How I was mocked, shamed over mental health issues – Eniola Badmus

 

Ace actress, Eniola Badmus, has revealed how distasteful some are when it comes to mental health issues.

The actress, on Snapchat, has revealed how she hates people pretending to help when in reality, they only mock, shame and use your situation against you.

According to her, her friends mocked her when she was battling with mental breakdown. She said one disclosed her private discussion with her to another friend.

Badmus said people often believe a mental breakdown is as a result of bad things done in the past.

She also slammed friends who neglect one’s depression but feigns when such a person passes on.

She said, “Hate the pretentiousness of people when they hear about death from depression and mental health-related issues. Suddenly they start to care and be sympathetic.

“Woe betides most people that do that. I remember speaking in confidence to a friend whose friend was supposedly helping me with some kind of work and things weren’t going her friend’s way.

“Her friend had said to me I was using my mental health as an excuse and said to me she don’t care what I was going through. She had even gossiped about all I told her in confidence with her other friends and they mocked me for it.

“Which was fine and really that’s why people don’t speak about mental health struggles and seeking therapy and that typa slot.

“They think you deserve it because you must have done something wrong at some point in your life! Y’all is gross as slot!

“Moral lesson is people don’t care about your life struggles till you die. They’ll rather see you dead than help you as needed.”

She went further to admonish people going through mental health illness. “For everyone struggling with mental health illness. You’re not alone and you will be fine.

“Keep getting better and don’t let the stigmatization of mindless and empty-headed people stop you from seeking help when you need it. Someone will be courageous enough to stand by you,” she said.