Ghanaian rapper Kojo Cue has revealed some activities he engaged in which served as a form of therapy while he was dealing with depression.
Speaking during Joy Showbiz Roundtable discussion, the “Rich Dad Poor Dad” rapper shared that he turned to activities such as gardening, cooking, and travelling as forms of therapy during a difficult period in his life.
According to Kojo Cue, gardening and cooking were helpful because they required his full attention and helped take his mind off the negative thoughts.
“I picked up gardening. It was really helpful. I also learned to cook. I learned how to cook because cooking and gardening are things that when you’re doing, they require your full attention. They require you to be present, to be focused on what it is you’re doing,” he said.
The rapper explained that one of the hardest parts of dealing with depression is handling the feeling of time dragging slowly, hence stressing that keeping busy helped him feel better.
“I realised that the biggest battle when you’re going through any of these episodes is time. Because once you are able to spend enough time not worrying about it, I think your body, your mind starts to readjust,” he stated.
Kojo Cue also mentioned that changing his environment played a big role in his healing process.
According to him, travelling outside the country gave him the chance to see new things and discover new interests.
“Change of scenery was super helpful. Just any activity that captures your attention and puts you in the moment, anything that puts you in a place where things are new so that you are kind of finding new interests and exploring new things. You have to do things that can help you get out of your head. Because when you get stuck in your head, that’s when you make up scenarios. We are creatives. We create things out of nothing,” he said.
As a creative person, he explained that the mind can sometimes create false stories that feel real, especially when you’re going through emotional stress.
“We’ll take one thing that’s happening to us and we’ll make up like 30 different scenarios and that may not even be what is actually happening on the ground. And sometimes when you’re creating those things, it can feel like super real to you even though it’s just you imagining things,” he added.
Also, watch an exclusive interview with Ayisi on the latest edition of Talkertainment below:
AK/
