“You can’t fix what you can’t see.” Perhaps, this saying summarises our inability to understand the best way to find solutions to invisible broken things. Mental...
If you’ve paid close attention since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, you’d notice that there have been more cases of depression all over the world than...
If you’re from around here, you don’t need anyone to tell you that crazy things are happening on a daily basis. Cringe-worthy news constantly assault your...
Someone once asked me to describe how being depressed felt like. To be honest, I found the question a little bit offensive. It immediately made me feel like...
I jolt awake at 6am. NEPA (or what do they call themselves now?) restores power and the noise from the OX standing fan is playing right...
We seem to have come into a time of global negativity; everywhere you turn, there’s some form of bad news in the corner. When you turn...
2020 was undoubtedly the year of the pandemic but it was also the year of the creatives. So many creatives were ushered into the spotlight. You could...
The shared trauma we experienced the previous year reminds us of our humanity and brought us closer than ever. Watching Ini dima Okojie share her journey...
Many days have since passed, still, I can’t shake off the dreadful feeling that came with the early hours of October 20, 2020. I remember waking...
We now all know that depression is a real illness, guys, and it is necessary that we guard our mental health. Betty Irabor, a survivor, has...
If you know good mental health practitioners, recommend them and support them financially. If you sense a loved one withdrawing from everyone, try to reach out...
Perhaps, you will forever have walls in your head. But maybe you don’t have to live in there forever.
My mind was my safe spot; there, I turned the bad thoughts into inspiring songs. It was my therapy.
He’s considered a champion today, but boxer Deontay Wilder has fought battles, too, outside the ring, including once being close to suicide. Speaking to BT Sports, Wilder...
On this episode of “Learning Life’s Ropes” vlog series, Padita Agu talks about going through depression and the things she did that we can also adopt...
Please, let’s not isolate mothers from the society if they take on this very important role of primary caregivers to children.
Depression has been found to be the strongest single risk factor for attempted or completed suicides. Depression among the youth are frequently unrecognized or misdiagnosed and...
Faisty Production is out with a short film campaigning against suicide. The movie is titled “What If?” and it gives reasons why suicide is never an...
Truth be told, laughter is the best medicine. Bovi’s comedy skit helped a depressed fan from attempting suicide. He shared the private message sent to him...
South Africa may appear to have healed from apartheid, but the healing is only a screen. It’s like a person whose injury has healed externally but still has...
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