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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>HLOMPHO Mohatla, 24, got pregnant out of wedlock twice and attempted suicide twice. In all these instances, she was too afraid to discuss her problems with her parents.<\/p>\n

She is now under psychiatric treatment after years of secretly harbouring suicidal thoughts amid fears to open up on her anxieties. \u201cI am grateful to have finally embarked on the journey of healing,\u201d Mohatla, a depression survivor, said.<\/p>\n

She said an unwanted teenage pregnancy contributed to her depression. She was only 15-years-old and in Grade Nine when she first got pregnant. \u201cI knew something was wrong with me but I couldn\u2019t point a finger on exactly what it was,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said \u201ca lot happened\u201d as she experienced many challenges at home and at school. \u201cMy problem was bottling up as I didn\u2019t know who to talk to and I eventually popped.<\/p>\n

\u201d Despite her troubles after giving birth to her first child, Mohatla managed to further her studies at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile studying, I got pregnant again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIts impact left me in a dark place. I felt like I was a big letdown to my parents and I was really mad at myself because it was not long after my first pregnancy. It pained me.<\/p>\n

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\nShe said when the reality of reopening her parents\u2019 wounds with a second child sunk in, she had suicidal thoughts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was stressed and I wanted the easy way out, a scapegoat, but there was no one to blame,\u201d she said, adding that \u201cI had disappointed everyone close to me again.<\/p>\n

I betrayed myself and it hurt me so bad that I had headaches, migraines. \u201d She recalled when she wanted to act on her suicidal thoughts at her boyfriend\u2019s place on a day he was working nightshift.<\/p>\n

She said she bought four boxes of migraine pills planning to overdose herself to death. \u201cI drank some and while at it, my phone\u2019s light flashed and I saw my son\u2019s face on the screen.<\/p>\n

I looked at my son\u2019s face and wondered who would take care of him when I die,\u201d she said. The feeling that she would leave her son in an emotionally toxic environment made her change her mind.<\/p>\n

At that time, her boyfriend returned home because he had decided not to go to work for an unexplained reason. \u201cHis return forced me back home as I wanted to be alone, cry and process everything that could have happened,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

At that time, she said she was still hiding her second pregnancy. She became a heavy drinker but that only worsened her situation. Mohatla recalled a day when she was at a night club and another suicidal thought chipped in and she thought of jumping off the balcony onto a moving car.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wished I could just be hit by a car and it would look like an accident so that I wouldn\u2019t be accused of committing suicide.<\/p>\n

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\nShe said her plan was again disrupted, this time by a friend who pulled her away from the balcony. She said her suicidal thoughts \u201cgot worse when the pregnancy started showing and my parents questioned me\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew I desperately needed a change of environment to think straight again hence I took my last M100 and visited my sister in Quthing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mohatla said it was the best decision she made at the time \u201cas it was then that I pondered about the whole pregnancy thing and dealt with it\u201d. She said it was a challenge to speak out because \u201cI am not a person who talks too much\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI expressed myself through poetry and short stories which I shared on my social media platforms. It is important to talk and I am taking my healing journey slowly.<\/p>\n

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\nMohatla shared her story at an Institute of Development Management (IDM)\u2019s mental health awareness day gathering running under the theme \u201cMental Health in Unequal World\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is vital for students to join the discussions because often people are unaware of mental health challenges and they need psycho education from experts,\u201d said IDM Director, Thibeli Molapo.<\/p>\n

Molapo said the institute often records most mental health illness cases at higher learning institutions. \u201cUnderstanding it is of importance as it will help us make informed decisions,\u201d Molapo said.<\/p>\n

\u2019Mathabo Sibilo, the IDM Registrar, said the cases showed the extent of vulnerability among students.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents still struggle to balance things that happen in their lives and this could lead to depression,\u201d Sibilo said, adding that psychosocial support services offered by the institute have helped lessen the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the problem is beyond our officer, she refers the patients to relevant people to help,\u201d she said, encouraging students to continue using the services.<\/p>\n

She said students are living in a more difficult era as they are exposed to social media platforms where they exert social pressures on each other through show-off behaviour.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey hurt each other there and some people cannot handle it hence they resort to suicide,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

A psychiatric mental health nurse at Mohlomi Mental Health Hospital, Kefuoe Ramone, defined depression as \u201can emotional, psychological and social wellbeing of a person, it affects how one thinks, feels and acts\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir behaviour is unusual based on age, habits, belief, culture and norms or expectations,\u201d Ramone said.<\/p>\n

She said causes of suicide or suicidal thoughts range from problems during child birth, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, heredity, poverty, break-ups, divorce or body parts, crisis and toxic environment.<\/p>\n

She said signs of depression include excessive worry, anxiety or fear, extreme headache and pain, dramatic changes in sleep patterns, social withdrawal, fighting, extreme changes in moods, hallucinations and delusions.<\/p>\n

She said stigma by family members or society remains a challenge and usually forces people with mental health problems to end up on the streets again after being discharged from hospital.<\/p>\n

Pearl Letsoela, a psychologist at Mohlomi Hospital, said mental health prevention requires emotional intelligence. \u201cIt helps one to avoid a lot of things.<\/p>\n

The mind, body and soul have to be at peace,\u201d Letsoela said. She encouraged people to accept their backgrounds instead of putting themselves under pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s strive for acceptance in all stages of our lives\u2026live within your means. We don\u2019t have to succumb to peer pressure,\u201d she said. Letsoela said suicide cases are becoming much more common in Lesotho.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can be prevented by talking, but not just with anyone but people who can be trusted.<\/p>\n

People who kill themselves or try to commit suicide shouldn\u2019t be made fun of as they are ill and need help. Often such people give pointers either through their acts or conversations.<\/p>\n

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\nShe said the hospital offers psychological services, coping strategies, social work and occupational therapy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe equip patients with coping skills to avoid a dependency syndrome,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mohlomi social worker, Ithabeleng Matumane, said patients need support, not discrimination. \u201cSupport groups can be established in schools to show support.<\/p>\n

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\nTlhokomelo e Nepahetseng Mental Health Association Representative Lucy Makhalanyane said mental health is taken for granted in Lesotho as psycho education is still not readily available to many people.<\/p>\n

\u201cMental illness victims don\u2019t have to be treated in a special facility unnecessarily, we need a holistic approach to health care,\u201d Makhalanyane said.<\/p>\n

The Director of Mental Health in the Ministry of Health, \u2019Moelo Ramahlele, said Lesotho is currently using the outdated 1964 laws on mental health. \u201cIt is way outdated and doesn\u2019t work for Basotho anymore,\u201d Ramahlele said.<\/p>\n

She said through the World Health Organisation (WHO) funding 10 years ago, the ministry tried to amend the law but failed because authorities didn\u2019t give it the priority it deserved.<\/p>\n

\u201cI doubt we will ever get funding as there were no results for the initiative. It didn\u2019t even reach the drafting stage because it was clouded by other laws that were being prioritised.<\/p>\n

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\nShe said she has been pushing for a mental health policy for decades but without success.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if we can source funding, nothing can be done without the policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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