Fibromyalgia: a silence killer
Fibromyalgia is a common syndrome in which the person feels pain throughout the body for long periods, with tenderness in the joints, muscles, tendons and other soft tissues. Not so familiar for the vast audien...
Mental Health and Me
It's no secret that your mental health is just as important as your physical health. As I've gotten older (a whole 22 years old), I've begun to have struggles with becoming an adult and taking care of myself an...
What is Ornithophobia?
Have you ever had a bad experience with a bird?
Hitchcock's The Birds by Hell in a Handbag Production (Flickr)
If you suffer from physical symptoms like cold sweat, have a rapid heartbeat, feel nauseous, d...
The Reality of ‘Social’ Anxiety
When we talk about mental health the first word that comes to mind is usually depression. This is not unusual as it is the most common type of mental health illness that we are aware of. Anxiety, Bi- polar and ...
Impostor Syndrome – What is it and how to deal with it?
You are sitting at your office desk, looking at the empty page you have to write on, but suddenly you are invaded with this paralyzing fear of being a failure… Your hands start to sweat and you cannot think of ...
My life with schizophrenia : An interview with a young schizophrenic man
Schizophrenia takes a lot from people's lives, but it's hard to know when it's there.
I’ve known my friend J for a good 10 years now. He always struck me as odd, having moments of absence and sometimes going f...