Finding the needed support and getting proper counselling on mental health issues in Nigeria is often hampered by a lack of awareness, stigmatisation, and offensive comments borne out of ignorance.speaks with a 26-year-old Nigerian filmmaker, Adebisi Peters, who is helping to change the narrative on the lack of knowledge and awareness of mental health conditions. He spoke on how his documentaries on depression is helping to improve mental health education.
He slipped into depression, became a shadow of himself, and couldn’t find help from the people he taught could help him come out of the crumbling mental health crisis. “I was getting money but I did not have enough money for my production. So, I just had to continue to hustle and cater to myself, my mother, and brother but it was more like I’m useless,” he told our correspondent.