Nikki Webber Allen: Don't suffer from your depression in silence
Nikki Webber Allen: Nu suferi de depresie în tăcere
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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nothing wrong,
this overwhelming sense of doom,
just around the corner.
cu anxietate generalizată
mână în mână.
I wouldn't have told anybody,
extraordinary resilience to succeed.
deosebită ca să am succes.
was a sign of weakness,
un semn al slăbiciunii,
in Media Studies
în studii media
in the film and television industries.
în film și televiziune.
for my hard work.
pentru munca mea.
I used to enjoy,
ce îmi plăceau cândva,
about my diagnosis.
to be depressed.
să fiu deprimată.
and a successful career.
și o carieră de succes.
the unspeakable horrors
de ororile de nedescris
au trecut în țara asta
had been through in this country
a phone call from my mom
Paul, had ended his life,
Paul, s-a sinucis,
depression and anxiety.
și anxietatea.
the devastation I felt.
ce am simțit atunci.
to the other about our struggles.
despre dificultățile lui.
ne-au redus la tăcere.
is to face it head on,
este unul direct,
studiind depresia și anxietatea
researching depression and anxiety,
raportează că
of sickness and disability
a îmbolnăvirii
of depression isn't clear,
that most mental disorders develop,
tulburărilor mentale apar,
imbalance in the brain,
la nivelul creierului
genetic predisposition.
and socioeconomic disparities
of developing a mental disorder,
de a dezvolta o tulburare mentală
decât americanii albi.
mistaking depression for a weakness.
confundând depresia cu slăbiciunea.
among black children
în rândul copiilor de culoare
struggling with depression will improve
și al medicamentelor.
a national conversation.
o conversație la nivel național.
those tired, old narratives
vechi și demodate
they get knocked down,
in order to fill the void.
povestea deschis,
be suffering in silence
care suferă în tăcere,
yoga and a relatively healthy diet.
yoga și o dietă sănătoasă.
are starting to spiral,
named Dawn Armstrong,
pe nume Dawn Armstrong,
with the lesson that I've learned.
cu lecția pe care am învățat-o.
to help you through it.
să depășești momentele grele.
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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