Engaging in meaningful work is an important part of many people’s lives, including those living with schizophrenia. Many people with schizophrenia can absolutely find a job and thrive in the workplace, and work across a variety of industries and positions. This is especially the case when they have the right ...
It was the week before hosting two highly anticipated, in-person workshops in Atlanta. I was cool as a cucumber on the outside but on the inside, I was fighting a battle that no one else could see. It was a battle between anxiety and trust, between the human and divine ...
Stress is a physical, mental or emotional response to a demand or challenge. It is generally caused by a variety of factors, such as work, school, relationships or personal problems. Short bursts of stress help people feel motivated and accomplish tasks, but chronic stress or too much stress can have ...
Indifference about staying alive is a concept that can be hard to understand. We might not be actively suicidal or have specific suicidal thoughts. We simply no longer have the will to survive. Descriptions of suicide Descriptions of suicide vary. A violent act. A deliberate act. An active decision that ...
Our living space can impact how we feel. Changing our environment doesn’t have to be expensive, there are little, inexpensive things we can do that can make a big difference. Stop, sit, look We can spend time in our living space without noticing how it affects us. Before we change ...
This post is a review of Zig-Zag Boy: A Memory of Madness and Motherhood. By Tanya Frank. W.W. Norton & Company. 224 pp. $28.95. Late one night, in the fall of 2009, Tanya Frank found Zach, her 19-year-old son, in the laundry room, rerouting the wires of an unused telephone ...
It’s so common to compare ourselves with others, especially due to the popularity of social media. Comparison can cause us to constantly want to live large for the sake of appearances instead of living a simpler life for ourselves. You can still have financial independence and great success in many ...
Mental Health and Living Abroad: A Hopeful Immigration Story Courtesy of Dahlia MostafaFor Dahlia Mostafa — an award-winning Egyptian-Canadian community leader and professional counselor at Canadian Life Transformation Academy — the key verb that she most resonates with is ‘educate’. Pursuing education and sharing her knowledge with others has ...
MANILA, Philippines — Dating is hard enough as it is – what more with the added complications of a mental health condition? It’s heartbreaking to feel as if you’re too much to handle and hard to love, or that your condition will hinder you from finding real, lasting, and genuine ...
In sub-Saharan Africa, people living with HIV are more vulnerable to developing depression than the general population. HIV can directly affect the brain leading to complications that affect mood and the way we think. Further, many related factors such as social isolation, lack of socio-economic opportunities and feeling stigmatised can ...
