Sitawa Wafula: Why I speak up about living with epilepsy
Sitawa Wafula: Megapa saya berterus terang tentang kehidupan dengan penyakit ayan
Sitawa Wafula started Kenya's first free mental health and epilepsy support line. Full bio
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butterflies in my stomach
jantung saya yang berdegup
sweet words spoken
kata-kata manis
saya selalu bertanya:
perlombaan olahraga,
and hugging each other.
dan memeluk satu sama lain.
the spoon in my mouth.
sendok ke mulut.
I just pointed at my mouth.
saya menunjuk ke mulut saya.
the chattering stopped.
gemeletaknya berhenti.
and she told me --
dan dia bilang --
to the dormitories to sleep.
ke asrama untuk tidur.
of high school,
di SMA,
my end of high school exams
ujian akhir SMA
of exams we call here in Kenya "mocks,"
ujian percobaan
how prepared one is for the final exams.
kesiapan murid untuk ujian akhir.
sejarah Kenya,
against British colonial rule.
melawan pemerintahan kolonial Inggris.
menyentak-nyentak,
imaginary papers.
kertas khayalan.
concentrating on their reading
berkonsentrasi dari bacaan mereka
untuk menghentikannya,
nyawa sendiri.
everybody was looking at us,
melihat tangan saya,
and official introduction,
pembukaan resmi,
untuk pertama kalinya,
has been a 15-year-long affair.
yang telah berlangsung selama 15 tahun.
for most types of epilepsy,
kebanyakan jenis penyakit ayan,
needs to be assessed by a doctor
perlu dinilai oleh seorang dokter
penyakit ayan
disebabkan oleh hal lain.
that I had epilepsy.
memiliki penyakit ayan.
in hospital and at home,
rumah sakit dan di rumah,
menyelesaikan ujian akhir.
di antara kertas ujian,
nilai yang cukup
science degree
in my second year.
di tahun kedua.
when I had a seizure in the workplace.
kejang di tempat kerja.
terhadap diri sendiri
untuk waktu yang lama,
of the things that had happened,
disebabkan oleh hal-hal yang terjadi,
and being fired from my job.
dipecat dari pekerjaan.
I had heard about epilepsy
yang saya dengar tentang penyakit ayan
berpenyakit ayan:
to be delivered from.
mereka akan selalu butuh bantuan.
about these things,
tentang hal ini,
dengan kaki yang terkunci,
would still be twitching.
terus menyentak-nyentak.
didn't have answers
tidak memiliki jawaban
and my bad days and my really ugly days,
hari-hari jelek dan hari-hari terburuk,
by people who had epilepsy
oleh orang yang mengidap penyakit ayan
have the diagnosis.
memiliki diagnosa ini.
who constantly asked why me
yang selalu bertanya mengapa saya
menyokong diri sendiri,
to find their voices.
menemukan suara mereka.
from two to three times a day,
dari dua sampai tiga kali sehari,
times in one year.
epilepsi Kenya yang pertama.
and epilepsy support line.
menyebarkan hubungan saya,
could never be able to do.
orang dengan penyakit ayan.
as big as 80 percent of Nairobi
80 persen dari Nairobi
of stigma and exclusion.
have the diagnosis
a constant reminder
diingatkan terus-menerus
with people like us,
orang-orang seperti kami,
the walls of stigma and exclusion,
dinding stigma dan pengasingan,
life throws at us.
apa saja.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sitawa Wafula - Mental health advocateSitawa Wafula started Kenya's first free mental health and epilepsy support line.
Why you should listen
Sitawa Wafula is a blogger and nomadic mental health crusader. She's using her personal journey as a rape survivor living with a dual diagnosis of epilepsy and bipolar disorder to provide people in Africa with information and support to handle mental health conditions and deal with everyday life.
Wafula is also an Aspen New Voices Fellow with the Aspen Institute, USA and a non-communicable disease champion under the Ministry of Health in her home country, Kenya.
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