What if your w orld changes in 1.5 seconds? What did life look like before those seconds\ , and more importantly what would life look like during and after theses s econds. The Louw-Down (on depression) takes a deeper look at the life of e ntrepreneur and actor\, Louw Breytenbach\, who has been battling with depr ession\, anxiety\, his struggle with homosexuality\, eating disorders as w ell as his attention deficit disorder since an early age. Years later\, po st traumatic stress also added to the long list of ailments that separated life from fiction after a horrific accident claimed the lives of three pe ople.
There are more than 264 million cases of depression worldwide\, and in S outh Africa more than 700 thousand people with post traumatic stress disor der (PTSD) are struggling for very few people receiving treatment or suppo rt. The Louw-Down examines the origins of depression\, the types of depres sion and the effectiveness of medication as well as the use of holistic ap proaches to the disease by putting sufferers of various forms of depressio n under the lens.
We bring parents\, friends and family together in a documen tary that will also turn the lives of others as it compels the viewer to i ntrospection… because in the end\, it is a story everyone can relate to.
SUMMARY:The Louw-Down on Depression URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.howler.co.za/thelouwdown END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR