About Nhema Gunyana

15mg Olanzapine. 5mg taken orally (as prescribed) 2 remaining 5mg tablets disposed of by dissolving under a running tap between thumb & index finger of left hand

Repeat once daily for 2 years

Ended Sept 11 2010 when I, Jonathan N. Wakeling was possessed by unknown entity: #NhemaGunyana

Black September: September 11th 2010. Translated into Shona, Black September is Nhema Gunyana. To distinguish it from the Jordanian Civil War we first thought to translate it into the French and then thought, because it occurred at Big Tree Harare, the Shona would work best.

Nhema Gunyana was the moment on September 11th 2010 at Big Tree Harare that I “officially” became mentally ill. Visions, hallucinations, voices along with an indescribable physical disability were to become a fact of life for me since “Black September” 2010 to the present (although it’s no longer a physical disability). The adjustment to the new status quo during the month that followed Nhema Gunyana was actually a “war” on many levels.

Overcoming this “mental illness” also know as schizophrenia, has been a personal victory for me over the last decade.