Aktibo si Maxene Magalona sa pagpo-promote ng pangangalaga sa mental health at overall wellness, na nakikita naman sa kanyang mga events at social media. Sa katunayan, inimbita pa nga si Maxene na maging ambassadress ng "Kalingang Bumbero Suicide Hotline" ng Bureau of Fire Protection kamakailan.
Pero sa panayam ni Maxene sa PEP.ph at iba pang entertainment reporters, inamin niya ang kanyang pinagdaanang depression at pag-iisip noon ng pagsu-suicide o pagpapatiwakal.
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00:01I'm very happy. I'm very happy to just live life and to let life flow.
00:12Parang yung state ko ngayon, I'm very surrendered and I'm very connected.
00:16Meaning, I'm creating the things that I want to create, the events, my classes,
00:23and then I attend other people's events. I'm connecting with people.
00:26Parang I'm letting life flow. Ganon yung nangyayari sa akin ngayon.
00:30Parang sasabi na parang your mental health advocacy.
00:33Yes, yes.
00:33And your ambassadors, can you tell us something about it?
00:36Yes, I'm very fortunate to have been invited by the Bureau of Fire Protection.
00:42They invited me to become the official mental health ambassadors
00:46kasi they started this suicide hotline.
00:49It's called Galingang Bumbero.
00:51Sa sobrang dami nilang mga nakukuhang calls, pati mga suicidal calls, nakakatanggap sila.
00:58Okay.
00:58So, gumawa sila ng separate phone, separate hotline para doon.
01:02And then, one year na. One year na ang anniversary.
01:05On the first anniversary, they got me as the ambassadors
01:08para matulungan ko sila to promote the hotline.
01:11Okay.
01:12Kasi for that one year, they received 300 calls and 32 of those calls were suicidal, napigilan nila.
01:19Okay.
01:19So, yun yung parang tulong na ginagawa natin sa mga kababayan natin when they feel alone.
01:25Pwede silang tumawag sa number na to, 0962-458-4237.
01:30Ang sasagot sa kanila, mga kalingang bumbero natin.
01:34Sila ang magre-respond, kakausapin.
01:36Kasi diba sa mental health, pag wala kang kausap, pakiramdam mo, nag-iisa ka.
01:39Yes, yes.
01:40Doon dumadating yung mga iniisip mong magpakamatay ka na.
01:43Yes, sure, sure.
01:44Kaya thank you so much to the Bureau of Fire Protection for doing this Kalingang Bumbero hotline.
01:49Marami po sila natinit.
01:50That's good.
01:51Bakit ka mag-design to be a mental health coach?
01:55Because of my own personality.
01:56Yes, sure.
01:57Napagdaanan ko kasi siya.
01:59Narealize ko na I was going through a lot of mental health struggles.
02:04And hindi ko siya nagustuhan.
02:06Kumbaga, naging curious ako sa paano ko ba ito maaayos.
02:10So, I started seeking help.
02:12I started going to a therapist, a psychiatrist.
02:15And the more I studied myself, the more ko mas naintindihan kung bakit ako ganun.
02:21At that time kasi, maano ako, yung ugali ko, hindi ko gusto, hindi ako aligned with myself.
02:29Parang I did not know who I was.
02:31I was lost.
02:32So, that was when I started studying, reading books on mental health.
02:36And I realized that the reason why I was like that was because pag mga bata tayo, marami tayong pinagdadaanan.
02:42And habang lumalaki tayo, marami tayong mga na-experience both good and bad.
02:47And na-apektohan nung mga experiences na yun na si-shape nila yung pagkatao natin.
02:52Ngayon.
02:53Ngayon bilang adults.
02:55So, kung nalilito ka at you feel confused kung bakit ka ganyan, it means meron kang kailangan alamin tungkol sa sinin mo.
03:04And that's why we go to our professionals.
03:06Para tilungan nila tayo kasi inaral nila.
03:09Marcia, yung mga mental health mo, ano yung mga effects yun?
03:12May anxiety ka ba?
03:13Ah, oo.
03:14May ka makatulog?
03:15Okay, ang mga mental health struggles ko noon, I was experiencing a lot of rage.
03:21Of what?
03:22Rage.
03:23Rage.
03:23Anger management issues.
03:24Yes, yes, yes.
03:25So, because I was not able to express my anger in a healthy way, naipon siya.
03:30So, sumasamog ako.
03:31Yun ang in-explain ng psychiatrist.
03:33So, ang nangyayari sa atin, nagkakaroon tayo ng mga emotional imbalance kasi hindi natin ine-express yung emotions natin regularly and in a healthy way.
03:43Kasi nakatago.
03:43Kasi nakatago.
03:44So, when we suppress our emotions, they get stuck and unfortunately, they cause diseases in the body.
03:51Okay.
03:51So, that's why I became passionate about this advocacy because I want people to understand their connection to their emotions is very important.
03:58That they need to feel in order to heal.
04:01They will not be able to heal if they do not feel what they are really feeling.
04:06Eh, alam naman natin sa kultuna natin, diba?
04:07We don't really admit what we're feeling.
04:09Kasi natatakot tayo or nalumog po or ayaw lang natin harapin.
04:13Yes, yes.
04:14Pero ang natutunan ko in my journey, that's why I'm sharing it, is there's nothing to be afraid of.
04:19You can heal as long as you are not afraid to feel your emotions kasi si God will be there naman with you.
04:26So, I feel like your pain, your pain is inside of you, it's there, para mas mapalapit ka kay God.
04:33Yes.
04:34Yun yung pinaniniwalaan ko.
04:35Pero nagkaroon ka ng mga depresyon?
04:37Yung ikong iya-iya, kayong ganoon yung...
04:40Palagi, like my, my, I would be depressed and then biglang I would be happy and then I would be, alam mo yun, iba-iba.
04:47It was like a rollercoaster of emotions.
04:50Pero the overall state that I was in at that time was, I was disconnected from myself, I was depressed, I was not happy, I did not know who I was.
05:01So, para akong disconnected from myself. Kaya minsan some people, they go into, you know, alcoholism, nag-alcohol, nag-umiinom ng alcohol, nag-take ng drugs, nag-over shopping sila.
05:14Kasi ayaw lang nilang harapin kung ano yung nasa loob nila, yung nararamdaman nila, they want to numb that pain.
05:20Kaya ang ginagawa ko now is I create wellness events para kung saan yung mga community members namin who are going through this same process of healing,
05:32makakapunta sila sa mga events namin at doon sila makakapag-practice ng yoga and meditation para maramdaman nila yung mga feelings nila.
05:39And again, this is not an overnight thing, kailangan it's a practice.
05:43It's not going to happen overnight, you are going to keep doing this.
05:47And I think for me, part of my purpose is to remind people to stay connected to themselves.
05:53And to not give their life and their power away to other people.
05:57Maps yun na nga sa mga.
05:59Yung nga parang sa mga sort of overnight process, when you start the healing, hindi rin siya nga doon, minsan pa ka ba?
06:05Parang what is something you want them to know based sa journey mo rin na parang minsan pa, okay na yung mga oops ka ulit?
06:12Yes, yes. Ang natutunan ko is, the hard way is the only way.
