# Don't suffer from your depression in silence

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Residency
- Speaker: Nikki Webber Allen
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/nikki_webber_allen_don_t_suffer_from_your_depression_in_silence)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Having feelings isn't a sign of weakness -- they mean we're human, says producer and activist Nikki Webber Allen. Even after being diagnosed with anxiety and depression, Webber Allen felt too ashamed to tell anybody, keeping her condition a secret until a family tragedy revealed how others close to her were also suffering. In this important talk about mental health, she speaks openly about her struggle -- and why communities of color must undo the stigma that misreads depression as a weakness and keeps sufferers from getting help.

## Lectures

1. [Don't suffer from your depression in silence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/nikki_webber_allen_don_t_suffer_from_your_depression_in_silence/b8f839d3e080), 7 min (TED's player)