Nollywood actress, Chacha Eke, has shared traits of mental illnesses, she also advises that they get treated.
The mother of four who is also a mental illness activist, said that mental illnesses are like other illnesses and shouldn’t be stigmatised.
She said just as the body feels sick, the brain is equally allowed to feel tired and there are medications for such tiredness.
Chacha listed a variety of traits. She listed anger issues, self inflicted injuries, abuse, depression amongst others as traits of mental illnesses she is familiar with.
In a video she made while sitting in her car, she said, “If you have anger issues, I am talking temper, the one that wouldn’t go away until you take out your vexation on something or someone else, you have a mental illness.
“If you feel bitter and saddened to the extent that you inflict injury on yourself, you have got a mental illness.
“If you are out of touch with reality, you have paranoia, hallucinations, and delusions and the mood swings never end, that’s a mental illness.
“If you recognize one, two, or more of the traits that I mentioned in yourself and for fear of being stigmatized. You refuse to align with the truth.
“You will be doing yourself a great disservice. Mental illness can be inherited or acquired. Intense trauma, poverty, and living a hectic lifestyle can give one mental illness. If you fall under this category please seek medical attention.”
She also talked about how Bimbo Martins Ognonna would probably be alive if medical attention was sought after.
