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Queen Naija is facing backlash after a tweet that named depression as a “spirit.”
“Last night I felt a spirit of depression trying to come on me and instead of dwelling in it, I commanded it to leave in the name of Jesus. God gave us power, we gotta use it,” wrote Queen Naija on December 28.
Naija’s post caused her followers to react writing, “Calling mental illnesses ‘spirits’ is incredibly damaging. This is the type of thing that made me leave the church.”
After numerous comments about her post, Naija came back in defense tweeting, “Never meant to offend anyone who goes through depression or any mental illnesses. Those things ARE real, however, I personally believe that there are bad spirits to put you in a bad place…”