Campaign Message

The bi-polar disorder is a mental health illness marked by mood and energy swings either being high or low with an associate effect on activities. Moments of high (mania) can come with restlessness, sleeplessness, elation and engaging in risky behavior. Feeling sad, hopeless, loss of interest and withdrawing from friends can happen in moments of low (depression). Other times a mixture of the two moods. It is a lifelong occurrence, no cure but can be managed. See a psychiatrist/ clinical psychologist. 

I have two minds
I have two souls
I have two faces
And I am afraid of my shadow
 
I look into the mirror
I see a different me
I see the look on their faces when I am in church
And I see their faces when I am on the street
I see the look on their faces when I am at home
And I see their faces when I am at school
 
It is one of acceptance
And a thousand of rejection
Just because I am bi-human
 
Today, I am a minor
Tomorrow, I am a major
 
Today, I am an orator
Tomorrow, I am dumb
 
Today, I am for peace
Tomorrow, I am for war
 
Today, I am a democrat
Tomorrow, I am a dictator
 
It is hard to find me in ME
I get people confused
I can’t be defined
 
 
 
 
By Margaret Egyir-Hagan
Poet- Mental Health Activist
English Tutor at GIL, Accra