Fast rising actress, Moyo Lawal has been off social media for a while and she's now back with a bang. The Lady who came into Nollywood via a little screen job titled "shallow waters". Confessed to her fans that she's been battling depression and thoughts of triumph.

She wrote:

“dear lovers…,Am sorry, I have been away and silent these last couple of months but you see, I have not been able to explain what was going on in my mind and my heart.

All I know is that, I have been living in a body fighting to survive with a mind that has been trying to die. P,S I miss you all so much love”.

The Badagry born actress has had an impressive run in Nollywood being part of movies like, “Binta and friend,”’Dancehood,” and most recently Tinsel.



Six Reasons People Try To Kill Themself By Dr Alex Lickerman M.D

1)They're depressed. This is without question the most common reason people commit suicide. Severe depression is always accompanied by a pervasive sense of suffering as well as the belief that escape from it is hopeless.

The pain of existence often becomes too much for severely depressed people to bear. The state of depression warps their thinking, allowing ideas like "Everyone would all be better off without me" to make rational sense.

They shouldn't be blamed for falling prey to such distorted thoughts any more than a heart patient should be blamed for experiencing chest pain: it's simply the nature of their disease. Because depression, as we all know, is almost always treatable, we should all seek to recognize its presence in our close friends and loved ones.

Often people suffer with it silently, planning suicide without anyone ever knowing. Despite making both parties uncomfortable, inquiring directly about suicidal thoughts in my experience almost always yields an honest response. If you suspect someone might be depressed, don't allow your tendency to deny the possibility of suicidal ideation prevent you from asking about it.

2)They're psychotic. Malevolent inner voices often command self-destruction for unintelligible reasons. Psychosis is much harder to mask than depression, and is arguably even more tragic.

The worldwide incidence of schizophrenia is 1% and often strikes otherwise healthy, high-performing individuals, whose lives, though manageable with medication, never fulfill their original promise.

Schizophrenics are just as likely to talk freely about the voices commanding them to kill themselves as not, and also, in my experience, give honest answers about thoughts of suicide when asked directly. Psychosis, too, is treatable, and usually must be treated for a schizophrenic to be able to function at all.

Untreated or poorly treated psychosis almost always requires hospital admission to a locked ward until the voices lose their commanding power.

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