Nigerian columnist and entrepreneur Betty Irabor has detailed how she was able to overcome depression.
The Genevieve Magazine CEO had first opened up about suffering from mental illness in 2019. However, in a recent Twitter thread, the 64-year-old detailed how she was able to make peace and chart a course to her healing after visiting a psychiatric hospital in Dubai.
“I remember sitting at the psychiatric department of the Iranian hospital in Dubai waiting for my turn to see a doctor. I was past being shamed or stigmatised. Besides, no one knew me here, I was no one important…just another psychiatric patient,” she wrote.
“Betty Irabor…please proceed to…’ I knocked and entered the consulting room. ‘Who prescribed all these medicines for you?’ The doctor asked after seeing my collection of antidepressants.’You don’t need these, they are too many.’
“He sorted them and told me which to continue with & which to dispose of immediately. The truth was, while a few were based on doctors’ prescriptions, I was also self-medicating. At the end of my consultation, I felt great. I understood a little more of the nature of my illness.”
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“I left the hospital with my head high and a bubbly spirit…But it wasn’t quite the happy ending I expected… Depression persisted…..I just could not find peace amidst the turmoil…Mental illness sucks big time.
“I began to find peace when I realised how much learning and unlearning I had to do. I was tired of self-pity and this thing that was consuming my lif, I did not only want my life back, I wanted to be an even better version…It was time to fix me.
“How did I go about it? I embarked on a journey of self-evaluation and self-discovery. I made peace with my past and then forgave everyone including myself.”
Betty Irabor in April 2019 recounted how she attempted suicide as the pain from depression became unbearable.
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