{"id":176875,"date":"2018-04-18T10:32:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T08:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/176875\/depressed-not-defeated-campaign-launched\/"},"modified":"2018-04-18T10:32:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T08:32:23","slug":"depressed-not-defeated-campaign-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/04\/18\/depressed-not-defeated-campaign-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Depressed but Not Defeated Campaign launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Siyabulela Deli (also known as TaFie 21) and Fash Ngobese (also known as Bergie Fash), two famous and well-known comedians and actors, recently teamed together and used social media to open a discussion about the challenges and issues young people are going through. The aim of this campaign was to seek ways and methods to help those who are feeling depressed or overwhelmed by the pressures of life.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/defeatdepressed\/status\/984460516251897856<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The campaign was officially launched on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, with the hashtag #DepressedButNotDefeated taking Twitter by storm. Many young people came forward and used the hashtag as a platform to tell their stories. The campaign received over 8000 tweets and trended for two consecutive days on Twitter, with young people taking advantage of this hashtag to share their stories about living with depression.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lost my grandmother in 2009 and my mum lost control of everything, I had to spend my high school years (2010-2014) taking care of my 3 siblings and the house. I never did well in my matric and couldn&#39;t get into varsity.<\/p>\n[Thread]<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/DepressedButNotDefeated?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DepressedButNotDefeated<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MuscleMommy (@SihleTumani) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SihleTumani\/status\/984405376903925760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TiffanieMthembu\/status\/984301921929433089<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/syleena11\/status\/984144454079668227<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mikateko_Ndlovu\/status\/984150613389926400<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Depression is serious \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d.    <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/DepressedButNotDefeated?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DepressedButNotDefeated<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ecU4IYcuX0\">pic.twitter.com\/ecU4IYcuX0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Confucius \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 (@Kong_Fuzi_cn) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Kong_Fuzi_cn\/status\/984483108010504193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tebza_lmt16\/status\/984156443061432326<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When I was in high school, I went through 2 years of therapy\/counselling. My parents knew nothing about, they still don&#39;t. They would have never understood how I felt, cos in my culture there&#39;s no such thing as depression. \ud83d\ude22\ud83d\ude22\ud83d\ude22  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/DepressedButNotDefeated?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DepressedButNotDefeated<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dudu Mphahlele (@DuduDee22) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DuduDee22\/status\/984138543411982343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/kay_gumbie\/status\/984700946549825536<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0\u201c#DepressedButNotDefeated is the most empowering hashtag I\u2019ve seen in a while.\u201d-Twitter Queen Karabo Mokgoko<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/DepressedButNotDefeated?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DepressedButNotDefeated<\/a> is the most empowering hashtag I\u2019ve seen in a while. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been there. Getting help is the best thing you can do for yourself. I know speaking to someone is not easy but once I did, the worst was over.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karabo Mokgoko \ud83e\udd84\ud83c\udf1e (@Karabo_Mokgoko) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Karabo_Mokgoko\/status\/984143229229682689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can follow Depressed but Not Defeated on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/defeatdepressed\" target=\"_blank\">@Defeatdepressed<\/a>, and on Instagram and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Depressed-But-Not-Defeated-Campaign-2012131655715665\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defeated but Not Depressed<\/a> Campaign on Facebook.\u00a0If you know of someone who may be at risk of being suicidal or who is feeling depressed, or if you need help, call Sadag suicide crisis helpline, on 0800 567 567 or 0800 70 80 90, and speak to a counsellor; they can help you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='c5ab784b5e415e2ac72bfd0f5d719bf1'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depression campaign launched on Twitter <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6776,"featured_media":176876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Mahume Daniel Seleme","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[18500,18501,8208,14199,17406,18502,8449,18503,18504,18505],"class_list":["post-176875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-bergie-fash","tag-depressedbutnotdefeated","tag-depression","tag-depression-can-be-treated","tag-depression-help","tag-fash-ngobese","tag-sadag","tag-sadag-suicide-crisis-helpline","tag-siyabulela-deli","tag-suicide-crisis-helpline"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["Bergie Fash","DepressedButNotDefeated","depression","depression can be treated","depression help","Fash Ngobese","sadag","Sadag suicide crisis helpline","Siyabulela Deli","suicide crisis helpline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6776"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}