HOW CAN I TELL IF MY CHILD IS DEPRESSED?
How can I tell if my child is depressed? Yes. Childhood depression is different from the normal “blues” and everyday emotions that occur as a child develops. Just because a child seems sad doesn’t necessarily mean they have significant depression. If the sadness becomes persistent or interferes with normal social activities, interests, schoolwork, […]
CHILDREN ALSO GET DEPRESSED
I know! I know! This might ring foreign, or it might seem shocking but it is the absolute truth! Children get depressed too like Adults, especially between the ages of 6-12. Childhood depression is different from the normal “blues” and everyday emotions that children go through as they develop. Just […]
LET’S TALK ABOUT DEPRESSION
AIDS no dey show for face. The same is true for depression. Not everyone who is suffering from depression goes around looking like it. Persons with this illness may appear sound and well put together in public while secretly battling the disease. It is often difficult to own up to […]
WARNING SIGNS THAT YOU ABOUT TO HAVE MENTAL BREAKDOWN
WARNING SIGNS THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO HAVE A MENTAL BREAKDOWN A mental breakdown is a period of mental illness during which intense feelings of depression, stress, or anxiety result in an inability to function in daily life. The person suffering is emotionally overwhelmed. They might feel that life is […]
CAUSES OF S.T.R.E.S.S
Stress management starts with identifying the sources of stress in your life. This isn’t as straightforward as it sounds. While it’s easy to identify major stressors such as changing jobs, moving, or going through a divorce, pinpointing the sources of chronic stress can be more complicated as it sometimes starts […]
OFFLINE IS THE NEW SILICON VALLEY
These days, most of us access social media via our smartphones or tablets. While this makes it very convenient to keep in touch, it also means that social media is always accessible. This round-the-clock, hyper-connectivity can trigger impulse control problems, the constant alerts and notifications affecting your concentration and focus, […]
AFRICA: USE TEACHERS TO HELP AFRICA’S YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH
Even before the pandemic, one in five African teenagers had thought about suicide, according to a study released last year. And this was the highest such prevalence in the world. A separate study from 2019 reported that 12 % – one in ten – Nigerian adolescents had attempted to kill […]
TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT SEX
Now you understand why I started talking about sex publicly recently…….This conversation runs really deep and we haven’t even started scratching the surface yet, but I am committed to keep educating the general populace as much as possible, but beyond that and with the recent happenings in our society, Parents […]
HURTING PEOPLE HURT OTHER PEOPLE
And the vicious circle continues……broken children grow up to be broken adults, and today’s adults, were also once broken children….. You get it now? We as Parent’s need to do better watching, nurturing and communicating properly with our kids, we need to become the parents our children can run to […]