While we all feel sad, moody or low from time to time, some people experience these feelings intensely, for long periods of time (weeks, months or even years) and sometimes without any apparent reason. Depression is more than just a low mood – it’s a serious condition that affects your physical and mental health.
Celebrated Kenyan actress Njeri Gachomba, alias Njambi of The Real Househelps of Kawangware (TRHK) has come out to open up about her prolonged struggle with depression.
Njambi shared her struggle with depression after she broke up with her baby daddy.
The two broke up two years ago out of reason she did not explain.
During a Q and A session with her fans, a fan asked the actress to share her tips on how she has dealt with depression. The fan lost a loved one after a struggle with depression.
You know, depressed people are advised to talk about their issues but it’s never that easy for me because I hate talking about my problems
She said most people don’t understand when one is dealing with depression and that is why she prefers to keep her struggle to herself.
No one will ever understand the pain you are in and that is why I just prefer to lock myself in my bedroom and pray rather than talk to someone
She admitted that she is still working on it and has opted not to take alcohol or smoke to numb the pain.
It is so hard because once you are stressed by a small issue, you go back to square one. I just listen to music, cry a lot and I mean a lot
The beauty revealed she lives in Waithaka, where she sometimes takes a walk to a river and screams.