Men bottle up a lot! How I wish all men could shamelessly speak up when they are dealing with life issues! Just read online about a photographer, Emmanuel Omole who committed suicide. In the suicide note he left behind, he said he is tired of life and want to find peace. He however recognized the […]
Are you or someone you know in a sexless marriage? I have had a lot of emails in the last few months that are all essentially asking how to fix sexless marriage. Some of the emails goes like this: “I’ve been married for years and for the last (awfully long time). I’ve had a problem […]
In recent times, I’ve read in the national and international dailies and I have even seen some of my friends drift in and out of depression because of the overwhelming burden at their workplace, what COVID-19 has caused them and fact that they have slim chances of pulling through. Few weeks ago, a colleague reached […]
BY OLUSEYI ELIZABETH ODUDIMU A recent report (World Health Organization 2016a) found that the total population in Spain is 46, 348, 000 and non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, Cancers and Chronic respiratory diseases have been the major health issues since the 1970s (WHO,2016b). WHO (2016a) data estimated 91% of all deaths rate of which […]
BY OLUSEYI ELIZABETH ODUDIMU Abstract Employment and high income can improve the clinical condition, recovery, quality of life and enhance the social inclusion of people with severe mental illness. However, in the global statistics of the labour force, participation of people with severe mental illness is still very low and this is because many employers […]
David Allen described “Patience” as the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in your mind. Most times things won’t work out as planned or as you want them to be, and this can take a toll on us and our mental health. Well, do not be […]
Is forgiveness connected to human’s mental health?. Many people do not understand the importance of forgiveness to their mental and physical health, but basically, I would emphasis on scientific investigations and psychological perspectives on the importance of forgiveness to human’s mental health. (Un)forgiveness is like a poison, it kills the immune system gradually and creates dent […]
If someone asks you, “Who are you?” what do you give in reply? Hold a bit before you rush into answering that question. What if you were to ask yourself who YOU really are, can you sell yourself to YOU, and be accepted? Whatever your reply would be, there is still a “YOU in you” […]
Stop Mental Illness Foundation presents a Virtual Conference and Recognition Award to the Health Workers on World Mental Health Day
EDITOR: OLUSEYI ELIZABETH ODUDIMU Pre-Traumatic Stress is anticipatory apprehension regarding the future event and reactions to fear of intrinsic worth in the future, it usually arises with related symptoms with post-traumatic stress disorder such as anguish, fear, unhappiness, helplessness, persistent troubled mind, unsettling interfering thoughts of hopelessness, sleep difficulty and nightmares and keeping away […]