Nollywood actress, Chacha Eke Faani, has emerged as a strong advocate for mental illness after her personal battle with b!polar disorder.

During one of her outreach programs for mental health, the talented actress shared her experiences of destructive behavior towards properties in her home. Chacha revealed that her episodes of mania led to her constantly damaging things, resulting in her and her husband not having any possessions.

Chacha vividly recalled a distressing incident at Rit Hotel in Enugu, where she wrecked and destroyed everything, leaving her family with only the clothes they were wearing.

She went on to explain that two years later, she had a similar episode that led to her hospitalization. It was during this time that she was diagnosed and prescribed medication, which she admitted to frequently flushing down the toilet.

“To be frank if the disorder that I have been battling with didn’t sufficiently disgrace me to the point that it has, chances are I won’t be here championing.

My psychiatrist was my biggest nightmare, I wish I could kill him because it was him for the first time after years of man!c episodes, after years of violence, it was from his mouth I heard the name of what was wrong with me and I was pained.

I felt an ugly experience in Enugu in the Rit Hotel where I smashed everything, wrecked the whole hotel, and reduced everything that my family had to only what we were wearing. I went untreated.

Two years we came to Asaba and I had another man!c. This time I wrecked the whole house. It was a habit, at some point we didn’t have house properties because it was only a matter of months before I wreck it.

He took me to FDAH and after some days, he came and gave me the verdict, the diagnosis. I didn’t like taking drugs so I flushed them down the toilet when they discharged me. I had another relapse and they put me back in the hospital”.