Tag - depression

Anxiety and Depression: Navigating the Connection between them

Anxiety and depression are two mental health challenges that many individuals encounter in their lives. Often, depression and anxiety do not appear alone; they can be in the form of a package deal where both will appear together at the same time. This leads to...

Understanding Suicidal Ideation and How to Provide Support

Suicidal thoughts are a serious and distressing issue affecting individuals from all walks of life. The National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2022 reported a trend of increasing suicidal ideation among Malaysians in the past five years. It is reported that 1 in 8 individuals...

Psychopath Unmasking: Recognising the Signs in Everyday Life

Encountering a psychopath can be an unnerving experience, as they often possess a charming facade that conceals their true nature. Psychopaths can blend into social settings, which makes them even more challenging to identify. While Hollywood may have perpetuated certain stereotypes regarding psychopaths, it is...

Depersonalization: Experiencing The Unreal

Have you ever felt like watching your life from a snow-globe?As if someone else is living the life and you are merely existing.Or have you ever looked into the mirror and don’t recognize the person that the mirror illuminates?It is like the whole world is...

(PTSD) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

In this blog, we will be discussing about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD.Experiencing an emotionally or physically harmful or life-threatening event may affect one's mental, physical, social, and even spiritual well-being. The life-threatening events may include terrorist acts, war, sexual assault, natural disasters, serious accidents,...

Grief: Disefranchised Grief

Grief is usually defined as the heart-wrenching feeling experienced after a significant loss, usually the death of a loved one. No, grief is not confined to the shadow of death alone; one would also grieve or mourn over the loss of a relationship, experiencing disability,...
Is Depression overated?

Is Depression Overated?

Depression. A commonly used term by many to term most negative or uncomfortable feelings we experience. Experiencing a bad day? Stressed? Annoyed? Frustrated? Or even Hungry? We often term it as ‘I am feeling depressed’. Have we ever wondered or researched what depression actually is?Depression...

Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder is a mental health concern where an individual experiences extreme mood swings. There are several symptoms for...
Why Mental Health is as important as Physical Health?

Mental Health Must be Prioritized

There are two words that best describe the current phenomena in the domain of Technology, "constantly evolving". The world has been going through constant waves of evolution, especially in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) which is speculated to replace almost everything around us. Lately,...