I am just thinking out loud. Anytime I have tough feelings, I use music to escape and eventually deal with them. For people who don’t write, how do you deal with loneliness? Lonely is an Afro-ElectroPop song that has an uplifting ...
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Sometimes I think artists and people in creative professions were more likely to experience bipolar disorder and have a mental illness than the general population, because the the average person has art to run to yet Artists don’t have an ...
In the recent past mental health was a very foreign conversation in Kenya. Very few people talked about it and the few who did either had a relative or friend who was suffering. However, over the past three years many people ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93% of countries worldwide while the demand for mental health is increasing, according to a new WHO survey. The survey of 130 countries provides the first global data ...
Guys, During these complicated and hard economic times of covid-19, how have you embraced generosity, helped someone, or check up on your friends, relatives, and your neighbor…the little you have. Share your story of being your sister’s or your brother’s ...
Africa has evolved, obviously. Of course, the net of the African entertainment industry has been widely cast, garnering international fans. In light of the COVID pandemic however, how has this feat worked for African entertainers? In a society where musicians ...
The African continent has suffered slavery and all kinds of terrorism and persecutions during the colonial era, Apartheid era, and has also suffered man-made diseases, such as Aids and Ebola. But why the continent has the lowest suicide rate compared ...
Mental Health is and should be treated as a part of your overall health. You can be physically perfect, sound body, heart healthy, every organ doing what it is supposed to do, all of your numbers exactly where they should ...
I once owned trauma and became so attached to it as my identity. Even referred to it as my trauma and intentionally pushed away healing or anyone who would tell me otherwise. As long as I held on to my ...
When will mental health issues be taken seriously in Kenya? Surely, there can never be health without mental health. Doesn’t every Kenyan need access to mental health services just like physical health services? I see the last time anybody amended ...
1. Stop ignoring that ex-best friend who suddenly went broke after loss of job or business. Reach out! 2. That single mother playing independent is not as fine as she may seem. Her child sleeps hungry. Her bills are killing ...
Here’s a health and mental wellness list of free and almost effortless things one can do for self-care. What else should be added or removed from this? 1. Get more sleep 2. Make time to exercise 3. Drink more water ...
I didn’t know opening up about my depression would open up my life, but here I am telling my story, encouraging you to come out too. So many people will judge you. Others, whom you thought were your friends, will ...
Have you spoken to anyone about mental health where you come from? Do you understand what it is? What do you know?