Traditional healers as therapists? Inside South Africa’s mental health crisis | MINDSET | EP 5
Traditional healers as therapists? Inside South Africa’s mental health crisis | MINDSET | EP 5
Across Africa, healers have been part of the social fabric for centuries.
During ceremonies, they use traditional medicine, rituals and supernatural guidance from ancestral spirits to improve people’s mental health.
Once maligned as “witch doctors”, these healers are now seen by South African psychologists as vital across a country where…
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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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4d-FmTn8w
thank you fo diz, al jazeera.
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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.
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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.
What a cheap one-sided take on this business. It is purely demonic and oppressive. You would need an unbiased person to investigate the disease of the soul known as depression.
Al Jazeera disrespecting us south africans…this is our tradition ..it has nothing to do with mental health..maybe do a piece of Americans and uk suicide rates.
Traditional healers is part of our history….heritage….tradition.
So you telling America praises psychic on daylight TV, people who can talk to ghosts and evil spirits and comes here and points fingers, also al Jazeera must know the people they talking about….and uk also deal with those card readers.
MANY women dont know that wearing a Weave, Wig, Braid Extensions leads to Mental Dis-EASE , these items of Vanity are the CAUSATION of Spiritual Warfare.
Thank you so much Drew for showing light to our traditional doctors❤❤
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.
They are witchdoctors full stop the traditional medicine can heal people however these witchdoctors mix it with witchcraft which is demonic if they separated it, it would be good however they dont.
Ndiacabanga abantu ziphila zicabanga zimzantsi sala kakhulu
U South Africans deserve moral leadership that has been bestowed by freedom sprite emanated by MADIBA the great and faithful leaders following him.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
We are living in the last days, traditional healers do exist but it's just that there's alot of fake healers now
They are also Cultural Stewards. Preserving languages & plant knowledge.
Did y'all hear about the sangoma in central kzn who fed human flesh to his whole village?? Not so long ago
We need to speak about the spiritual damage and chaos that colonisation brings.
13:31 well said Yibanathi.
Traditions ALWAYS works ….since time began….fore fathers depended on it and were so strong.
THIS IS NOT FROM GOD THATS WAY THEY ARE NOT A NATION AS SUPPOST TO BR BRCAUSE THEY BREAK GODS COMMANDMENTS.
Jeso🤦🏾♀️💔
Recently, I have been reflecting on the experience of Ayahuasca as therapy.
They still speaking with colonial accent
You don't call on ancestors. You call on God. It is dangerous to call on familiar spirits.
It's sort of funny that the young woman who studies Psychology doesn't believe in Psychology herself!😅😅
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.