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DEPRESSION AT ITS PEAK

DEPRESSION AT ITS PEAK    We all has gone through depression and some of us are still going through that. Me, for one, has suffered from depression since a tender age, specifically at the age of eight. Our medical practitioners says there are no definite reason for the up springing of depression in one's mind, but of course, something can't grow without having a root.    I'll be specifically talking about depression and its types. Depression is a psychological ailment that negatively affects how you think, act and respond towards the things around you. It has different types of it. 1. Clinical depression: This is also known as Major Depression. It is a mental health disorder characterised by persistently depressed mood and loss of interest in activities, causing abnormal attitudes from the affected. If is chronic and can last for a number of years.  Unfortunately, 1.5 million cases has been found in Nigeria which usually comes every year.  The affected is a...
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Stigma of traditional beliefs.

  My cousin Adaya was to be married in the next four market days, but before the marriage day due processes needed to be adhered to. The first week known as "the week of fattening" is known to be a week where the bride to be is said to stay in her hut and do nothing at all. She is forbidded to do any chores whatsoever, she eats four times daily sleeps anytime she wants. She is given an oil believed it was made by gods which aids her skin to glow. Every female in Oyoma village looks forward to this week forgetting the mystery of the second,third and fourth week. I entered my cousin hut on the first day of second week,"the week of circumcision." There I met her crying deeply, her voice was filled with sadness and graveness. "Adaya please stop crying, you will be fine, just stop." "How can u tell me to stop crying, when I'm walking straight to my death." She questioned with sadness "The gods will be with you that day, I  assure you , j...
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