Mental well-being entails more than the absence of mental illnesses. Our emotional, psychological, and social well-being are all part of our mental health. It has an impact on the way we think, feel, and act. It is a state of well-being in which a person recognizes his or her abilities, is able to cope with …
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Personal experiences are important for they enhance or change a person’s perspective on certain subjects. It’s easy for people with no experience or much knowledge on some issues to talk or judge anyhow. Most people are afraid to talk about divorce because of its stigmatization. In some African societies like mine, divorce is considered a …
You know it’s funny how love can make things seem crazy. My story is a different one in a manner I regret deeply. I’m the only daughter my mum had. I was born when she was just fifteen years old and I am a product of rape. I got to know about this recently. My …
We can all agree that we have seen women going an extra mile for the people who are so dear to them. Some resort to stealing just to put food on the table and some have gone to the extend of killing. I read one story of a mother who shot at the kids who …
There are moments when you don’t know how you are feeling, your emotions. Most times you cannot even tell anybody mainly because you don’t know how to explain it and also no one will understand you. This is the moment where you are trapped in your own emotions. The question is what causes that and …
The rug was pulled from underneath me the day my husband sent me a text that was clearly meant for another woman. Everything I believed in unfolded to be completely false from that moment and throughout the year that followed. This man was my everything, or so I thought. We’d been together for over 10 …
You say I love being alone and I’m withdrawn from society. You say I don’t socialize and I don’t talk much about my problems. You don’t know that I have mastered the art of seclusion, my mind is a place of great sorrows and heavy delusions You cast me out of society; you expose my …
Men, they are supposed to protect us, right! Well, sadly for me, they have abused me for as long as I can remember. When I was five years old, my step-grandmother’s cousin stayed with us. He was unemployed, so he would babysit me when everyone went to work. He would then lift me and carry …
I once felt like I did not exist when people around me were prospering, not that I was jealous but hearing their success stories made me feel like I was not cut for success to a point where I decided to spend most of my time alone. I just felt like I was not good …
Do environments affect an individual’s satisfaction level? Environments have played a pivotal role in moulding people’s lives. It is not surprising to come across two individuals who grew up in the same environment with different results. So many factors provide a certain amount of satisfaction in an individual’s life—the satisfaction being a sense of fulfilment …
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