The understanding of therapy can sometimes be mired in misformation, stigma and myths which can often make it difficult for one to decide whether they need help, and where or how to seek it. While it can be helpful to talk about your problems to close friends and family members, sometimes you need help that…
Seeking support through therapy may not be an easy choice for anyone to make, possibly due to mental health stigma and less than adequate awareness of how mental healthcare services can help deal with one’s concerns. An individual’s choices, recovery and subsequently the therapeutic process that works for them might be personal to them, which…
TW: mention of suicide and harm to others/self
The media plays an important in shaping the beliefs, attitudes and behaviours related to mental health, within individuals and communities. That is, how we talk about, write about, report about influences the perception and portrayal of a topic in the audience’s mind, thus influencing how we behave.…
Remember when you spoke about an incident to your friend and you felt like your feelings were disregarded? It would’ve led to you being insecure of your thoughts and feelings to the point where sharing about that incident seemed unimportant. But it was. If something has the power to affect you, it sure has the…
How we think and feel about ourselves often reflects on our well-being and its various aspects – that is, the emotional, physical, psychological and social elements of our lives. While a lot of words related to this understanding are prevalent in popular culture, let’s try to understand what some of these mean from a scientific…
“Depression” is a word which is expressed as a mood to a mental health condition is, as of today, one of the most common mental illnesses in the world, with . sStatistics showing that today depression affects 3.8% of the total world’s population1. And sSince the pandemic has hit our lives, an observed increase ind…