oh my god it’s such an honor to be here
so I’m good afternoon everyone
mental health and depression
alright so I’ve started my year off very
interesting
I invited some friends over for dinner
but they started talking about the time
as they tried to commit suicide my first
friend showed me his real marks around
his neck and told me it was his second
time to try to kill himself my next
friend took 38 grit material tabs these
are certain sleeping pills to celebrate
her 30th birthday and bound it with
alcohol my next friend and I shot a
commercial with she was 21 years old had
slash marks all over her arm so I asked
her what that was she said she said it’s
a pad to I said no not that that
pointing to the slash marks around her
wrist and she said oh these these were
the times I tried to kill myself I
advocate about mental health because
mental health is close to my heart and
because I am one of them
two years ago as diagnosed as clinically
depressed
these were the times I felt alive but
dead inside I woke up every day feeling
and thinking to myself why was I still
even here I elevated myself and my
friends and I only thought bad thoughts
I didn’t have energy anymore and I just
wasn’t myself anymore
I went by so quick and yet I didn’t
nothing
I wasn’t productive at all and I’d
rather be dead so what is depression
depression is a sickness of intense
feeling of sadness and it can happen to
anyone and it lasts for more than two
weeks and that keeps you from
functioning properly your quality of
your life decreases and it affects your
family your relationship your work and
just life in general symptoms if you
have more than five of these or five of
these or more then you may have
viniculture depression loss of energy
you probably used to be the life of the
party before but now we try to avoid
social situations here just not yourself
anymore and you’re feeling kind of weird
and awkward feelings of worthlessness
and guilt you feel you’re not pretty
enough you’re not smart enough you’re
not you’re just not enough you talk to
someone and you think what is she
thinking of me she thinks I’m stupid
these things and you feel slowed down
did you guys know that emotions have
weight okay so everyone close your eyes
imagine a sad memory legislative
business without imagine a happy moment
it’s probably when you won or when you
made your family proud
did you notice okay open your eyes
thank you did you notice your body when
you thought of a sad thought you’re
heavy you slept when you think of a
happy thoughts you let up so emotions
have weight and when you feel depressed
you’re heavy
all throughout and it lasts for more
than two weeks
so think of happy thoughts you and
faster quicker smarter indecisiveness
you don’t know it’s hard for you to make
simple decisions for example you want
the much ice cream where the chocolate
ice cube and then you get the much ice
cream but no I want to talk with ice
cream no I want so much ice cream simple
things like this you can’t make easy
decision decisions sleep disorders
either you get too much sleep are you
Mac sleep in my case I got enough sleep
but I felt that I didn’t sleep I lost
interest in I can at least I love music
but when I’m on my pressed state I skip
from song to song and it’s difficult you
you lose interest in everything you
don’t want to talk to anyone or your
friends or even listen to music your
interests are not interesting to you
anymore significant weight loss or
weight gain
now some people cope with depression in
different ways some eat some cook
through it
by eating some don’t eat at all and some
eat a lot I wish our society event ate
at all but unfortunately I ate I’m a
stress eater so it significant weight
loss or gain
and lastly a bit more supportive
thoughts of suicide or attempts of
suicide so what did I do
or rather what to do if you have it
first and always is to seek professional
help from a psychiatrist or a
psychologist
these are trained professionals and try
to listen as well you know listen and
follow their advice and it’s always best
to supplement it by talking to people
especially someone who understands what
you’re going through
talk to your friends your loved ones and
believe me it will help it’ll lighten
your burden but if you talk to people
not everyone you will understand you and
that’s normal and that’s okay because
there are several misconceptions about
depression
it’s equating depression to sadness I’m
feeling depressed depressed but they are
talking about sadness
so it’s feeling sad or they think it’s
not a real illness or it’s just all in
your head I just want you to snap out of
it
so again depression is not sadness and
it’s not clinical depression sadness is
an emotion it’s fleeting and it’s
temporary it doesn’t last forever you
can’t trust your emotions at times and
especially when you’re feeling depressed
I advise you look not to make big life
decisions at this point in time sadness
is an emotion and you can’t trust that
there are wild horses so girls it’s
always handy
however depression is intense feelings
of the negative of sadness and negative
energy that last one for more than two
weeks and it’s not just easy to snap out
of it
so what did I do
or rather what did they put a water
around on what they they try to put me
on when I was depressed and when they
told me that I was depressed at first I
was in denial was I reading depressed I
want you to know that the Nile may be a
symptom of depression so when I found
out they put me on medications I tried
it with me on antidepressants I tried
taking it but I didn’t like it it wasn’t
for me and I knew deep down in my heart
that that wasn’t right I was feeling
numb and I wasn’t feeling anything at
all I felt like a vegetable – it wasn’t
just right so my god I was diagnosed as
bipolar and he has been under
medications for the past ten years and
he has been dependent on it the king of
all drugs are it’s a double-edged sword
we take it now but it has its side
effects you think now that you live
shorter or later and I wanted I wanted
him out of it so I wanted to prove to
him and to others that I could get out
of my depression naturally so
how would I do it I got over it
obviously I’m here it’s alive there are
two ways of medication there’s some
Western and there’s Easter for Western
they put you on antidepressants mood
stabilizers and sleeping pills you go to
a psychiatrist and personally there is
prescribe you medicines but you had to
find the right combination for this and
it doesn’t it doesn’t take effect right
away you have to wait around two to
three weeks for it to stabilize your
mood and you know how kids are they want
things quick and in fact the three weeks
I wanted to be happy now and they
classify they give you all these drugs
because to them it’s a hormonal
imbalance but on the eastern side they
call it the bottling of emotions you’re
just not yourself anymore or rather
you’re not your true self so there’s the
alternative medicine so there are
alternative ways to heal depression
there is only Opeth me acupuncture
meditations affirmations yoga exercise
and diet and I’ll tell you more about it
later there is no one way of treatment
and the best combination is to take
either one of them and to combine it
with talk therapy that’s talking through
it opening up to someone talking dear
chest or so when you’re ready trust it
sort of knows what you’re going through
the best bits of combining these two and
please don’t get me wrong I’m not
against medication it’s best to find the
right mix so how did I get over it I had
to do 180 on my lifestyle I had to
change physically spiritually mentally
and emotionally or physically I had to
exercise every day I made sure to at
least get 30 minutes of cardio I jog I
ran I practice yoga trying to feel at
ease cycling I stayed active I went to
the gym every day you know inactivity is
your enemy so you always have to stay
active and after all if you look good
you’ll feel better mentally I read a lot
I had you gated myself if you read a lot
UI or value to yourself and that’s very
important for someone who’s depressed
because you feel or if it’s really you
you always have these negative thoughts
I was also more grateful I had a
gratitude journal I wrote 10 grateful
then things I was grateful for every day
and then each day you add more and more
and more and then eventually an
attachment scientifically proven to take
the pressure so become more grateful for
things so they had to have a better
perspective about things and have a
better attitude about things correctly
I prayed more I connected to myself more
and this is where meditation comes in
they say that when you pray you talk to
God and when you meditate God talks to
you emotionally I had to be honest with
myself
you know it’s okay to be bad sometimes
it’s okay to to admit to yourself that
we didn’t do the right thing you really
have to be honest to yourself you have
you cannot light yourself to admit to
yourself those feelings and then you can
overcome it and emotionally I had to
stay away from the people who are bad
for me you’ve done in your heart you
know or good for you and who are bad for
you I always say that three good friends
are enough it’s the quality of your
friendship that matters not quantity
also I tried also I tried also I had
another thing that’s helped me out the
depression was this it’s called the
Wheel of Life
so that’s your friends your family your
love specially your schoolwork financial
and health financial it’s proven that it
causes depression so how are you faring
in these areas of your life are you
focusing mostly on your love life are
you giving how are you spending your
time or energy then you focus the world
on your social life is your health
depreciating are you not in touch with
your family anymore
what about you or are you forgetting
yourself you have time for yourself
so wireless you have to be in balance
and what can really matter to you to me
the best code was able to help me out
it says puny isn’t about having a pretty
face it’s about having a pretty mind
pretty hard and most importantly a
beautiful soul so I try to classify
things that matter to me in three
repeats having a pretty mind where ever
you able to have a good conversation
will use smart ryu militant pretty hard
or you kind to people really being kind
you have a good personality and a pretty
soul where you connected it and it’s not
just about the physical looks
what also helped me is that I had a good
support system I was very fortunate that
I had a dad was going through depression
and he knew how I felt so it was easy
for me to talk to it to talk to him so
then again it’s good that you have
friends and family will only make you
feel good if they don’t make you feel
good then you don’t need that kind of
negative energy in your life so here are
some good mental health habits and here
is some environment without habits that
could trigger a depression there’s the
lack of sleep which is number one
there’s drugs and alcohol so kids don’t
take drugs diets negative thoughts and
the liver one cause of depression is
citrus and for good mental health habits
are positive social connections EIRP
pasta and not just any source of social
connections if we’re invited out to a
party if do you think that’s going to be
a positive social connection or are you
just afraid of missing out the fear of
missing out new learnings if you try a
new of things you know it activates a
new part of your brain and it makes you
feel excited again it makes you feel
alive having a great diet foods rich in
protein and medicines like the
accomplice the conflicts that triggers
the neuroscience in the brain getting
enough sleep eight hours of sleep
exercising every day and gratitude so
finally after six months of agony
darkness and suffering if you didn’t
worthlessness meeting worthless I was
the better person stronger better
smarter I knew what happiness was
because I knew what sadness was I was
out of my depression free and I did it
naturally without any drugs
so there are three things I want people
to get out of but when I do for my talks
one is for people to be informed about
depression its consequences including
suicide prevention and treatment to that
people with depression are able to seek
help and three that friends and family
are able to provide support so what to
do if you have a friend family or
colleague who’s going through a
depression there are some things to say
we’re saying I’m here for you you’re not
alone or let’s talk you are important I
love you you can survive this and
depression is real
you don’t say stop feeling sorry for
yourself or just snap out of it or
there’s always someone worse off than
you are or it’s your fault lastly I want
you to know that there is hope but if
you’ve been feeling down lost or if
you’ve been wanting or if you’ve been
having thoughts of suicide I want you to
know that depression is real and I want
you to know that there is hope I went
through these very things and I know how
you feel in that I’ve been there from
seeking proper health getting proper
treatment and putting all my efforts in
I know stand here before you and it was
amazing but I now stand here before you
as Miss International 2016
[Applause]
so I’m good afternoon everyone
mental health and depression
alright so I’ve started my year off very
interesting
I invited some friends over for dinner
but they started talking about the time
as they tried to commit suicide my first
friend showed me his real marks around
his neck and told me it was his second
time to try to kill himself my next
friend took 38 grit material tabs these
are certain sleeping pills to celebrate
her 30th birthday and bound it with
alcohol my next friend and I shot a
commercial with she was 21 years old had
slash marks all over her arm so I asked
her what that was she said she said it’s
a pad to I said no not that that
pointing to the slash marks around her
wrist and she said oh these these were
the times I tried to kill myself I
advocate about mental health because
mental health is close to my heart and
because I am one of them
two years ago as diagnosed as clinically
depressed
these were the times I felt alive but
dead inside I woke up every day feeling
and thinking to myself why was I still
even here I elevated myself and my
friends and I only thought bad thoughts
I didn’t have energy anymore and I just
wasn’t myself anymore
I went by so quick and yet I didn’t
nothing
I wasn’t productive at all and I’d
rather be dead so what is depression
depression is a sickness of intense
feeling of sadness and it can happen to
anyone and it lasts for more than two
weeks and that keeps you from
functioning properly your quality of
your life decreases and it affects your
family your relationship your work and
just life in general symptoms if you
have more than five of these or five of
these or more then you may have
viniculture depression loss of energy
you probably used to be the life of the
party before but now we try to avoid
social situations here just not yourself
anymore and you’re feeling kind of weird
and awkward feelings of worthlessness
and guilt you feel you’re not pretty
enough you’re not smart enough you’re
not you’re just not enough you talk to
someone and you think what is she
thinking of me she thinks I’m stupid
these things and you feel slowed down
did you guys know that emotions have
weight okay so everyone close your eyes
imagine a sad memory legislative
business without imagine a happy moment
it’s probably when you won or when you
made your family proud
did you notice okay open your eyes
thank you did you notice your body when
you thought of a sad thought you’re
heavy you slept when you think of a
happy thoughts you let up so emotions
have weight and when you feel depressed
you’re heavy
all throughout and it lasts for more
than two weeks
so think of happy thoughts you and
faster quicker smarter indecisiveness
you don’t know it’s hard for you to make
simple decisions for example you want
the much ice cream where the chocolate
ice cube and then you get the much ice
cream but no I want to talk with ice
cream no I want so much ice cream simple
things like this you can’t make easy
decision decisions sleep disorders
either you get too much sleep are you
Mac sleep in my case I got enough sleep
but I felt that I didn’t sleep I lost
interest in I can at least I love music
but when I’m on my pressed state I skip
from song to song and it’s difficult you
you lose interest in everything you
don’t want to talk to anyone or your
friends or even listen to music your
interests are not interesting to you
anymore significant weight loss or
weight gain
now some people cope with depression in
different ways some eat some cook
through it
by eating some don’t eat at all and some
eat a lot I wish our society event ate
at all but unfortunately I ate I’m a
stress eater so it significant weight
loss or gain
and lastly a bit more supportive
thoughts of suicide or attempts of
suicide so what did I do
or rather what to do if you have it
first and always is to seek professional
help from a psychiatrist or a
psychologist
these are trained professionals and try
to listen as well you know listen and
follow their advice and it’s always best
to supplement it by talking to people
especially someone who understands what
you’re going through
talk to your friends your loved ones and
believe me it will help it’ll lighten
your burden but if you talk to people
not everyone you will understand you and
that’s normal and that’s okay because
there are several misconceptions about
depression
it’s equating depression to sadness I’m
feeling depressed depressed but they are
talking about sadness
so it’s feeling sad or they think it’s
not a real illness or it’s just all in
your head I just want you to snap out of
it
so again depression is not sadness and
it’s not clinical depression sadness is
an emotion it’s fleeting and it’s
temporary it doesn’t last forever you
can’t trust your emotions at times and
especially when you’re feeling depressed
I advise you look not to make big life
decisions at this point in time sadness
is an emotion and you can’t trust that
there are wild horses so girls it’s
always handy
however depression is intense feelings
of the negative of sadness and negative
energy that last one for more than two
weeks and it’s not just easy to snap out
of it
so what did I do
or rather what did they put a water
around on what they they try to put me
on when I was depressed and when they
told me that I was depressed at first I
was in denial was I reading depressed I
want you to know that the Nile may be a
symptom of depression so when I found
out they put me on medications I tried
it with me on antidepressants I tried
taking it but I didn’t like it it wasn’t
for me and I knew deep down in my heart
that that wasn’t right I was feeling
numb and I wasn’t feeling anything at
all I felt like a vegetable – it wasn’t
just right so my god I was diagnosed as
bipolar and he has been under
medications for the past ten years and
he has been dependent on it the king of
all drugs are it’s a double-edged sword
we take it now but it has its side
effects you think now that you live
shorter or later and I wanted I wanted
him out of it so I wanted to prove to
him and to others that I could get out
of my depression naturally so
how would I do it I got over it
obviously I’m here it’s alive there are
two ways of medication there’s some
Western and there’s Easter for Western
they put you on antidepressants mood
stabilizers and sleeping pills you go to
a psychiatrist and personally there is
prescribe you medicines but you had to
find the right combination for this and
it doesn’t it doesn’t take effect right
away you have to wait around two to
three weeks for it to stabilize your
mood and you know how kids are they want
things quick and in fact the three weeks
I wanted to be happy now and they
classify they give you all these drugs
because to them it’s a hormonal
imbalance but on the eastern side they
call it the bottling of emotions you’re
just not yourself anymore or rather
you’re not your true self so there’s the
alternative medicine so there are
alternative ways to heal depression
there is only Opeth me acupuncture
meditations affirmations yoga exercise
and diet and I’ll tell you more about it
later there is no one way of treatment
and the best combination is to take
either one of them and to combine it
with talk therapy that’s talking through
it opening up to someone talking dear
chest or so when you’re ready trust it
sort of knows what you’re going through
the best bits of combining these two and
please don’t get me wrong I’m not
against medication it’s best to find the
right mix so how did I get over it I had
to do 180 on my lifestyle I had to
change physically spiritually mentally
and emotionally or physically I had to
exercise every day I made sure to at
least get 30 minutes of cardio I jog I
ran I practice yoga trying to feel at
ease cycling I stayed active I went to
the gym every day you know inactivity is
your enemy so you always have to stay
active and after all if you look good
you’ll feel better mentally I read a lot
I had you gated myself if you read a lot
UI or value to yourself and that’s very
important for someone who’s depressed
because you feel or if it’s really you
you always have these negative thoughts
I was also more grateful I had a
gratitude journal I wrote 10 grateful
then things I was grateful for every day
and then each day you add more and more
and more and then eventually an
attachment scientifically proven to take
the pressure so become more grateful for
things so they had to have a better
perspective about things and have a
better attitude about things correctly
I prayed more I connected to myself more
and this is where meditation comes in
they say that when you pray you talk to
God and when you meditate God talks to
you emotionally I had to be honest with
myself
you know it’s okay to be bad sometimes
it’s okay to to admit to yourself that
we didn’t do the right thing you really
have to be honest to yourself you have
you cannot light yourself to admit to
yourself those feelings and then you can
overcome it and emotionally I had to
stay away from the people who are bad
for me you’ve done in your heart you
know or good for you and who are bad for
you I always say that three good friends
are enough it’s the quality of your
friendship that matters not quantity
also I tried also I tried also I had
another thing that’s helped me out the
depression was this it’s called the
Wheel of Life
so that’s your friends your family your
love specially your schoolwork financial
and health financial it’s proven that it
causes depression so how are you faring
in these areas of your life are you
focusing mostly on your love life are
you giving how are you spending your
time or energy then you focus the world
on your social life is your health
depreciating are you not in touch with
your family anymore
what about you or are you forgetting
yourself you have time for yourself
so wireless you have to be in balance
and what can really matter to you to me
the best code was able to help me out
it says puny isn’t about having a pretty
face it’s about having a pretty mind
pretty hard and most importantly a
beautiful soul so I try to classify
things that matter to me in three
repeats having a pretty mind where ever
you able to have a good conversation
will use smart ryu militant pretty hard
or you kind to people really being kind
you have a good personality and a pretty
soul where you connected it and it’s not
just about the physical looks
what also helped me is that I had a good
support system I was very fortunate that
I had a dad was going through depression
and he knew how I felt so it was easy
for me to talk to it to talk to him so
then again it’s good that you have
friends and family will only make you
feel good if they don’t make you feel
good then you don’t need that kind of
negative energy in your life so here are
some good mental health habits and here
is some environment without habits that
could trigger a depression there’s the
lack of sleep which is number one
there’s drugs and alcohol so kids don’t
take drugs diets negative thoughts and
the liver one cause of depression is
citrus and for good mental health habits
are positive social connections EIRP
pasta and not just any source of social
connections if we’re invited out to a
party if do you think that’s going to be
a positive social connection or are you
just afraid of missing out the fear of
missing out new learnings if you try a
new of things you know it activates a
new part of your brain and it makes you
feel excited again it makes you feel
alive having a great diet foods rich in
protein and medicines like the
accomplice the conflicts that triggers
the neuroscience in the brain getting
enough sleep eight hours of sleep
exercising every day and gratitude so
finally after six months of agony
darkness and suffering if you didn’t
worthlessness meeting worthless I was
the better person stronger better
smarter I knew what happiness was
because I knew what sadness was I was
out of my depression free and I did it
naturally without any drugs
so there are three things I want people
to get out of but when I do for my talks
one is for people to be informed about
depression its consequences including
suicide prevention and treatment to that
people with depression are able to seek
help and three that friends and family
are able to provide support so what to
do if you have a friend family or
colleague who’s going through a
depression there are some things to say
we’re saying I’m here for you you’re not
alone or let’s talk you are important I
love you you can survive this and
depression is real
you don’t say stop feeling sorry for
yourself or just snap out of it or
there’s always someone worse off than
you are or it’s your fault lastly I want
you to know that there is hope but if
you’ve been feeling down lost or if
you’ve been wanting or if you’ve been
having thoughts of suicide I want you to
know that depression is real and I want
you to know that there is hope I went
through these very things and I know how
you feel in that I’ve been there from
seeking proper health getting proper
treatment and putting all my efforts in
I know stand here before you and it was
amazing but I now stand here before you
as Miss International 2016
[Applause]
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