Traditional healers as therapists? Inside South Africa’s mental health crisis | MINDSET | EP 5

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  • @aljazeeraenglish
    @aljazeeraenglish  10 місяців тому +7

    Al Jazeera's new and thought-provoking series, Mindset, asks big questions about how we can improve our wellbeing. In Episode 5, Mindset meets South Africa's spiritual healers and examines how they can help address Africa’s mental health crisis.
    Watch the previous episode on the psychological secrets behind South Korea's domination of Olympic archery here: ua-cam.com/video/vP4d-FmTn8w/v-deo.html

    • @Kismet-1001Nights
      @Kismet-1001Nights 10 місяців тому

      جنوب افريقيا 🇿🇦
      -
      محكمة العدل الدولية تصدر يوم الجمعة، قرارها بشأن "التدابير المؤقتة" التي طلبتها جنوب أفريقيا في قضيتها ضد إسرائيل المتعلقة بتطبيق اتفاقية منع جريمة الإبادة الجماعية والمعاقبة عليها في قطاع غزة.
      😊
      🙏🏻

    • @Kismet-1001Nights
      @Kismet-1001Nights 10 місяців тому

      الولايات المتحدة 🇺🇸
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      الأمم المتحدة تتلقى إخطارا من الحوثيين، يطلب مغادرة الموظفين الأمميين من حاملي الجنسيتين الأمريكية والبريطانية في غضون شهر.
      😊
      🙏🏻

    • @muzaffarshah4676
      @muzaffarshah4676 10 місяців тому

      😅😅

  • @karabokgoleng7952
    @karabokgoleng7952 10 місяців тому +18

    We are living in incredibly difficult times so anything that gets you through life is okay as long as no harm is done. Unfortunately, a major aspect of mental illness that is often overlooked, is that it's socially produced. You can't have healthy people when there is glaring inequality.

  • @CJ-xg6pf
    @CJ-xg6pf 10 місяців тому +58

    Witch doctor is a derogatory term...They refer them as traditional healers

    • @maathaimaathai3395
      @maathaimaathai3395 10 місяців тому +2

      Exactly

    • @sunelelujabe8075
      @sunelelujabe8075 10 місяців тому

      Thank you

    • @PeverellTheThird
      @PeverellTheThird 10 місяців тому

      Derogatory to those who interpret words too literally

    • @Notthelasttime
      @Notthelasttime 10 місяців тому +2

      The term isn’t only derogatory it’s completely inaccurate. How can a witch even be a doctor?

    • @PeverellTheThird
      @PeverellTheThird 10 місяців тому

      @@Notthelasttime It's metaphorical.

  • @shamandi
    @shamandi 10 місяців тому +15

    Why modern medicine which is 150 years old is called traditional medicine? And why medicine that has helped people for thousands of years is called alternative? Thanks for this wonderful story. The World is waking up!

  • @tebogoharry4599
    @tebogoharry4599 10 місяців тому +17

    We South africans are very connected with the Astral dimension, the dimension of which souls pass to after separating with the body or its vehicle. We commune strongly with desincarnated souls residing within that plane. It's part of the phenomena we experience in our reality.

    • @ndalamamashabele5956
      @ndalamamashabele5956 10 місяців тому +1

      We South Africans?? Which we??🤦‍♀️🙄

    • @zikomadikizela121
      @zikomadikizela121 10 місяців тому

      @@ndalamamashabele5956ofcause he/she meant majority of South Africans

    • @Blaze_nvm
      @Blaze_nvm 10 місяців тому +1

      @@ndalamamashabele5956 He is referring non brainwashed individuals, obviously not you.

  • @niks966
    @niks966 10 місяців тому +6

    Traditions ALWAYS works ....since time began....fore fathers depended on it and were so strong.

  • @ReginaJune
    @ReginaJune 10 місяців тому +6

    5:57 pretty much they use plant medicine, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy and the prayers are powerful because sometimes you need more than just yourself to overcome challenges- western treatment centers use the same stuff and bill insurance $25k a week for it.

  • @kagisopule2879
    @kagisopule2879 10 місяців тому +6

    i always say we are sick because we have detached from mother nature but just because we have detached from mother nature it does not mean mother nature has detached from us,shes always calling us back to get healing

  • @moelmangoegape6523
    @moelmangoegape6523 10 місяців тому +2

    Thank you so much Drew for showing light to our traditional doctors❤❤

  • @carolsmind
    @carolsmind 10 місяців тому +14

    We need to speak about the spiritual damage and chaos that colonisation brings.

  • @phumlanindlovu5653
    @phumlanindlovu5653 10 місяців тому +14

    yes true as a person raised in Christianity, I believe African spirituality has been demonised by the coloniser💯💯💯

  • @Kismet-1001Nights
    @Kismet-1001Nights 10 місяців тому +1

    السودان 🇸🇩
    -
    "يشهد السودان كارثة إنسانية ذات أبعاد ملحمية.
    يمر الأطفال بكابوس حقيقي. فالسودان بلد فتي جدا و24 مليون من سكانه هم من الأطفال الذين يعانون من الأثر المدمر لهذه الحرب. الأطفال لا يتسببون في الحروب والصراعات، ولكنهم في نهاية المطاف يتحملون العبء الأكبر لهذه الأعمال العدائية.
    وهذا هو الواقع في السودان. 14 مليونا من هؤلاء الأطفال في حاجة ماسة إلى المساعدة المنقذة للحياة في مجالات الصحة والتغذية والتعلم والمياه ودعم الحماية".
    -- ممثلة اليونيسف في السودان تحذر من أن مستقبل أكثر من 24 مليون طفل سوداني في خطر بسبب الكارثة الإنسانية "ذات الأبعاد الملحمية" التي تعصف بالبلاد منذ اندلاع الحرب في نيسان/أبريل من العام الماضي
    😊
    🙏🏻

  • @Kismet-1001Nights
    @Kismet-1001Nights 10 місяців тому +1

    فلسطين 🇵🇸
    -
    "قائمة المواد الممنوع دخولها إلى غزة تشمل إمدادات طبية لعلاج الأمراض المزمنة، مثل حقن إنسولين الأطفال. نجري مشاورات مع السلطات الإسرائيلية لبحث هذا الأمر".
    مسؤول الشؤون الإنسانية في فلسطين يقول إن الأزمة الإنسانية في غزة بلغت نطاقا لم نشهده من قبل.
    😊
    🙏🏻

  • @paulaliberty2082
    @paulaliberty2082 10 місяців тому +4

    They are also Cultural Stewards. Preserving languages & plant knowledge.

  • @andreluiz6083
    @andreluiz6083 10 місяців тому +2

    Recently, I have been reflecting on the experience of Ayahuasca as therapy.

  • @eduseid4815
    @eduseid4815 10 місяців тому

    U South Africans deserve moral leadership that has been bestowed by freedom sprite emanated by MADIBA the great and faithful leaders following him.

  • @whawha9016
    @whawha9016 10 місяців тому +8

    It's sort of funny that the young woman who studies Psychology doesn't believe in Psychology herself!😅😅

  • @tave-e4w
    @tave-e4w 9 місяців тому

    thank you fo diz, al jazeera.
    🥰🤩😘
    totally fascinatin', jellybean.
    'we need to teach each other'
    amen to dat.
    combinin' psychology and traditional healin' --- defo mah vibe. nyohohohohohoho.
    also i think da most important thing is da acknowledgement if someone is sufferin' from mental health issues.
    der is nothin' to be ashamed 'bout it.
    and dat der is help.
    💖💎🌟🤗🌷💯💕

  • @ReginaJune
    @ReginaJune 10 місяців тому

    6:27 They should build Earthsips as a Wellness Center funded by Tourists to cover treatment for locals. Every 2 Tourists covers one local or whatever. Make a self sustaining eco village. You can do it all locally with little money. Permaculture food forest.

    • @DaPinanic02
      @DaPinanic02 4 місяці тому

      What are Earthsips?!

    • @ReginaJune
      @ReginaJune 4 місяці тому +1

      @@DaPinanic02 labor intensive awesome self sustaining buildings - there’s a community in New Mexico that’s an Airbnb

  • @ahmedmohanned9994
    @ahmedmohanned9994 10 місяців тому +3

    Research INFJ personality type , Nelson Mandela was one , the soul is seperate from the body , Carl Jung & Swami Rama both greatest doctors proved this !

  • @MrTom-tw6tb
    @MrTom-tw6tb 10 місяців тому

    Great Al Jazeera Media English world wide 🌎 Traditional Treatment for mental illness (Mind Set )

  • @henda1538
    @henda1538 10 місяців тому +3

    We are living in the last days, traditional healers do exist but it's just that there's alot of fake healers now

    • @sibz1101
      @sibz1101 10 місяців тому

      Just like fake pastors

  • @DouglasRose-f4s
    @DouglasRose-f4s 10 місяців тому +2

    You need to investigate the evil side of this. I went to a Sangoma for help in 2007 and my life has been destroyed by them. They’ve robbed me of R2,5 million and I’m still trying to get it back. It’s driven me close to suicide many times.

    • @Blaze_nvm
      @Blaze_nvm 10 місяців тому +1

      Unfortunately that's the reality of living in this dimension, there is evil side in everything be it You, Religion or Spirituality.

    • @Katamelo-p6j
      @Katamelo-p6j Місяць тому +1

      You don't just go to a sangoma and pour money carelessly first you phatlha with your ancestracies they will guide you through dreams and other forms.

    • @TheJakes2009
      @TheJakes2009 Місяць тому

      @@Katamelo-p6j People don't trust even their own intuitions that's how they get scammed.

    • @Katamelo-p6j
      @Katamelo-p6j Місяць тому +1

      @@TheJakes2009 fact engraved on the tomb stone .I can't argue forward.

  • @carolsmind
    @carolsmind 10 місяців тому

    13:31 well said Yibanathi.

  • @SAFlowers
    @SAFlowers 10 місяців тому

    In Kz there are also healers and read the stones.

  • @esahm373
    @esahm373 10 місяців тому +4

    A psychology student who doesn't believe in the validity of Psychology?

    • @PeverellTheThird
      @PeverellTheThird 10 місяців тому +1

      A psychology student who doesn't understand psychology enough.

  • @ThunderstormsRainfalls
    @ThunderstormsRainfalls 6 місяців тому

    Can African traditional healers erase bad memories from a person's mind? Can they heal a person of mental illness? Can they cause a person to lose their memory and forget their past, if that is what that person wants them to do to them?

    • @DaPinanic02
      @DaPinanic02 4 місяці тому

      Can western treatment do all of that?!

  • @mandlatube
    @mandlatube 10 місяців тому

    Only one of the speakers owned to traditional healers...how they helped his family, sad to see how ppl are still uncomfortable talking about being African.

  • @craigrichards1945
    @craigrichards1945 10 місяців тому

    Did y'all hear about the sangoma in central kzn who fed human flesh to his whole village?? Not so long ago

    • @henda1538
      @henda1538 10 місяців тому +1

      Some are scammers mam

    • @sibz1101
      @sibz1101 10 місяців тому +2

      There will always be outliers who bring disrepute to sacred practices.

    • @Blaze_nvm
      @Blaze_nvm 10 місяців тому +1

      We have also heard of a Pastor who fed his congregation
      grass and sprayed them with bug repellant and some Pastors in SA are in jail for rape, what exactly is your point?

    • @DaPinanic02
      @DaPinanic02 4 місяці тому

      ​@@Blaze_nvmWe aren't talking about pastors.

  • @lynnmothibeli325
    @lynnmothibeli325 10 місяців тому +3

    Jeso🤦🏾‍♀️💔

  • @Mapule150
    @Mapule150 10 місяців тому +4

    We have seen witch doctors “ traditional healers “ coming to Christ and giving away their lives to Jesus . He is all knowing and all powerful in Jesus name Amen

    • @ndalamamashabele5956
      @ndalamamashabele5956 10 місяців тому

      Amen

    • @Blaze_nvm
      @Blaze_nvm 10 місяців тому

      Typical of brainwashed Christians like you, wanting to dictate and demonize other people's beliefs claiming yours to be superior.

    • @kabelothebe4350
      @kabelothebe4350 10 місяців тому

      Brainwashed black people who led others to mislead them

    • @Notthelasttime
      @Notthelasttime 10 місяців тому

      Colonised mind.

    • @mamnirifi7335
      @mamnirifi7335 5 місяців тому +1

      Yoh wena stop you don't need to be disrespectful you don't believe shut up

  • @roman2soiko2
    @roman2soiko2 10 місяців тому

    Ndiacabanga abantu ziphila zicabanga zimzantsi sala kakhulu

  • @esahm373
    @esahm373 10 місяців тому

    Isn't the term Gogo reserved for the elders? Why does a young woman call herself Gogo?

    • @ntombimusonda9727
      @ntombimusonda9727 10 місяців тому +4

      She carries/is with her ancestors within her. You are respecting the elders that are within her. And the term can also be the same for the male sangomas if the ancestral energy they have is the female one

    • @esahm373
      @esahm373 10 місяців тому

      @@ntombimusonda9727 Define "ancestral energy" please. Feel free to elaborate!

    • @esahm373
      @esahm373 10 місяців тому

      @@ntombimusonda9727 Hello? Still there?

    • @esahm373
      @esahm373 10 місяців тому

      @@ntombimusonda9727 Are you ignoring my question for some reason? Typically that means that you don't know how to answer!

    • @ntombimusonda9727
      @ntombimusonda9727 10 місяців тому

      Google Christie Van Zyl (gogo Bazamile).

  • @a81758
    @a81758 10 місяців тому +3

    You don't call on ancestors. You call on God. It is dangerous to call on familiar spirits.

    • @khanyi_zulu
      @khanyi_zulu 10 місяців тому

      Shut the f*ck up, we don't care!

    • @baepy
      @baepy 10 місяців тому +4

      People call on who they believe in. Imagine if we started saying don't call on whoever your deity is. Would you accept that?

    • @hidum5779
      @hidum5779 10 місяців тому +1

      I'd call on my ancestors as I see fit. you're no one to tell me what should I call on

    • @a81758
      @a81758 10 місяців тому

      @@hidum5779 Good luck to you and your ancestral spirits.

    • @a81758
      @a81758 10 місяців тому

      @baepy God is the way, the truth, and the life. Good day to you.

  • @IHDTFJ07
    @IHDTFJ07 10 місяців тому +3

    So you reject the true God of the bible and seek demons, so foolish and wicked.
    REPENT AND BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, HE IS THE ONLY HOPE.

    • @TshepangMagudulela
      @TshepangMagudulela 10 місяців тому +8

      That is your God not everyone else's. YourGod is sin, the evil things done on his name are dis-speakable.
      YOU TELL YOUR GOD TO REPENT FOR THE CRIMES HE COMMITTED AGAINST US.

    • @sibz1101
      @sibz1101 10 місяців тому

      Christians just don't get it...

    • @PeverellTheThird
      @PeverellTheThird 10 місяців тому

      @@TshepangMagudulela Um....you are aware that Satan exists as well right?

    • @Blaze_nvm
      @Blaze_nvm 10 місяців тому

      God has no business with your Bible, that's man written book. The Spirit of God lives in you and it is you. Clearly, early religious conditioning and brainwashing has messed up your logic thinking.

    • @kabelothebe4350
      @kabelothebe4350 10 місяців тому

      Colonizers started this way in Africa destroying our culture we where oppressed but never lost our culture till today who are you

  • @AbiolaRaha
    @AbiolaRaha 10 місяців тому

    They still speaking with colonial accent

    • @lindokuhlendaba8844
      @lindokuhlendaba8844 10 місяців тому +6

      And your point is ?🤷‍♂️

    • @sibz1101
      @sibz1101 10 місяців тому +3

      English is the global medium for communication

    • @pjxels.k
      @pjxels.k 10 місяців тому

      ​@@lindokuhlendaba8844ungambuza futhi

    • @PeverellTheThird
      @PeverellTheThird 10 місяців тому +1

      And you have too much politics and envy in your heart. They speak with a human accent.

    • @Blaze_nvm
      @Blaze_nvm 10 місяців тому

      They both from different cultures, how do you suggest they communicate effectively?