On today’s episode of Off the Cuff with Danny LoPriore, social media content creator, mental health nurse practitioner, and psychotherapist Dr. Kojo Sarfo, DNP, PMHNP-BC, joins me to talk about how his journey with ADHD turned him into a rockstar and influenced his career path as well as why it’s important to make mental health fun and accessible through social media.

“I don’t like regular mental health content; kinda like when I was in school and talk to the psychiatrist for hours and be like, “what’s the difference between Bipolar I and Bipolar II,” and we’d have to sit down and do lectures. That’s not fun, right? So, people have to digest it in fun and relatable ways.” (3:02)

We chat about the importance of making mental health topics entertaining and relatable, how culture can influence how you deal with mental health issues, the flaws within the education system in terms of providing the right environment for those with mental health disorders, and how sometimes medications are essential despite the potential for abuse and side effects.

“God is good, but with medicine combined…you’re superhuman. I gotta put that on a shirt. Sometimes, you just need the meds.” (30:54)

He also shares his takes on the political landscape, balancing the intricacies of comedy with being offensive, and working mental health struggles into comedy and social media content in a way that is authentic.

“Let’s have conversations about everything, because everybody deserves to be able to voice their opinion.” (53:05)