What is an Influencer? What is a KOL? They are the individuals that have the power to influence the community, an opinion leader that could affect and impact society, positively.
We are truly grateful that these people do exist in our society and have somehow reminded our people to love themselves more and never forget to live a good life! Not long ago, the influencers have highlighted an under-discovered topic together with Janssen Pharmaceuticals on social media — Depression. Indeed, people always see it as Taboo and become ignorant whenever someone mentions it. This phenomenon is not a healthy one and we are really happy to see that the KOLs actually took their effort to generalize this issue and spread awareness over the society. Let’s have a look at who are they:
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To truly understand how it feels, some of them have also experienced living with it as the patients do through a private art installation organized by Janssen Pharmaceuticals:
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“I had mixed feelings about this topic when I checked out this private installation. At first, I believed that antidepressants are always the go-to solution in combating depression. However, it doesn’t work that way for some people.” – Winky Loke, Influencer. This is something TRUE, where anti-depressants sometimes do not work on certain people and they will still struggle a lot even though taking anti-depressants every day as part of their diet. This is what we called as Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD). If you’re encountering this situation, don’t paint alone! Seek help and support from a psychiatrist.
To further discover the treatments and symptoms of TRD, influencers like Jane Chuck, Adele Chow & Careen Tan have even interviewed professional psychiatrists on IG Livestream with over 90k views on social media.
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Some shared their opinion towards a poster that describes depression really well:
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We really love initiatives like this! Always bear in mind that it’s okay to be not okay! Do not harsh yourself too much and talk to Befrienders at 603-76272929 if you need a listening ear 🤍
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