Acceptance v Denial Sometimes the enormity of what’s happening in the world can be consuming. Sometimes the size of what personal challenges you have can be like swimming against the torrent. Sometimes the thought of both can drag you towards…
The LGBTIQ+ community are, when compared with heterosexual persons, more likely to face discrimination, inequality, and bullying. This increases the likelihood of disproportionate, significant, and widespread mental health issues occurring. Such discrimination against sexual identity and orientation has, in recent…
We are all prone to stress. It is a natural part of our being, one that occurs when we sense a threat or are forced to deal with pressure. While it can be motivating in small amounts, when sustained over…
Anxiety is a sense of worry, dread or fear that bad things will occur. This sense of looming apprehension associated with anxiety comes from our primal instincts, our fight or flight considerations. It is, unfortunately, a common experience for many…
Eating disorders affect a significant portion of the population and most develop during adolescence. They also have the highest level of mortality rates among psychological disorders, with one of those most commonly identified disorders being bulimia. Bulimia affects teenagers in…
There are many reasons why a person may begin to consider suicide and it can often be the consequence of mental ill-health, occurring from depression and anxiety disorders among other afflictions. Suicide may also be the result of other environmental…
Sadness is an accepted part of life. Our mood is always susceptible to the occasional dip, especially as our environments change or present emotional challenges. If, however, a state of low emotion continues beyond a few weeks, then it might…
Recently, our society has begun to see a small but positive amount of progress in the ability of men to talk about their mental health. Royals, such as Prince Harry, and celebrities, like Terry Crews, are notable figures who have…
Our economic, political, and environmental climates have historically had a significant impact on our mental health. During major events, such as a recession, there is not only an immediate increase in reports of mental illness but also residually, in the…
You may now be very familiar with the term gaslighting. In recent years, and with credit to a problematic political climate, gaslighting has become mainstream, a word used in headlines around the world to describe how seeds of doubt are…
