38,0:07:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must stop stigmatizing disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.76,0:08:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and traumatizing the afflicted.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.61,0:08:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talk to your friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.00,0:08:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talk to you loved ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.54,0:08:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talk to health professionals.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.73,0:08:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be vulnerable.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.90,0:08:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do so with the confidence\Nthat you are not alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.36,0:08:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Speak up if you're struggling.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.73,0:08:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being honest about how we feel
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.34,0:08:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not make us weak;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.06,0:08:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it makes us human.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.91,0:08:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is time to end the stigma\Nassociated with mental illness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.31,0:08:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the next time your hear "mental,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.58,0:08:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not just think of the madman ...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.44,0:08:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.14,0:08:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.02,0:08:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.78,0:08:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)