The NTV Crossover101 host, Grace Ekirapa, has been on the front line in sharing inspiration pieces of advice based on her actual life experience. Through her Instagram account, she reminded her fan that they should not give up even when they feel like hey should.
She said; “Mental health is a gift you give to yourself. You do this by surrounding yourself with people and things that create an environment that is conducive. A lot of people suffer secretly because they think it’s embarrassing to not be okay but am here to tell you.
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Being a girl at the age of 13 in class 8, Grace remembers trying to commit suicide because she was a sickly child. She was under medication, taking Amoxil and she thought taking the whole dose of 18 tablets would be the best way to commit suicide, but it did not work.
She was a young depressed 14-year-old girl, who everyone thought was always faking sickness to go home often. Later on while in Form 3, she took 35 pills and blacked out. She woke up and found herself in a bed in school thinking she would wake up in heaven.
“I believe that depression has a cure its nothing that cannot be dealt with but suicide is also tied to depression so for us to stop suicide we have to deal with depression.
I am talking from experience because a lot of people don’t know this but when I was in class eight many years ago I tried committing suicide I took 18 pills I was on some antibiotics and at one time I got to a point and I said I’m going to take them all the medicine I had. Form three again I decided I’m going to do the same and I took 35 pills this time because 18 didn’t kill me so 35 will,” she narrated.