The society has also been conditioned to largely treat Mental Health problems as spiritual and suicide as unspeakable.
When I was growing up in Aba, there was this mad man we called “Anya Faya”. His upper eyelids were permanently turned inside out. It was the...
It seems like the more the world evolves, the more people are falling into depression. Rates of depression and anxiety among young people have increased by...
There is me and then there is the edge. Some call it the edge of reason or the brink of despair, but I call it the...
Most people are currently feigning strength and wearing masks. Very few are strong enough to admit their anxieties, fears and weaknesses. Phrases like, “Are you the...
Imagine being hungry and having no hope of eating. Can you imagine that from the point of view of a child or an elderly living alone...
One day, Sheila and I were out as usual and I just couldn’t help noticing her morose face; so, I asked her what was wrong and...
“Can I inherit a mental illness?” I want to consider this very important question through the lenses of familiar cultural beliefs about inheriting mental illness. You...
No one will willingly admit to suicidal ideation – the intense obsession with the thoughts of death. This is not necessarily the thoughts of taking one’s...
I had a client once who had been involved with a cult. And in telling me about the experience, it was striking to observe the swinging...
On Tuesday, March 24, 2015, a plane crashed into the French Alps less than an hour after takeoff from Barcelona, killing 150 people. That was tragic,...
Nollywood has stepped up plenty in the last decade or so, and become we can be proud of. From oldies (sort of) like Ije and Figurine,...
So the other day on the Fox show, Empire, one of the main characters experienced a bipolar episode, and on Twitter, a mental health advocate went...
A few hours ago the Guardian UK published an article by Nigerian award winning writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie where she shared the heartfelt story of her struggle with...
I was sixteen. I was a young girl, just getting into college and enjoying the new freedom of life. I had just got for myself a...
I have been going back and forth on how to handle a situation I feel can control my life if I don’t take the right steps....
10th of October has been designated World Mental Health Day. BellaNaija has turned its spotlight on these issues in the past – especially as there’s a...
Oh, look! It’s Def Poetry Jam star, Bassey Ikpi on this edition of The Inspire Series. Many of our readers were introduced to Bassey when she...
I sincerely lay no claims to being more knowledgeable than anyone, but I do confess that I know better than I did yesterday, last year and...
It is reported that two students of UNILAG committed suicide in January. The first, Damilola Durojaiye, a computer science student hanged himself while his parents were...
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