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Good morning! This is a flyer of a mental health support group I'm starting for further details, please contact on the n...
02/08/2026

Good morning! This is a flyer of a mental health support group I'm starting for further details, please contact on the numbers in the flyer ,for what app it's 0882930330. God bless!

Speaking at Saint Michaels sharing my story about my struggle with depression for 28 long years and how I OVERCAME by th...
04/07/2026

Speaking at Saint Michaels sharing my story about my struggle with depression for 28 long years and how I OVERCAME by the grace of God! Depression is like a kick in the gut but it be OVERCOME!Yah Mo Be There means Yahweh Will Be There!

27/06/2026

Evening guys! I'm starting a mental health support group we will be meeting on July 12th. The purpose of this support group is for those with mental health challenges to meet and be encouraged,and to share their experiences. The purpose of this group is to create a healthy support system where we can also share experiences,find hope and not feel alone. For details of this group please inbox me

09/11/2025

The beast of su***de

From January to September this year in Malawi, 482 people have committed su***de, 415 men committed su***de and 67 women committed su***de. more men than women have committed su***de! This leaves me galvanized!

I have battled with suicidal thoughts and even attempted it a couple of times.

When I was studying at African Bible College,I had so many health challenges which left me suicidal and trying to take my own life. My suicidal tendicies first began in 1997 then got worse in 2004 when I went for my first operation and a couple of more after that.

From 2004 till 2019, I battled with suicidal thoughts and attempts but God intervened each time to stop me from carrying it out in His grace. The suicidal tendicies ended in 2019.

Unfortunately due to a relapse due to GAD(Generalized Anxiety Disorder)some months ago the suicidal thoughts and even attempts came back but by the grace of God I over came them and God used friends to intervene. I share this to help someone for you may be reading this and you or a loved one maybe suicidal. People who are suicidal, it's actually a cry for help for the pain to STOP! I know cause I've been through it and prevailed through faith in Jesus Christ! Elijah in the Bible was suicidal ( 1Kings 19:4) and told God we can do the same too! If you or a loved one are suicidal please inbox me let's talk I've been through suicidal tendicies and by His grace STILL around! Lets together put a STOP to su***de! Yes we CAN! Yah Mo Be There! By Pastor Umodzi Mizere

24/10/2025

Depression is real and it feels like a kick in the stomach. I first began to have problems with depression in 1992,when I came back from the embassy in SA with my late dad,my mum, younger brother and my niece.

In 1997 at the age of 14 , I was taken to see Professor Chiwoza Bandawe whose still is my psychologist. My mum took me to see him because I was having anger issues and problems with depression and also mood swings. In 2004, I went for my first operation which led to severe depression and I resumed going to see Professor Chiwoza Bandawe. In those ominous day's my faith in Jesus Christ was my sustaining factor! There we're times I was so depressed that I tried to commit su***de or contemplate it,I suffered in silence!

In 2009 ,I sprained my ankle which developed into severe gout and I was forced to use crutches,this left me crestfallen with God to be frank and even angry at God but God in His grace comforted me in those dark days . I was often suicidal,and cause of bipolar which I was diagnosed with at the time I would hear voices in my mind which was a nightmare and I religiously went for therapy and was on meds which I took religiously each day! My break through came on 14th September in 2020, God healed me! I have now gone 5 years without a symptom of bipolar depression by the grace of God!

Depression is TREATABLE with therapy, meds,faith in God and a chipper attitude! There is bipolar type 1 and 2. Type 1 is marked with hyper moods where one is detached from reality and severely dillusional,then followed by low moods such a as depression. Type 2 is marked with mild hyper moods and more depressive moods..I used to have type 2 till God healed me on September 4th,2020! I have gone five years by the grace of God with no depression or bipolar symptoms! Bipolar,depression or any mental disorder is TREATABLE! If you or a loved one are not well mentally please see a psychiatrist or psychologist. There is no need to be ashamed of a mental health sickness.

10/10/2024

In honor of world mental health day I write this post .

Firstly, mental health is personal too me because of my mental health issues in the past and present due to GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder). I battled bipolar depression from 2009 to 2020 for eleven years. Part of mental health awareness is taking responsibility for our mental health and being aware of our mental health. Mental health issues shouldn't leave us dumbstruck but vigilant.

Secondly,part of being mentally aware is knowing when you or your loved one need help just as my mother got me help when I started showing signs of having mental health issues back in 1997 ,she took me to seek Professor Chiwoza Bandawe at the time I had anger issues and bouts of depression thank God my mother took me to see him. Part of mental health awareness is taking note when we or loved ones are not okay mentally, we should take note when others are consistently hapless or when we are consistently hapless.

Thirdly, we should not be ashamed of our mental health issues or the mental health issue of a loved one it's not a laughing matter and it's lumbering to laugh at mental issues like some do in our society. I once remember a friend of mine went to see a psychiatrist and she met someone who knew her and this person laughed at them this is wrong! Part of mental health awareness is not being ashamed of the mental state of our loved ones or our own mental state due to a mental health problem. After we get help we should not feel less human for a mental health sickness is just like any other sickness and can be treated. I remember before God healed me from bipolar depression I was ashamed of it and was insecure about it and I found it obfuscating. The next step to mental awareness is not only, not being ashamed of it but acceptance and getting treatment for it.

Fourthly and lastly about mental health awareness we should talk about it if we or a loved one have a mental disorder and if our loved one has a mental health diso

11/09/2024

In my passion to promote su***de awareness month I write this post.

In Malawi police records show that the past five years, su***de cases in Malawi have jumped from 128 in 2018 to 292 last year! 265 people commit su***de in six months in Malawi. 256 people have killed themselves in the first half of the year.

In 12th July,2024 the su***de rate in Malawi was at 1.6 per 1000 000 people. Malawi su***de rate was 0.00 at 2020. Most of the su***de cases in the country are men! What can be done about this?

What can be done about this ,is to create a environment. where people are FREE to talk about their mental health. Most of the su***de cases in Malawi are young males from rural areas. From the time of the COVID pandemic,Malawi saw a rise on su***de cases. We need to promote mental health awareness in the country and encourage people to talk about their issues, we need to make sure that people are mental health literate.

We need to educate people on how to spot suicidal tendicies and encourage them to get help from their local mental health provider. In 2022 men died by su***de more than women. I could have been one of them had I not got help. The key to reducing deaths by su***de is to get help immediately and talk about our mental health challenges.

In the Bible the su***de cases recorded are of men such as King Saul and Judas Iscariot (1 Samuel 31:4, Matthew 27:5). The Bible also records the suicidal tendicies of Elijah and Jonah (1Kings 19:4,Jonah 4:9). Why is this? Because su***de cases are higher among men than women because men are often known for not discussing their issues like women do.

Cases of su***de can drop if we continue to promote awareness about the fatal consequences of su***de and encourage those who are mentally troubled to talk about their issues than dwell on suicidal thoughts. By Pastor Umodzi Mizere

11/09/2024

This post is continued from the previous post.

I wish I could say that the suicidal tendicies end right away but it didn't, the pain left in my right foot due to the injury I sustained while playing football at ABC left me with chronic pain 24 hours a day during my time at ABC which led to severe depression and suicidal attempts but God kept on intervening and preventing me from commiting su***de. I had often wanted to end my life at the time not because I was a coward but because I wanted the pain to stop and that was the physical pain , emotional pain and psychological pain as a result I became a palliate. I hid my pain behind a smile. Through my five years at ABC, I battled bipolar depression and suicidal tendicies.

Post graduation I still struggled with severe bipolar depression and suicidal tendicies, I had developed another illness that left me in pain and triggered suicidal tendicies but by the grace of God,God healed me from that illness in September 2017. I then took a break from suicidal tendicies but they came back again in 2019,when I was first serving as a pastor. I had suffered a burn out, a mental breakdown and severe depression and I went for therapy just as I did in the years back. This time I didn't attempt su***de but I often thought about it and then on December 24th ,2019,God set me free from the suicidal tendicies and upto now I havent been suicidal.

The suicidal tendicies were triggered by pain,despair and frustration as well but I did get help and God used psychologist Professor Chiwoza Bandawe to help me. God took me through a convalescent state through the years and this is now 2024, five years by the grace of God free of suicidal tendicies!!! Praise the Lord!

Su***de can be prevented if we create a environment in our society that people can talk about their issues. There are several factors that cause su***de or suicidal tendicies such as frustration,the loss of a job,problems at work,martial issues, finical hiccups and etc. Like I wa

11/09/2024

Today is world su***de prevention day and I want to write about su***de. Su***de is defined as the act of taking ones life and since this world su***de awareness month I want to write about su***de and share about how I battled suicidal tendicies from 2004 to 2019.

I first began to battle suicidal tendicies back in 2004 after a painful first operation. At the time I had just been born again and was still immature in my faith. After my first operation I remember slipping into severe depression and being suicidal. Su***de and depression also go together. I remember wanting to take my life cause of the pain I was in due to the operation, I would often visualize choking myself to death and so on.

After my first operation I went for a second operation then a third and a fourth in the space of two years and it was unpleasant and made me so suicidal!!I wanted to end my life cause of the severe pain I was in due to the surgeries that left me with a ghost pain. The operations left me languid and feeling helpless and as a result I thought of taking my life but what stopped me from carrying out this fatal action was my faith in Jesus Christ ,I realized that if I carried it out I would break the heart of my loved ones such as friends and family.

In 2009, when I lost the use of my right leg at the time the suicidal tendicies came back with a vegenance after a one year break. This happened at ABC due to a injury I sustained while playing football which led to severe gout in my right foot which unfortunately damaged my nerves and I was forced to use crutches. I got so depressed that I attempted su***de by trying to choke myself. I did this because of a mental breakdown I suffered ,physical pain cause a mental breakdown and suicidal tendicies sometimes, when the body suffers the mind suffers as well!!By the grace of God a friend walked into the dorm and stopped from committing su***de! Thank God! God used my friend to stop me from committing su***de. To be continued in the next

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