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From Survival to Thrival: The Role of EMDR in Trauma Recovery

By Judithada Chiroma / March 25, 2025 March 25, 2025 / Mental Health, Therapy Approach / Leave a Comment

Trauma Is More Than Just Survival! Trauma leaves more than just painful memories—it can fundamentally reshape how a person experiences the world. Whether from a car accident, childhood neglect, assault, or prolonged stress, trauma often traps individuals in a state of survival, making it difficult to move forward. Many struggle with flashbacks, anxiety, emotional numbness, …

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Caregiving Without Losing Yourself

By Olufemi Sogbesan / February 5, 2025 February 5, 2025 / Family Life, Mental Health, Stress Management, Work-Life Balance / Leave a Comment

Caregiving can be a rewarding experience, but it can also lead to physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion, known as caregivers’ burnout. Recognizing the signs and symptoms of burnout is crucial to taking proactive steps towards managing stress and prioritizing self-care

ANXIETY: An Inside-Out Story

By Olufemi Sogbesan / January 30, 2025 January 30, 2025 / Anxiety / Leave a Comment

Anxiety is an uninvited guest at the party, who shows up early, eats all the small chops, and refuses to leave. We’ve all experienced it; the butterflies before a big presentation or the heart-racing panic that hits out of nowhere. But what is anxiety really, and how can we learn to live with it rather …

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Are There Two of You: Breaking the Myths about Split Personalities

By 360 Psyche / January 17, 2022 January 17, 2022 / Personality / Leave a Comment

Ever noticed how you switch from being playful to being too serious. How you can be really pessimistic and sometimes optimistic? Caring and compassionate today, cold tomorrow? Almost like you have two or more personalities? If you’re like the rest of us, you’ve probably gone online, searched on google, seen Multiple personality disorder or Disassociative …

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What You Should Know About Anxiety

By Nonye Ukwuoma / May 20, 2021 March 20, 2021 / Anxiety / Leave a Comment

Before we have that little chit-chat about anxiety, it’s important for us to clear the air. Anxiety is normal. How do you think our body and mind will respond when there is a stressful situation? For example, how the body and mind will respond when you need only five points to emerge as the winner …

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Who Really Is A Bully?

By 360 Psyche / April 14, 2021 February 25, 2021 / Mental Health / Leave a Comment

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 …

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What Are The Effects of Bullying – Psychological, Physical, and Social

By 360 Psyche / April 1, 2021 March 2, 2021 / Mental Health / Leave a Comment

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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Self-help Tips For Postpartum Depression

By Toluwanimi Akinyemi / March 27, 2021 February 23, 2021 / Depression / Leave a Comment

Pregnancy and Childbirth can be a very exciting yet an emotionally and physically draining time in the life of a mother. It definitely takes its toll on her mental health. Because of how fragile a new born is, all attention is shifted from the mother to the baby. This is one reason why it is …

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The New ‘Normal’: Into the Heart of Cyber Bullying

By 360 Psyche / March 16, 2021 February 25, 2021 / Mental Health / Leave a Comment

For many, the internet is a place of escape. It’s a place to rebuild oneself in the image we like. It’s a place where people can talk to anybody, anyhow they deem appropriate, without being held accountable.. The animosity of the internet gives people this confidence. With this new-found freedom, comes a new word – cyberbullying. …

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Postpartum Depression

By Toluwanimi Akinyemi / March 9, 2021 March 20, 2021 / Depression / Leave a Comment

Usually, when we find ourselves talking about pregnancy-related challenges in Nigeria, postpartum depression (PPD for short) doesn’t top the list. Nonetheless, recent data have reported that depression is the most common postpartum complication. In simple terms, postpartum depression is a type of depression that occurs after childbirth. It is a mental health condition that affects …

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Your Own Worst Enemy: Self-Bullying

By 360 Psyche / February 26, 2021 January 28, 2025 / Mental Health / Leave a Comment

“I am my own critic”, “I criticize myself before others do”⁠⁠Does this sound like you? ⁠ It’s okay to be self-aware and try to make ourselves better, but when we find ourselves telling ourselves negative words or having thoughts that leave us feeling inferior, unloved, incompetent that is a problem called self-bullying. It may sound …

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Addiction – What You Need To Know

By 360 Psyche / February 16, 2021 February 25, 2021 / Addiction / Leave a Comment

Let’s do basic research on addiction Ask someone close to you to describe a person struggling with addiction. They will usually give a stereotypical description of someone addicted to ‘hard’ drugs such as heroin or cocaine. When the word ‘Addiction’ is mentioned, our mind often scrambles down to drug abuse or the excessive use of …

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What is Emotional Eating and How To Manage?

By Toluwanimi Akinyemi / February 12, 2021 March 5, 2021 / Eating Disorders / Leave a Comment

Have you ever found yourself craving, and eating a slice, maybe two, or should we just say the entire box of a medium-sized pizza because it was a really “bad day”? Does it sound like ice cream, chocolate, or a big plate of rice for you? In Nigeria, we justify by saying we cannot coman kill …

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Mental Health First Aid – Self Care Plan

By Nonye Ukwuoma / October 23, 2020 March 20, 2021 / Mental Health, PTSD / Leave a Comment

Nigeria can be considered ‘hot’ over the last few days as a result of the #endsars #endpolicebrutality protests. In states such as Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Edo, to mention a few, there have been records of loss of lives and properties. I don’t know about you, but it has been emotional, mentally and physically draining …

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5 Signs You Are Overthinking

By Nonye Ukwuoma / August 20, 2020 January 28, 2025 / Mental Health / Leave a Comment

Have you ever noticed that sometimes it’s like our mind has a mind of its own? We find our mind going round and round in circles about a problem or life in general, but then we notice that we are not getting to a solution or clarity. As a matter of fact, it could leave …

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Why Do People Commit Suicide?

By Nonye Ukwuoma / June 25, 2020 June 10, 2020 / Suicide / Leave a Comment

Suicide is the act of taking one’s own life. In our previous articles, we discussed suicide in detail and how you can help to prevent suicide. In this article, I’ll be walking you through some of the reasons people commit suicide. Don’t forget to drop a comment below, we’ll love hearing from you. Why do …

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Suicide is Preventable in Nigeria | Learn How

By Nonye Ukwuoma / June 22, 2020 January 28, 2021 / Suicide / Leave a Comment

There is need to prevent suicide in Nigeria. World suicide prevention day is celeberated on 10 September annually. When suicide is completed, all hope is lost. Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one’s own death. With the rising cases of suicide in Nigeria and the normalization of suicide through its representation on the media, …

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What Is Suicide, Types, Warning Signs, and Help Lines in Nigeria

By Nonye Ukwuoma / June 18, 2020 March 2, 2021 / Suicide / Leave a Comment

Suicide is the act of taking one’s own life. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), every 40 seconds one person dies from suicide. Among teenagers aged 15 – 19 years, suicide is the second leading cause of death, and the 10th cause of death in the US across all ages. The WHO has specified …

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What is Face-To-Face Therapy?

By Nonye Ukwuoma / June 13, 2020 January 28, 2021 / Mental Health Services / Leave a Comment

This is the traditional means of delivering help and still widely used. Face-to-face therapy gives your mental health professional an opportunity to assess your whole self – your body language, what you say, what you find difficult to talk about, the tone of your voice. It also gives the opportunity to be examined by a …

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What is Concierge Therapy or Counselling?

By Nonye Ukwuoma / June 10, 2020 January 28, 2021 / Mental Health Services / Leave a Comment

Have you imagined getting help or assistance at the comfort of your home, office, or any comfortable place you choose? How would you feel when we give you priority to your calls, emails, chats, and texts? What if you had access to help any day – book today, next day appointment? This is called Concierge …

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