{"id":51951,"date":"2022-10-15T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T23:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=51951"},"modified":"2022-10-13T11:05:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T03:05:36","slug":"macoy-dubs-inspires-pldt-smart-workforce-with-mental-health-survivor-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2022\/10\/15\/macoy-dubs-inspires-pldt-smart-workforce-with-mental-health-survivor-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Macoy Dubs inspires PLDT, Smart workforce with mental health survivor story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In time for the month-long celebration of World Mental Health Awareness Month this October, social media celebrity Macoy Dubs, a long-time mental health co-champion of PLDT and Smart, shared his personal mental health journey through the employee engagement initiative, \u201cBetter Today Conversations: Mind Your Health\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macoy experienced a difficult childhood, leading to a series of traumatic experiences that ultimately affected his mental wellbeing.&nbsp; In 2016, Macoy was diagnosed with Dysthymia, or persistent depressive disorder. Through self-acceptance, empathy, and self-love, Macoy says he has found healing since 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Healing is not linear<\/em><\/strong><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe journey is not as smooth as a freeway.&nbsp;<em>Marami tayong pinagdadaanan pero&nbsp;<\/em>we choose to be better every day. We tried and never get tired, right?&nbsp;<em>Sinubukan natin<\/em>&nbsp;<em>at hindi tayo susuko<\/em>. We keep up and we conquer. Now we are here \u2013&nbsp;<em>nagtagumpay tayo,\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>Macoy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macoy shared that trying becomes a vehicle of hope. Living by the words \u201clet\u2019s try,&nbsp;<em>subukan natin<\/em>,\u201d Macoy\u2019s many attempts to try consisted of struggles, creativity blocks. Despite this, Macoy persisted and eventually became successful at creating content, allowing him to make an impact on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His parting lessons are anchored on a deep sense of hope \u2013 of growing and learning; and letting go of the things we cannot control. \u201cAs we grow, we learn. I had to learn how to heal myself, how to be better.&nbsp;<em>Pinili kong tulungan ang sarili ko<\/em>,\u201d Macoy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also shared how his role as a content creator means that \u201cinfluencing is about inclusivity\u201d. According to him, through initiatives like the Better Today Conversations, it becomes a platform to influence people to be more empathetic and more human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s choosing to be better \u2013 to have better conversations, a better tomorrow, and a better today.&nbsp;<em>Kung kinaya ko, kaya niyo rin<\/em>. Let\u2019s shape our traumas and regain the power where we\u2019re able to overcome these difficult times in our lives.&nbsp;<em>Masasabi ko na napagtagumpayan ko ito dahil sa aking&nbsp;<\/em>heroes \u2013 my parents and to all the people who support me along the way,\u201d Macoy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Better Today\u2019s emphasis on mental health is a key part of PLDT and Smart\u2019s continuing commitment to help the Philippines contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG), particularly UNSDG #3 that stands for good health and well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better Today\u2019s emphasis on mental health is a key part of PLDT and Smart\u2019s continuing commitment to help the Philippines contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG), particularly UNSDG #3 that stands for good health and well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":51952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[379,343,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-51951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-pldt","tag-smart-communications","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}