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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.12,0:00:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.84,0:00:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.06,0:00:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.57,0:00:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was my first time eating\NNigerian "jollof."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.15,0:00:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.62,0:00:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, in all seriousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.50,0:00:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going through a lot\Nof personal turmoil.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.24,0:00:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Faced with enormous stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.44,0:00:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suffered an anxiety attack.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.54,0:00:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On some days, I could do no work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.34,0:00:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On other days,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.26,0:00:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just wanted to lay in my bed and cry.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.66,0:00:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My doctor asked if I'd like to speak\Nwith a mental health professional
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.93,0:00:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about my stress and anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.77,0:00:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mental health?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.97,0:00:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I clammed up and violently\Nshook my head in protest.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.24,0:00:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt a profound sense of a shame.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.41,0:01:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt the weight of stigma.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.14,0:01:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a loving, supportive family
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.52,0:01:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and incredibly loyal friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.85,0:01:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet I could not entertain\Nthe idea of speaking to anyone
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.45,0:01:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about my feeling of pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.00,0:01:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt suffocated\Nby the rigid architecture
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.50,0:01:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our African masculinity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.76,0:01:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"People have real problems, Sangu.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.90,0:01:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get over yourself!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.96,0:01:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first time I heard "mental health,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.88,0:01:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a boarding school student\Nfresh off the boat from Ghana,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.87,0:01:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Peddie School in New Jersey.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.07,0:01:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had just gone through\Nthe brutal experience
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.50,0:01:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of losing seven loved ones\Nin the same month.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.57,0:01:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The school nurse,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.05,0:01:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concerned about what I'd gone\Nthrough -- God bless her soul --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.14,0:01:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she inquired about my mental health.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.43,0:01:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is she mental?" I thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.21,0:02:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does she not know I'm an African man?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.68,0:02:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.72,0:02:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like Okonkwo in "Things Fall Apart,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.62,0:02:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we African men neither process\Nnor express our emotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.97,0:02:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We deal with our problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.69,0:02:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.18,0:02:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We deal with our problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.20,0:02:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I called my brother and laughed\Nabout "Oyibo" people -- white people --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.100,0:02:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their strange diseases --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.88,0:02:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depression, ADD and those "weird things."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.50,0:02:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up in West Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.52,0:02:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people used the term "mental,"\Nwhat came to mind was a madman
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.92,0:02:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with dirty, dread-locked hair,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.19,0:02:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bumbling around half-naked on the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.08,0:02:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know this man.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.93,0:02:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our parents warned us about him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.82,0:02:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mommy, mommy, why is he mad?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.39,0:02:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Drugs!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.62,0:02:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you even look at drugs,\Nyou end up like him."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.04,0:02:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.98,0:02:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come down with pneumonia,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.07,0:02:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your mother will rush you\Nto the nearest hospital
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.62,0:02:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for medical treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.09,0:03:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But dare to declare depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.46,0:03:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your local pastor\Nwill be driving out demons
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.88,0:03:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and blaming witches in your village.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.30,0:03:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the World\NHealth Organization,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.22,0:03:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mental health is about being able to cope
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.30,0:03:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the normal stressors of life;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.92,0:03:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work productively and fruitfully;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.39,0:03:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be able to make\Na contribution to your community.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.50,0:03:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mental health includes our emotional,\Npsychological and social well-being.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.86,0:03:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Globally, 75 percent\Nof all mental illness cases
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.64,0:03:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be found in low-income countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.30,0:03:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet most African governments
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.15,0:03:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invest less than one percent\Nof their health care budget
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.38,0:03:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in mental health.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.68,0:03:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even worse,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.88,0:03:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have a severe shortage\Nof psychiatrists in Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.84,0:03:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nigeria, for example,\Nis estimated to have 200 --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.81,0:04:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a country of almost 200 million.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.42,0:04:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In all of Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.92,0:04:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,90 percent of our people\Nlack access to treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.68,0:04:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.46,0:04:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we suffer in solitude,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.49,0:04:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,silenced by stigma.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.50,0:04:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We as Africans often respond\Nto mental health with distance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.84,0:04:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ignorance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.54,0:04:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guilt,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.13,0:04:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fear
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.93,0:04:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anger.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.31,0:04:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a study conducted by Arboleda-Flórez,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.01,0:04:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly asking, "What is the cause\Nof mental illness?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.67,0:04:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,34 percent of Nigerian respondents\Ncited drug misuse;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.34,0:04:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,19 percent said divine wrath\Nand the will of God --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.55,0:04:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.45,0:04:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,12 percent,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.13,0:04:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,witchcraft and spiritual possession.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.80,0:05:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But few cited other known\Ncauses of mental illness,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.38,0:05:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like genetics,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.05,0:05:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,socioeconomic status,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.01,0:05:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,war,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.63,0:05:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conflict
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.07,0:05:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the loss of a loved one.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.01,0:05:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stigmatization against mental illness
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.92,0:05:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often results in the ostracizing\Nand demonizing of sufferers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.44,0:05:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Photojournalist Robin Hammond\Nhas documented some of these abuses ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.46,0:05:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Uganda,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.84,0:05:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Somalia,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.27,0:05:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here in Nigeria.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.55,0:05:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.06,0:05:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stigma is personal.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.12,0:05:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2009,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.80,0:05:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I received a frantic call\Nin the middle of the night.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.36,0:05:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My best friend in the world --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.73,0:05:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a brilliant, philosophical,\Ncharming, hip young man --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.89,0:05:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.60,0:06:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I witnessed some of the friends\Nwe'd grown up with recoil.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.32,0:06:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard the snickers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.63,0:06:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard the whispers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.19,0:06:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Did you hear he has gone mad?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.28,0:06:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[?]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.85,0:06:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Derogatory, demeaning commentary\Nabout his condition --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.19,0:06:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words we would never say\Nabout someone with cancer
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.19,0:06:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or someone with malaria.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.66,0:06:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somehow, when it comes to mental illness,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.37,0:06:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our ignorance eviscerates all empathy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.72,0:06:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stood by his side\Nas his community isolated him,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.16,0:06:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but our love never wavered.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.85,0:06:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tacitly, I became passionate\Nabout mental health.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.87,0:06:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inspired by his plight,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.53,0:06:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I helped found the mental health\Nspecial interest alumni group
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.88,0:06:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at my college.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.56,0:07:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And during my tenure as a resident\Ntutor in graduate school,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.96,0:07:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I supported many undergraduates\Nwith their mental health challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.45,0:07:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw African students struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.99,0:07:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unable to speak to anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.75,0:07:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even with this knowledge\Nand with their stories in tow,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.77,0:07:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, in turn, struggled,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.78,0:07:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and could not speak to anyone\Nwhen I faced my own anxiety,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.37,0:07:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so deep is our fear of being the madman.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.92,0:07:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.88,0:07:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we Africans especially --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.96,0:07:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to realize that our mental struggles\Ndo not detract from our virility,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.89,0:07:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor does our trauma taint our strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.94,0:07:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to see mental health\Nas important as physical health.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.58,0:07:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to stop suffering in silence.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.12,0:07:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must stop stigmatizing disease
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.60,0:07:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and traumatizing the afflicted.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.58,0:08:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talk to your friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.01,0:08:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talk to your loved ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.57,0:08:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talk to health professionals.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.62,0:08:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be vulnerable.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.80,0:08:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do so with the confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.52,0:08:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are not alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.19,0:08:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Speak up if you're struggling.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.59,0:08:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being honest about how we feel
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.14,0:08:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not make us weak;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.81,0:08:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it makes us human.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.68,0:08:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is time to end the stigma\Nassociated with mental illness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.11,0:08:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the next time your hear "mental,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.41,0:08:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not just think of the madman.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.34,0:08:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.98,0:08:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.92,0:08:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.23,0:08:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)