Name: 【TED】Nikki Webber Allen: Don't suffer from your depression in silence (Don't suffer from your depression in silence | Nikki Webber Allen)
Uploaded: 2017-10-26T16:10:09.000Z
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Even when there's absolutely nothing wrong,

I sometimes get this overwhelming sense of doom,

like danger is lurking just around the corner.

two conditions that often go hand in hand.

Now, there was a time I wouldn't have told anybody,

especially not in front of a big audience.

I've had to develop extraordinary resilience to succeed.

I had the misconception that depression was a sign of weakness,

I'd earned a Master's degree in Media Studies

and had a string of high-profile jobs in the film and television industries.

I'd even won two Emmy Awards for my hard work.

I lacked interest in things I used to enjoy,

Still, I didn't tell anybody about my diagnosis.

I didn't think I had the right to be depressed.

with a loving family and a successful career.

And when I thought about the unspeakable horrors

that my ancestors had been through in this country

That was the day I got a phone call from my mom

telling me that my 22-year-old nephew, Paul, had ended his life,

after years of battling depression and anxiety.

There are no words that can describe the devastation I felt.

but I had no idea he was in so much pain.

Neither one of us had ever talked to the other about our struggles.

The shame and stigma kept us both silent.

Now, my way of dealing with adversity is to face it head on,

so I spent the next two years researching depression and anxiety,

that depression is the leading cause of sickness and disability

While the exact cause of depression isn't clear,

research suggests that most mental disorders develop,

because of a chemical imbalance in the brain,

and/or an underlying genetic predisposition.

stressors like racism and socioeconomic disparities

put them at a 20 percent greater risk of developing a mental disorder,

at about half the rate of white Americans.

with 63 percent of black Americans mistaking depression for a weakness.

Sadly, the suicide rate among black children

seventy percent of people struggling with depression will improve

in hopes of sparking a national conversation.

We have got to retire those tired, old narratives

who, no matter how many times they get knocked down,

Having feelings isn't a sign of weakness.

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【TED】Nikki Webber Allen: Don't suffer from your depression in silence (Don't suffer from your depression in silence | Nikki Webber Allen)

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