Actor and model, Chimezie Imo, in commemoration of the Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, has spoken up on the burdens and pressures men, especially actors, face in society.
Speaking in an interview with
Sunday Scoop,
the actor said, “In this part of the world, men don’t express themselves because there are so many expectations.
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“Sometimes, we tend to be angry when we can’t help financially. But, I’ve learnt that if I could, I would, but when I can’t, it’s also fine and it was conversations around Men’s Mental Health Awareness that helped me with this shift in perspective. It made me take time to realise myself more mentally. It taught me that yes, there’s a lot I want to do as a man, but it’s okay if I can’t do everything.
“There’s no such thing as ‘manning up’ for me. It’s okay for a man to cry. Men have feelings. We are humans first with emotions, before being men. It’s okay to go through a breakup and cry and call somebody to tell them how you feel. Sometimes when I see how overwhelmed I am, I just go home, rest, think about the problem and try to find a solution. And if I can’t find one, I just let it be, without beating myself up.”
He added that as an actor, he had always needed to protect his mental health. He said, “Your mental health is very important. Nobody will call you for a job if you go crazy. If you bottle up too much inside you, you can have a major outburst on set, and people will start saying ‘Oh, this is how he is,’ not knowing what you’ve been through.”
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The actor also advised that therapy should be encouraged for actors, especially because some of them leave the set with the characters they’ve played, and which “messes” with their mental health.
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