Why is mental health often misunderstood?
Noella has lived with bipolar disorder for six years. Now she鈥檚 calling for more understanding.
Today鈥檚 guest on Africa Daily is a young woman who seemed to have it all.
Noella got a job as a reporter with a local TV station in Nairobi 鈥� and then, around six years ago, she got a scholarship to study filmmaking in the US.
But then she had her first manic episode and woke up in a psychiatric ward in North Carolina.
She was told she had unspecified bipolar 鈥� but didn鈥檛 understand what it meant and how it would change her life.
Now she鈥檚 made a film for 大象传媒 Africa Eye called 鈥榃hat is Eating My Mind鈥� to try and help others in a similar situation.
She spoke to Mpho Lakaje about her experiences.
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