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Content tagged with mental health
Nonso Obi
city Awka, Nigeria
In Mental Health
Burnout
I don't feel anythingI'm numbIt feels like am doing nothingWhile trying to do everythingI no longer actively engage in my favorite hobbies There's ...
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3 upvotes
3 comments
Praise Ekechukwu
city Calabar, Nigeria
In Mental Health
Filtered Reality: A Tale Of Social Media And Self-Doubt
Have you ever come across a page on social media, say Instagram, and not only did you admire that person, but you started wondering what your life ...
386 views
2 upvotes
2 comments
Nonso Obi
city Awka, Nigeria
In Mental Health
The Museum Of Numb
Things aren’t going as planned.I suppose that’s a ridiculous thing to write. What was the plan? To get through the day without feeling like I’m wal...
71 views
7 upvotes
6 comments
Nonso Obi
city Awka, Nigeria
In Mental Health
Doomscrolling.
 I just decided to check my phone for a minute. Just one minute.Then one headline pulled me into another, and suddenly I was tumbling down into  ba...
93 views
7 upvotes
4 comments
quietly LOUD
city Lagos, Nigeria
In People and Society
"Not Every Child Wants To Be A Doctor"
Yes,  It's me again.  Here to speak for the voiceless.  Here to speak for those too scared to say what’s on their mind.  Here for the ones mentally...
237 views
9 upvotes
6 comments
Zeus
city Abuja, Nigeria
In Psychology
Why Bad Things Happen To Good People.
Riddle me this "if there was a live naked wire and a baby got close to it and grabbed it", do you think electricity would be like "nahhh it's a bab...
372 views
7 upvotes
10 comments
Esther Omemu
city Oslo, Norway
In People and Society
A Boy And His Father
I am not the strongest authority on the topic of masculinity simply because it is not my lived experience. But my twocents still matters—because th...
590 views
6 upvotes
7 comments
quietly LOUD
city Lagos, Nigeria
In People and Society
"Caught In The Middle"
Lately,I’ve been asking questions  not about the world,  but about myself.  Uncomfortable ones.  Quiet ones that scream in my head.Am I a good pers...
248 views
5 upvotes
4 comments
Esther Omemu
city Oslo, Norway
In People and Society
My Knees Are Cold!
I did not expect to be talking about loss this soon but oh well, such is this fleeting, unpredictable life. They say grief manifest itself in many ...
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1 upvote
3 comments
Nonso Obi
city Awka, Nigeria
In Psychology
My Trauma Is Bigger Than Yours.
It starts quietly. You gather the words in your mouth like stones. Heavy. Hard to hold. You've been carrying them for weeks, months, years and fina...
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2 upvotes
3 comments
Bolanlejesu Akinola
city Dublin, Ireland
In Mental Health
"How Are You, Really?"
I thought I heard "How are you?"But what I missed was the "really"My default answer is usually "good"Because I'm programmed that way, it's what soc...
299 views
9 upvotes
12 comments
Mishael Egbegi
city Abuja, Nigeria
In Entrepreneurship
Hustling Is Cool. But Is It Sustainable?
We glorify hustle culture.  Up by 5AM.  Selling in your sleep.  "Rest when you’re rich."But here’s the thing: most people burn out before they blow...
591 views
3 upvotes
1 comment
Ezecyril Cyril Ogbonnia🇳🇬
city Abuja, Nigeria
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
The Eldest: No Grace To Fall Or Flater Part 2
He didn’t tell anyone at first.How do you confess exhaustion when everyone’s still sipping from your cup? But something had shifted in Tayo. The si...
292 views
2 upvotes
2 comments
Queensley Okon
city Ota, Nigeria
In People and Society
Giving Grace?? I Don't Think So
341 views
3 upvotes
5 comments
The Jotter Keeper
city Ifo, Nigeria
In Mental Health
Als: A Loud Silence — Writers & Whispers✍️💭
Hi guys. This is a quick one… I promise it’ll be short.But first, allow me to introduce myself again — not like you don’t already know me.I’m The J...
48 views
8 upvotes
11 comments
Loic Bethel Dje
city Stillwater, United States
In Mental Health
Depression Needs You !
At the beginning of last month, I launched a census on depression.Thank you for your responses. They have already served more than you can imagine....
36 views
6 upvotes
7 comments
Maq
city Abuja, Nigeria
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
We Are All Invisible Things
‎I learned, at some point, that emptiness is a lie.‎It was something I realized under bright lights, standing still for long stretches of time, wai...
131 views
18 upvotes
26 comments
Nonso Obi
city Awka, Nigeria
In Mental Health
The Things We Drop When We're Full.
There is a particular kind of forgetting that has nothing to do with age, or carelessness, or not caring enough. It is the forgetting that happens ...
24 views
5 upvotes
0 comments
Matthew Okibe
city Abuja, Nigeria
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
What It's Cost Me
People think they know me. Not because I told them anything… but because I smile. And I smile well. So well that nobody ever really stops to ask wh...
6 views
2 upvotes
2 comments
Esther Omemu
city Oslo, Norway
In Mental Health
The First Language A Boy Learns Is Silence
I am not an expert on this topic but I have watched reality long ago to make sense of what this world teaches the boys I love.Before a boy learns t...
381 views
6 upvotes
10 comments
Trixie Wrights
city Lagos, Nigeria
In Mental Health
The Weight Of Silence.
I was already gone before I realized I was leaving.It wasn't dramatic, it was expected.Lately I'd begun stretching my lips into smiles that didn't ...
59 views
7 upvotes
9 comments
quietly LOUD
city Lagos, Nigeria
In People and Society
"Not Just Weight, The Silent Wounds Of Body Shaming"
For Mama Precious compound, children dey play,  but na the wahala wey dey fly for their mouth dey loud pass their laughter.  “See her yam leg!” one...
390 views
12 upvotes
12 comments
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