Cape Town – South African social media star Lasizwe, real name Thulasizwe Dambuza, has cleared the confusion about his mental health journey after a video of him dancing at Sun City over the weekend went viral and raised eyebrows.
Lasizwe recently revealed in a video shared on social media that he had checked into a mental health facility.
“One thing about me, I am not shy to express how I feel. I have checked myself into a Mental Health Wellness Facility. I haven’t been okay for the past months. I have been so depressed. I have decided to fight this by taking a break and dealing with this 1 on 1,” he posted on Twitter at the time.
Questions were, however, raised by his fans when videos of him dancing at the Sun City Takeover event went viral on social media.
“I thought Lasizwe was at a Mental Health Facility moes,” one Twitter user wrote.
I thought Lasizwe was at a Mental Health Facility moes. pic.twitter.com/wr6mJ06QLH
— Thabang (@Tbang_rav88) November 27, 2021
Lasizwe immediately took to his Instagram page to clarify the situation.
“So there has been a video that has been doing the rounds, basically it has gone viral and I am involved in that video.
“I feel obliged to address this because to me, it is a serious matter and it’s something that I am still dealing with.
“So I had a choice to either involve my fans in my mental health journey or to keep quiet about it, but I chose to involve you guys as a form of awareness that it is mandatory for you to take care of yourself and know when to stop and take a break.”
“And I had instructed my team that please post the video towards the end of my journey which I believe on their side and my side, we failed to also reiterate that, and say that guys this is towards the end of my journey, so everyone was under the impression that I am still in the facility. And I also, on my end, failed to update you guys that I am out, I’m well, I am doing well
“…I’m good, I’m back, I’m working, and the show has to go on under my doctor’s supervision.
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“You know, my psychologist, my psychiatrist. They believed that I am fit to go back into the big world and to do what I love the most, which is being with you guys, my fans. So your concerns are valid. I’m going to apologise to people that, you know, are dealing with this because it’s not something that comes and goes.
“It’s something that stuck with you for life, and we stuck together with this, but we’re going to win this.
“So I just want to update you guys. I am in good spirit. I was in Sun City. I was working and thank you for your concerns. Thank you for your messages. I appreciate you guys,” said Lasizwe in part.
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