What do you think about when you hear the word ‘resilience’ or ‘resilient’? Do you think of Sunday who has a deadline to pay back a loan before the interest rate doubles? Or Mary whose father just got diagnosed with stroke? How about Emeka, who lost his mom and the burial bills are worrisome? We …
When you have ADHD, you may feel like you’re on a highway in Lagos — everyone’s driving like their bonnet’s on fire. This can feel extremely overwhelming, but you have no choice. Consequently, we have put together self-help tips for ADHD to help people cope. There’s a general belief that mental health challenges can’t be …
https://media.giphy.com/media/jkPTSxuolA5jy/giphy.mp4 Shola is just getting back from lectures. His lecturer gave them a term paper to be submitted by the end of the semester, that’s in three months. He figures three months seems far away, so there’s no need to start immediately. He’ll start next week, for now, she has can rest. The next week …
From enjoying the power to feeling good about themselves, people bully others for a wide range of reasons. The hostility involved in bullying conflicts with empathy. Bullies can also, on the other hand, engage in bullying for the sole sake of it being their coping mechanism. In the sense, it could be the only way …
In Nigeria, it is commonplace to find teachers, and parents, calling children with difficulties in attention”busy body”, “unserious child” or more demeaning words like “stupid”. If you have ever been in this circle, it will probably come as a shock to you that there is a mental health challenge called Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, ADHD …
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When it comes to bullying, the bully and the bullied are both affected. The pangs of bullying are inevitable and they can stay long-term, sometimes for a lifetime. Recent research shows that when an individual is being bullied they mostly do not report the bully cases. This can be attributed to the shame of being a …
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