anxiety, the mental health narrative that doesn’t get talked about have you ever tried telling someone that your anxiety might not be compatible with theirs and the first thing it made them feel was personally attacked? either they’re unmitigatedly self-absorbed or they simply lack the mental strength to see beyond themselves enough to not invalidate
Psychiatrists at Uganda’s national referral hospital for mental health have warned depression could become the second most diagnosed disorder by 2020. Serena Chaudhry from Reuters reports.
The UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking to make up to 100K equity-free investments to provide early-stage (seed) finance to for-profit technology start-ups that have the potential to benefit humanity. If you’ve got a start-up using machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain or extended reality, registered in one of UNICEF’s programme countries, and have a
Editor’s note: If you experience suicidal thoughts, the following post could be potentially triggering. You can contact your closest friend, family member or search for Rehab centres in Uganda and get yourself admitted. When someone talks about self-harm, many still believe it’s more of a silly myth and rather a stupid call for attention. But the
When you speak of living with depression, on my side, it’s been a process of finding a way of coping and using for as long as it works, and when it doesn’t, finding the next way to cope. To be honest, I would like to sell you a story about how I ran to Jesus
I’m seated on a wooden bench under a tree shade deep in the heart of a national reserve watching a herd of elephants grazing peacefully below, oblivious of the chaotic world out there. Faced with the biggest dilemma of my life, I travelled down to this remote camping site in the south to strategize on
Editor’s note: If you experience suicidal thoughts, the following post could be potentially triggering. You can contact 0800 200 600 for counselling or Call your closest friend, family member or search for Rehab centres in Uganda and get yourself admitted. Depression is often difficult to see until the affected person seeks help. When it comes to
“You can hear rumours, but you can’t know them.” In case you missed it, Netflix released “13 Reasons Why,” a series of thirteen episodes based on the book by Jay Asher. The Netflix series had long been awaited by those who read the book and was a quick addiction for everyone, even those who didn’t
Around this time last year, I challenged myself to write and publish an article a day for 100 days straight. When I set out to start jotting down what I went through as a young depressed person battling society reforms as a mechanism of filling a void that had been missing in me for a
Suicide is fast rising into the leading cause of death for 18 to 25-year-olds, therefore, it is vitally important to know the signs and how to help someone who may be at risk of it. Research shows that most people who attempt suicide give some sort of clue before they make an attempt. Therefore, understanding
