Everyone is vulnerable, which means everyone should be having a conversation about mental health maintenance. Mental illness or instabilities don’t discriminate. People who and wildly successful are just as vulnerable as those who struggle. The phrase “mental illness” is often…
First launched by the charity Place2Be in 2015, this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week focuses on the theme – “find your brave”. The initiative aims to highlight to young people that being brave does not mean coping alone with mental…
It’s not uncommon to hear motivational speakers say things like – live your best life now, live as if each day were your last, step out of your comfort zone. Because of this school of thought, most people believe that…
Someone asked this question on Quora. Here are some answers people gave. Alex Coninx said… Because they are scared. That’s clearly the first reason. All social interaction (from cooperation to manipulation, negotiation or intimidation) is based on the fact that you…
It won’t always be like this. You won’t be permanently stuck in this hell, fighting with your own thoughts and losing. The fact that you’ve just taken that breath proves you’re more than this, you’re more than it. All it wants to do…
I know it can be distressing to interact with someone who lives under the weight of mental illness, especially when they’re dear to you. People usually try, but sometimes, their ideas and behaviors are actively harmful, even when they are…
Has this ever happened to you? After giving an honest answer about how you truly feel, you get that “look.” The look of pity but not in a, “I’m sorry you don’t feel well,” way, but more like a, “Spare…
Borrowing the words of Buddha – “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” It’s strange how in just a heartbeat we can fall head over heels in love with a perfect stranger,…
“When you are in love you know no fear or hatred. When you are fearful there is no possibility of love or hatred. And when there is hate, there is only hate.” ― Christopher Pike Does the notion of being in love…
By Nyong Ibiangake Okon Everyone feels worried or anxious or down from time to time. But relatively few people develop a mental illness. What’s the difference? A mental illness is a mental health condition that gets in the way of…
