' I am a 29 year old man battling with depression' Franklin Saiyalel

Franklin Saiyalel aka Kenyan Stylister was the only designer behind the many clothes celebrities wore on various occasions and especially the African attires until the likes of Brian Babu and Filbert Mwkiche came up.

He is such a bubbly guy as seen on social media but he has has a rough couple of years for the designer. He opened up about how he suffered depression to an extent he lost friends, his shop, his lover, his car and even his house.

There are days like today when I wake up early excited for the day. I take a shower then find myself back in bed again, blinds shut, sad and unmotivated. I am a 29-year-old man battling with Depression. This is something that I have been battling with for about 2 years now and boy it hasn’t been an easy journey! I

In the span of 2 years I have lost lots of friends and When I look back at it now, It was for the good ‘’People come in your life in seasons. Everybody comes with you but can’t go with u. ‘’@stevetvshow, I came to conclude that we always have mileage in our lives for friends and vice versa, & when it runs out its ok.

On the flip side, I have gained friends who I can bank on for life and grown even tighter with some old friends, besides losing the friends, I have once lost my car, shop, house and the longest relationship that I have ever been in all at once.

Franklin Saiyalel wasn’t sharing this just to gain some sympathy, but just to let men know it is okay not to be okay. And when a man is not okay, he should always seek help and talk about it because that way it will help one heal. Because it gets worse when you bottle it up and suddenly breakdown in a lot of pain.

His parting shot is, depression is not a sign of weakness.

How you pick yourself up and move on determines your future and this was the beginning of my depression. 
Why am I sharing this with you? Its always been expected of us men to be the providers, to always be married at a certain time, to have kids, we shouldn’t complain, and to be tough all that BS 
Men, we need to start talking about our struggles and problems. I was recently catching up with @caroline.mutoko & she brought light to something that I never thought about, ‘’When women are going through different things in their lives, they always have a different friend for everything. Someone who can help them with whatever situation but when it comes to men, we only have that one friend that we pour all our problems to.’’ sometimes this one friend can’t give you the best advise’’ A lot of people are battling with a lot of things in their life and its ok not to be ok, its ok to cry, Its ok to feel what you are feeling and this is the only way to deal with it. You will keep ignoring and pushing your problems away but one day you will breakdown. My hope is that this post will give hope to someone that is dealing with dark times to show you that many experience depression and nothing comes easy. We are human, we are meant to have feelings. Depression is not a sign of weakness.

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Today Franklin Saiyalel has assured us that his journey to recovery is going on just fine. He is at a place where he experiencing more revelations/lessons in my path to recovery.

Good morning, another week and I am experiencing more revelations/lessons in my path to recovery with depression. Even if it hurts me or may never understand it yet, I am appreciating the things that are molding me into a better person because I need it for who I am becoming. Sometimes despite the pain and disappointment, I tell myself, God has been too good to me for me to be bitter.
#MentalHealth #Depression

With such positivity, I am sure he will recover well. All the best Mr. Saiyalel.

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