Stigmatization is something very emotional and can affect an individual behavior towards his or her involvement, one who is stigmatized can lose his or her mind sometimes the end of being in a situation known as depressive stupor, just as a result of the stigma. Dealing with stigma is something sensitive and every individual must have the ability to fight or stand feet during the period of being stigmatized. Sometimes stigmatization may occur to an individual during the time where discrimination is present, prejudiced, an also when an individual is being isolate from the society or social involvement these and many more can lead to someone being stigmatized. However in Medical Profession there is what will call empathy and sympathy, most of the time our close friends or relationships may be stigmatize and indirectly or directly it's affect us emotionally and otherwise, what matters a lot is how we handle situations like this and encourage each other to come out of this situation.
A most of the cases where it's affect us or we as an individual are one who are in the position of being stigmatized we feel bad and most time our friends who are indeed a true friend always stay with us encourage us and try to make a way out of it however there are two ways involve in dealing with stigma, even if it affects you or someone who is close to you (friends or relationships) most of the times we end or being empathic are the process of helping a friend to build up and come out of being stigmatized. Most of the times only when you put yourself in someone's shoe or position that you will get to understand how they feel and how you can come into him. Because the Igbo people always say "inagi ano ohanya adubi önu" which simply means you can't stay far to solve a close problem. One have to understand the problem and the cause of the stigma, and a true friend will always be there.
I can remember many years ago about 4 years now when I get an admission first into nursing School and I sat for my preliminary training session, which was popularly known as PTS examination, after which I sat for this Examination and perhaps and I didn't make it. Honestly I was disappointed and was depressed at the same time I felt bad and I isolated myself from others the same time, but I have this one friend who always call me on phone every now and then and always come around like every day just to check up on me even after calling on phone. He was like a backbone during the period and he helped me to heal from that stigma, I can remember him booking a sightsee section which will went for and he took care of those bill doing that... He make sure I didn't stay back to think about the whole situation and at last I can probably see I was relieve and I was able to come out of that stigma. Honestly all thanks to him, True friend..
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