Why is mental health often misunderstood?

Today’s guest on Africa Daily is a young woman who seemed to have it all.

Noella got a job as a reporter with a local TV station in Nairobi – and then, around six years ago, she got a scholarship to study filmmaking in the US.

But then she had her first manic episode and woke up in a psychiatric ward in North Carolina.

She was told she had unspecified bipolar – but didn’t understand what it meant and how it would change her life.

Now she’s made a film for BBC Africa Eye called ‘What is Eating My Mind’ to try and help others in a similar situation.

She spoke to Mpho Lakaje about her experiences.