Sitawa Wafula: Why I speak up about living with epilepsy
Sitawa Wafula: Kodėl aš kalbu apie gyvenimą su epilepsija
Sitawa Wafula started Kenya's first free mental health and epilepsy support line. Full bio
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butterflies in my stomach
pilve
sweet words spoken
sporto varžybas.
and hugging each other.
vieni kitus.
the spoon in my mouth.
I just pointed at my mouth.
pirštu parodžiau į savo burną.
the chattering stopped.
and she told me --
to the dormitories to sleep.
bendrabutyje.
of high school,
my end of high school exams
egzaminų
of exams we call here in Kenya "mocks,"
Kenijoje vadiname bandomaisiais,
how prepared one is for the final exams.
pasiruošę brandos egzaminams.
against British colonial rule.
prieš Britanijos kolonijinį valdymą.
imaginary papers.
vienas po vieną
concentrating on their reading
everybody was looking at us,
į mus,
and official introduction,
has been a 15-year-long affair.
trukmės romano pradžia.
for most types of epilepsy,
epilepsijos formų savybė
needs to be assessed by a doctor
būti įvertintas gydytojo,
epilepsija,
that I had epilepsy.
epilepsija.
in hospital and at home,
ir namuose
metu,
gerus pažymius
science degree
mokslą
in my second year.
studijas.
su savo liga
when I had a seizure in the workplace.
mane ištiko priepuolis.
of the things that had happened,
and being fired from my job.
I had heard about epilepsy
apie epilepsiją
to be delivered from.
turi būti išvaduoti.
about these things,
dalykus,
would still be twitching.
traukuliai.
didn't have answers
and my bad days and my really ugly days,
apie šlykščias dienas
by people who had epilepsy
epilepsija,
have the diagnosis.
who constantly asked why me
„kodėl aš?“,
to find their voices.
from two to three times a day,
times in one year.
and epilepsy support line.
epilepsijos pagalbos linija.
could never be able to do.
niekada negalės daryti.
as big as 80 percent of Nairobi
žmonių grupei,
populiacijos,
of stigma and exclusion.
have the diagnosis
diagnozės,
a constant reminder
with people like us,
the walls of stigma and exclusion,
izoliacijos sienas,
life throws at us.
mums meta.
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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