OPINIONISTA: South Africa is in a mental health crisis, and we all need to see ourselves in Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka

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ARCHIVES: OPINIONISTA: South Africa is in a mental health crisis, and we all need to see ourselves in Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka

My mental health problems kicked off in 2017. I had just returned to the US from South Africa, excited to be back after a year building a house for a family in need. As the year progressed, I started to lose total interest in architecture, struggling to hold a train of thought. I couldn’t concentrate on my academic work or even pray. Only on the soccer pitch was I able to maintain mental clarity. So, I started skipping class weeks at a time.

To me, my lost family members represented the value of the paper currency. They were the gold that I lost — I had the paper, but it was worthless without the gold to back it. To prevent myself from falling deeper into depression, I asked one of my friends at Andrews about getting me a job as the school mascot because that best represented how I felt. As the mascot, I went out in public dancing and celebrating. Inside I was dying.

 

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