Twee jong vroue van Worcester, wat elkeen \u2019n hewige stryd teen depressie gevoer het, wil nou deur \u2019n netbalspan wat hulle onlangs gestig het, bewusmaking onder jongelinge in die gemeenskap skep.<\/p>\n
Sammaree Matthews (17) en Na-Eemah Titus (19) het in Augustus verlede jaar Matthews se tannie aan die dood afgestaan nadat sy haar stryd teen depressie verloor het. Sy was ook hierdie twee vroue se vriendin en haar dood het hulle albei erg geraak.<\/p>\n
\u201cDit het hulle baie hard getref omrede sy een van hul grootste ondersteuners op die netbalbaan was. Sy het hulle altyd ondersteun en gemotiveer om \u2019n loopbaan in netbal voort te sit. Haar teenwoordigheid word nou nog op die baan gevoel,\u201d vertel Matthews se ma, Claudine Thomas, aan Standard<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Titus het verlede jaar gedurende hierdie donker tyd haar matriek aan die Ho\u00ebrskool Esselenpark voltooi. Matthews was \u2019n graad 11-leerder by Worcester Sekond\u00eare Skool ten tye van haar tannie se dood.<\/p>\n
\u201cDit het my baie erg geraak en \u2019n groot invloed op my gehad. Ek is toe uit die skool en gaan my matriek nou privaat verder voltooi,\u201d vertel Matthews.<\/p>\n
Thomas s\u00ea die afgelope paar maande was baie moeilik.<\/p>\n
\u201cHulle albei het \u2019n hewige stryd teen depressie gevoer en was selfs op medikasie. Hulle het ook berading ontvang en het ook selfmoordneigings gehad. Sammaree het haarself ook seergemaak en haar eie lewe probeer neem, maar ons kon betyds intree.\u201d <\/p>\n
Uit al hierdie hartseer het hierdie twee besluit om meer tyd te bestee om hul liefde vir netbal uit te leef, en toe \u2019n groep gestig vir jong meisies en selfs seuns wat \u2019n plek soek om uiting aan hul emosies te gee en iets produktiefs te doen. <\/p>\n
\u201cNetbal was hul genesing. Sammaree se tannie het dit ge\u00efnspireer en hulle het net begin om alles daarin te sit. Dit is die plek waar hulle kan leef en vry voel. Nou inspireer hulle ander ook sommer.\u201d <\/p>\n
Die span se fokus is op die sport, maar hul missie is om deur hierdie span bewusmaking te skep oor depressie, selfdood en selfs geslagsgebaseerde geweld in die gemeenskap.<\/p>\n
\u201cOns is \u2019n gedugte span en mense van selfs Botrivier, Malmesbury, De Doorns en Montagu het al met ons kontak gemaak om by ons aan te sluit,\u201d vertel Matthews.<\/p>\n
Hulle oefen tans \u2019n paar keer per week in Esselenpark en hoop om hul boodskap by wedstryde en byeenkomste oor te dra en sodoende ander te inspireer.<\/p>\n
Thomas s\u00ea sy is dankbaar haar dogter en ander mense, wat dieselfde voel, het \u2019n plek waarheen hulle kan gaan om uiting aan hul emosies te gee. <\/p>\n
Dit is \u2019n plek waar ondersteuning en genesing plaasvind.<\/p>\n
\u201cDie feit dat hulle depressie kon oorwin, is meer as \u2019n inspirasie. Dit wys dat God groter is as enige struikelblokke. <\/p>\n
\u201cGod kan jou uit \u2019n donker plek kry en met die regte ondersteuning kan jy gered word. Ouers moet na hul kinders luister en aandag gee aan die goed waardeur hulle gaan. \u2019n Mens kan dit nie net toeskryf aan \u2018hulle gaan deur \u2019n fase\u2019 nie \u2013 om te praat, help,\u201d voeg Thomas by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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