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Content tagged with mental health
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...
308 views
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5 comments
Matthew Okibe
city Abuja, Nigeria
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
Bloody Civilians
The wedding was supposed to start at 11 AM.By noon, the chairs were full and the pastor had already wiped his forehead twice. The invitations had g...
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1 upvote
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EthosecCodVipA
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...
336 views
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2 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...
78 views
3 upvotes
3 comments
Oluwatobi Kolawole
city Lagos, Nigeria
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
A Stranger To My Own Tenderness
---Personal essays can be revelational, and sometimes I ask myself when I write if I just really want to tell others who I want to be known as, or ...
61 views
3 upvotes
2 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...
445 views
8 upvotes
11 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...
144 views
7 upvotes
4 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...
207 views
18 upvotes
28 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...
101 views
3 upvotes
4 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...
668 views
3 upvotes
1 comment
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 ...
127 views
3 upvotes
3 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 ...
135 views
8 upvotes
10 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....
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7 upvotes
7 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...
132 views
7 upvotes
6 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...
118 views
8 upvotes
14 comments
Oluwatobi Kolawole
city Lagos, Nigeria
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
The River Remembers What We Threw In
---And when I put my mind to books, I see myself exposed without judgment. Truly, the world can only be known by reading and observing moments with...
61 views
1 upvote
0 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 ...
133 views
5 upvotes
6 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...
468 views
12 upvotes
12 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...
303 views
9 upvotes
6 comments
Matthew Okibe
city Abuja, Nigeria
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
The Grief They Hid In Children's Cartoons
Being a kid protects us from so much.Being an adult is so sad.It forces you to care less.I posted that recently without thinking too hard about it....
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2 upvotes
2 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...
367 views
11 upvotes
14 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...
680 views
6 upvotes
7 comments
Maq
city Abuja, Nigeria
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
April's Fool
I have a birthday coming up.I don't know why that sentence feels like a confession.Some people dread New Year's Eve. The countdown, the pressure, t...
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10 upvotes
10 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...
458 views
6 upvotes
12 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 ...
103 views
6 upvotes
1 comment
Matthew Okibe
city Abuja, Nigeria
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
The Return Of Darkness
 **Default**There is something nobody tells you about darkness.It does not come for you. It does not creep under doors or wait behind corners. It d...
76 views
3 upvotes
1 comment
Oluwatobi Kolawole
city Lagos, Nigeria
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
Numbered Among The Wanting
Suddenly, it hits you, maybe the iPhone is just an overrated gadget. So was the thought that was floating around your head as you watched your frie...
54 views
2 upvotes
1 comment
Nonso Obi
city Awka, Nigeria
In Psychology
The Truman Show Delusion [The World Feels False]
Falsus - Everything and Everyone is false including me.In 2008, psychiatrists Joel and Ian Gold formally documented and named it the "The Truman sh...
111 views
6 upvotes
2 comments
Queensley Okon
city Ota, Nigeria
In People and Society
Giving Grace?? I Don't Think So
392 views
3 upvotes
5 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 ...
469 views
2 upvotes
2 comments
quietly LOUD
city Lagos, Nigeria
In Mental Health
I'M Not Okay, Just Quiet About It.
For the past few months, I haven’t felt like myself.Or maybe the truth is… I don’t even know who “myself” is anymore.Life has a funny way of just t...
79 views
6 upvotes
7 comments
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