{"id":56262,"date":"2018-11-14T12:49:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T12:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=56262"},"modified":"2018-11-13T19:17:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T19:17:49","slug":"depression-is-real-seek-help-obour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/depression-is-real-seek-help-obour\/","title":{"rendered":"Depression is real; seek help \u2013 Obour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Obour talks about mental health. He urges\u00a0his fellow colleagues in the industry to seek help anytime they feel depressed.<\/p>\n<p>He made these statements in an interview with JoyNews\u2019 Doreen Avio. Moreover, Obour noted that depression comes as a result of a musician\u2019s inability to handle the pressures of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that as musicians it is important to handle your career during high and low moments.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201c\u2026Some people have not been able to deal with high and low times in their music career. In this country, we are not taking the work of a psychologist serious enough.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI agree that many artistes are going through depression because things are not really going well for them. We are in an era where some artistes have to do things themselves\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He further urged that musicians should take time off their busy schedule to visit a psychologist anytime they feel depressed.<\/p>\n<p>He also added that depression is a temporal phase in any musician\u2019s career which will surely pass.<\/p>\n<p>The MUSIGA president urged that musicians facing depression hold on to hope and stay strong during hard times.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201c\u2026This is a phase that will not be there for long and I advise many artistes to treat it as a face. Some people are still making it in the music industry and t means there is hope\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Obour talks about mental health. He urges\u00a0his fellow colleagues in the industry to seek help anytime they feel depressed. 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