PILLA

Building a network of peer-led mental health support groups for young adults in tertiary institutions across Nigeria.

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Scan the QR code on the flyer or click the link below to reserve your seat now:

🔗 https://t.co/7gSAzzyeMm

For partnerships, sponsorships, or inquiries, send a WhatsApp message to

- Nmesomachi ([phone]), or

- Chiamaka ([phone]).

See you there! 🛡️

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We are finally bringing the conversation offline! 🤩

This July, PILLA is touching down live in Ahmadu Bello University for our first, official 2-day pilot launch event themed: BREAKING THE SILENCE.

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This event is built for you to find your tribe, get real mental health education, and connect with people who truly understand the pressures students face on campus.

Entry is completely free, but registration is required for adequate planning.

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Breaking The Silence 1.0 is officially on the horizon. 🤩

Turn on your post notifications. The full details, dates, and venue reveal are dropping very soon.

Don't miss out on this. 💚

#PILLA #breakingthesilence #mentalhealtheducation #comingsoon #studentwellbeing

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The way we view mental health on campus is broken.

📌 We stay quiet because we think talking only complicates things.

📌 We pretend everything is fine until it spirals into an absolute crisis.

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📌 We treat everyday academic and life stress as if it’s entirely disconnected from our psychological well-being.

📌 We let myths dictate our reality.

It’s time to correct the script.

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Victor reminds us that we still have a long way to go in making mental health relatable and accessible to the everyday Nigerian student. 🛡️🌱

#PILLA #ChangingTheScript #MensMentalHealth #StudentWellbeing #CampusLife #MentalHealthNigeria #SafeSpaces

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For the final episode of Changing the Script, we are wrapping up the series with @ukaegbu_0, a 400-level Software Engineering student at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO).

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Most importantly, he dismantles the elitist myth that mental wellness is a Western luxury or a "rich person's problem."

While he credits social media and a rising interest in Psychology among students for pushing the conversation forward,

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He suggests that, for real change to take place, our society has to take men's psychological well-being seriously, without stripping away or dismantling the foundational ideals of male strength and resilience.

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For Episode 8 of Changing the Script, we are featuring Oluwajoba Gideon-Dada, a 500-level Medicine & Surgery student at the Lagos State University College of Medicine.

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While he acknowledges that the conversation has gained more cognizance recently, he expresses deep frustration with dialogues that frame men as a helpless breed in desperate need of attention.

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he calls for a holistic cultural response: one that lets men ease what they bottle up while actively helping them find a reason to keep going in spite of the struggle.

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For Episode 7 of Changing the Script, we are featuring @wondersofod, a 400-level Medicine and Surgery student at the University of Calabar.

Odianose challenges the societal habit of oversimplifying men's mental health into the cliché narrative of "men not being allowed to cry."

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Instead, he points to a deeper existential reality: men need purpose, meaning, and a solid reason to keep pressing forward through heavy socioeconomic pressures.

While he appreciates the positive shift that society is finally admitting a male mental health crisis exists---

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His perspective invites us to create a society welcoming enough to let men speak without the fear that their vulnerability will be weaponised against them later.

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For Episode Six of Changing the Script, we sit down with @_Chima_J, a 300-level Pharmacy student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

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Like many young men, he expresses deep frustration with the cliché, overused phrase "men should cry," calling it out as an empty narrative that men no longer value.