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ON KONG.
ON KONG. GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
>>> SHE WAS A MOTHER TO THREE
CHILDREN AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF
HER CHURCH, CAME FROM A
SUPPORTIVE FAMILY AND WAS LOVED
BY A DEVOTED HUSBAND BUT HER
WORLD FELL APART WHEN THAT
DEVOTED HUSBAND AND LOVING
FATHER HAD INVOLUNTARILY
ADMITTED HER TO A PSYCHIATRIC
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. >> SHE IS NOW SHARING HER
JOURNEY WITH US FROM DEPRESSION
TO EATING DISORDER, THOUGHTS OF
SUICIDE, HARMING HERSELF AND
NOW SHE SUCCESSFULLY DEALS WITH
HER MENTAL ILLNESS AND JOINS US
TO SHARE HER STORY.
>> THANK YOU.>> SUCH AN
IMPORTANT TOPIC IN ONE OF THE
BIGGEST TOPICS OF OUR TIME.
I'M CURIOUS, WHEN ALL OF THIS
HAPPENED TO YOU, INVOLUNTARILY
COMMITTED TO A MENTAL HEALTH
FACILITY, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH
THAT AND EMMA WHAT DID YOU DO
TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE YOU
ARE NOW?
ARE NOW?
ARE NOW? >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY NOBODY WANTS
TO BE GOING TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL
. AND I KNEW I WAS IN A LOT OF
PAIN BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO ADMIT
THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH
ME.
ME.
ME. I
ME. I HID
ME. I HID IT FROM EVERYONE AND I
WAS IN DAILY PAIN BUT I DIDN'T
WANT TO ADMIT THERE IS
SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.
SO I WENT TO THE PSYCH WARD AND
GOT OUT AND SAW THERAPY.
GOT MEDICINE.
GOT MEDICINE. AND TRY TO REBUILD MY LIFE AS A
MOTHER, A WIFE, A CHURCH
MEMBER.
MEMBER.
MEMBER. BUT I STILL KEPT IT HIDDEN.
I STILL CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE.
THROUGH IT.
THROUGH IT. BUT THROUGH DVT, WHICH IS THE
BEST THERAPY OUT THERE, GAVE ME
A LIFE WORTH LIVING, CHANGED MY
LIFE IN
LIFE IN
LIFE IN >> PART OF THE STIGMA ABOUT
MENTAL ILLNESS OR MENTAL HEALTH
IS THAT PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT
TO GET HELP BECAUSE PEOPLE
DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.
AND THEY DON'T DEAL WITH IT.
SO, WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO
PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE IN A
SIMILAR SITUATION OR JUST NOT
FEELING COMPLETELY HEALTHY, AND
ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIFE AND
WHAT THEY SHOULD DO ABOUT IT?
>> THEY NEED TO STAND UP AND
VOICE WHAT IS GOING ON IN
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. I THINK WHAT YOU SAID, THERE'S
A STIGMA YOU THINK I'M BROKEN
OR SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.
AND YOU HAVE TO CONFORM
REALIZING THIS IS JUST LIKE
DIABETES.
DIABETES.
DIABETES. THIS IS YOU ARE ILL, YOU CANNOT
GET BETTER BUT YOU CAN REALIZE
THAT MENTAL ILLNESS IS LIKE A
PHYSICAL ILLNESS AND THERE IS
NO SHAME IN THAT.
AND YOU NEED TO COME FORWARD
AND VOICED YOUR LOVED ONES.
GO TO A THERAPIST, DR., A
HOTLINES GO SOMEWHERE AND START
TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS YOU
ARE FEELING AND THINKING.
A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN EVEN MAKE
THINK OF WHAT YOU ARE CENTIPEDE
YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN PAIN AND
STRUGGLING AND YOU DON'T KNOW
WHERE TO GO.
THE FIRST THING I THINK IT'S A
GOOD WAY LOVED ONE OR A GOOD
FRIEND AND START TALKING.
>> WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS
TOO, MENTAL ILLNESS NOT AS SUCH
IN TABOO SUBJECT.
IT IS MORE MAINSTREAM AND
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT
MORE.
MORE.
MORE. IS
MORE. IS THAT THE RIGHT APPROACH TO
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
BRINGING IN THE DISCUSSION?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE MORE AND
MORE TALKED ABOUT SO THAT
PEOPLE CAN FEEL LIKE THEY CAN
COME FORWARD.
COME FORWARD. AND TALK AND PEOPLE BECOME MORE
AWARE ABOUT IT SO THEY KNOW HOW
TO TALK WITH SOMEONE WHO IS
STRUGGLING, TO SHOW THEM THE
LOVE AND COMPASSION INSTEAD OF
LOOKING AT THEM LIKE, WHAT YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
TALKING ABOUT? IF THEY ARE NOT INFORMED AND
THEY ARE NOT EXPERIENCING THAT,
THEN THE OTHER PERSON MAY FEEL
JUDGED.
JUDGED.
JUDGED. >> HE WENT TO A PSYCHIATRIC
HOSPITAL NOT ON YOUR OWN WILL.
RIGHT?>> NO.
RIGHT?>> NO. >> THE DO YOU REGRET OR HOLD
RESENTMENT AGAINST YOUR LOVED
ONES WHO ADMITTED YOU TO THE
HOSPITAL SO YOU COULD GET HELP?
>> YOU MUST HAVE BEEN ANGRY.
>> INITIALLY I WAS ANGRY
BECAUSE I HAD TWO SECURITY
GUARDS ESCORTED ME OUT AND
ADMITTED ME BUT I DIDN'T THINK
I WAS BELONGING THERE.
YOU THINK I'M CRAZY AND I KEPT
SAYING TO THEM I'M NOT CRAZY
AND I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE
THAT LABEL AWAY AND REALIZE, AND
NO, MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE ARE NOT
CRAZY THEY ARE JUST ILL AND
THEY NEED HELP TO GET WELL.
I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A MENTAL
ILLNESS.
ILLNESS.
ILLNESS. NOBODY WANTS TO HAVE IT SO I
FOUGHT IT.
FOUGHT IT. I WASN'T COME IN THE BEGINNING
I WAS ANGRY.
OVER THE LONG-TERM I'M SO
GRATEFUL THAT THEY DID WHAT HAD
TO BE DONE.
TO GET ME HOME.
>> YOU HAVE A BOOK OUT TOO TALK
ABOUT THIS.
ABOUT THIS. TELL US ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE CAN
FIND IT.
FIND IT.
FIND IT. >> THEY CAN FIND MY BOOK AND
IMPOSSIBLE LIFE ON AMAZON AND
IT TAKES YOU THROUGH THE