Pastor Umodzi Mizere

Pastor Umodzi Mizere Pastor Umodzi talks about mental health issues from a first hand experience!!!

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

27/09/2024

A video of my talk on mental health,"A journey to mental health wholeness".

My talk on Mental health called "A journey to mental health wholeness", at a mental health conference in Salima.
27/09/2024

My talk on Mental health called "A journey to mental health wholeness", at a mental health conference in Salima.

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

On Wednesday,4th September I clocked 4 years since God healed me from bipolar disorder by His grace! I last battled bipo...
06/09/2024

On Wednesday,4th September I clocked 4 years since God healed me from bipolar disorder by His grace! I last battled bipolar depression on September 4th,2020. By the grace of God I have gone 4 years without bipolar depression! Bipolar is a mental health disorder marked with intense hyper moods and severe depression. It is treatable there is no known cure for it but God healed me from it by His grace!!! God is faithful! Yah Mo Be There!

16/08/2024

We must take good care of our minds as we take good care of our bodies! Yah Mo Be There means Yahweh Will Be There!

At COM talking about mental health and sharing my testimony about how God healed me from bipolar disorder.
08/08/2024

At COM talking about mental health and sharing my testimony about how God healed me from bipolar disorder.

06/08/2024

Worry is perverted imagination!!

05/08/2024

If we took care of our minds just as we took care of our bodies we would be a lot happier. Yah Mo Be There!

28/07/2024

Mental health wholeness means having a sound mind and being aware of your mental state and doing something about it when things are not right in the mind!

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