Nikki Webber Allen: Don't suffer from your depression in silence
ニッキー・ウェバー・アレン: うつを一人で抱え込まないで
Nikki Webber Allen is working to create a safe space for honest conversations about mental health in communities of color. Full bio
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何をするつもり?
話しかけてきます
nothing wrong,
this overwhelming sense of doom,
破滅の感覚に陥るのです
just around the corner.
待ち伏せしているかのようです
同時に現れるものです
I wouldn't have told anybody,
言わない時期がありました
extraordinary resilience to succeed.
身に付ける必要がありました
was a sign of weakness,
性格の欠陥の証だという
in Media Studies
修士号を取得し
in the film and television industries.
立て続けにやりました
for my hard work.
エミー賞を2度獲得しました
消耗していました
I used to enjoy,
興味を失い
数週間かかりましたが
about my diagnosis.
誰にも伝えていませんでした
to be depressed.
思っていました
and a successful career.
恵まれた生活を送っていました
the unspeakable horrors
この国で経験してきたような
had been through in this country
恐怖に比べれば
置かれていると思うと
重んじていたので
a phone call from my mom
Paul, had ended his life,
数年に渡る鬱や不安障害との闘いの末
depression and anxiety.
告げられました
the devastation I felt.
とても言葉になりません
私は知りませんでした
to the other about our struggles.
語り合った事はありませんでした
双方に沈黙をもたらしたのです
is to face it head on,
それと真っ向から立ち向かいます
researching depression and anxiety,
研究してきました
of sickness and disability
主要な原因になっていると―
of depression isn't clear,
明らかではないものの
that most mental disorders develop,
精神疾患の原因は
imbalance in the brain,
genetic predisposition.
背景にあるのだというのです
and socioeconomic disparities
不均衡といったストレス因子は
of developing a mental disorder,
20%高めるのですが
黒人の割合は
約半分に過ぎません
mistaking depression for a weakness.
誤解しているのです
among black children
黒人の子供の自殺率は
2倍に跳ね上がっています
struggling with depression will improve
セラピー、治療、投薬により
一気に広がるのを願っての事です
a national conversation.
言いました
ひどく疲れてしまう」
those tired, old narratives
超男性的な黒人男性といった
they get knocked down,
立ち上がり
理想に立っていました
弱さの表れではありません
in order to fill the void.
薬を探そうとします
立派に物事を成し遂げることでした
話を聞かせてもらっています
be suffering in silence
手助けをすると共に
自分だけではなく
yoga and a relatively healthy diet.
どうにか 正常を保つ事が出来ています
are starting to spiral,
回り始めていると感じたら
named Dawn Armstrong,
精力的な黒人女性です
親しみに溢れています
癒しを感じるのです
連れて行けなかった事です
with the lesson that I've learned.
他の人達に希望を与える事です
to help you through it.
万事OKなのです
あまりにも重くなったら
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nikki Webber Allen - Multimedia producerNikki Webber Allen is working to create a safe space for honest conversations about mental health in communities of color.
Why you should listen
Nikki Webber Allen is a two-time Emmy winner with 20 years of experience producing content for media outlets including Warner Bros., HBO, ABC, 20th Century Fox and BET.
In 2013, while working as the vice president of casting and talent relations for the cable network TV One, Webber Allen lost her 22-year old nephew, Paul, to suicide after his years of struggle with depression and anxiety. Since then, she's become a passionate mental health advocate.
In Paul's honor, she launched the nonprofit I LIVE FOR... FOUNDATION, INC. to create a safe space for honest, unapologetic conversations about mental health in communities of color, where the cultural stigma of mental illness discourages far too many people from seeking help. Michael Eric Dyson, advisor to the foundation, has called I LIVE FOR… "an incredibly important organization that offers much-needed support to those who too often suffer in silence."
Webber Allen is currently producing and directing a documentary film featuring a diverse group of compelling young men and women who reject the stigma of mental illness and share candid stories about their experiences living with depression and anxiety. The film is being scored by her husband, musician Jeffrey Allen of the Grammy-nominated R&B band Mint Condition.
In 2016, Webber Allen was one of only 47 people chosen out of more than 1,000 applicants worldwide to receive a coveted scholarship to Marie Forleo's B-School for social entrepreneurs. She has an M.A. in media studies from The New School University in New York, NY and a B.A. in communications from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ.
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