Articles and stories touching on depression, honest conversations, personal experiences and helpful insights for anyone navigating or supporting someone through depression in Africa.
Depression is a common mental health problem that affects many people worldwide, including Christians. As a Christian, it’s essential to know how to recognise and support a friend struggling with depression. It can be especially difficult to see a friend or loved one struggling with depression, as we often want to help but may not
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Are you searching for ways to overcome depression? There are simple mindfulness activities you can try that can be helpful. Mindfulness is being aware and fully present in the moment. It is the ability to bring one’s attention to the internal and external situations happening in the present moment. Every human being can practice mindfulness;
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There are many ways people deal with depression, and they may engage in different coping strategies. These strategies could be “healthy”, which results in improvements in their symptoms and may not cause any form of harm to them. Or “unhealthy”, which may cause harm and a long-lasting negative effect on them. Many factors contribute to
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My failures led to depression I am someone who has always been involved with a lot of things, most I do to make money. And because of this, most people around me usually envy me, thinking I’m successful in all the things I do. But in reality, all the things I get myself involved with,
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Creativity allows us to be productive and refresh our minds and bodies. It can positively impact our mental health and can help fight depression. Creativity is the ability to generate, and recognize ideas or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems. Depression symptoms like feelings of worthlessness, emptiness and hopelessness, loss of interest and
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It may sound odd hearing that there are amazing sides of depression, and it is not to mislead you, but let’s be honest, depression has its ugly side, and that’s the side that comes to mind when depression is mentioned. Everyone may have at some point in their lives experienced depression, or know someone that
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As humans, we are built for connection and intimacy, and there are various ways you could get ahead of depression through connection, and as with most things in life, connecting with people is the map to finding our way out of pain and back to wellbeing. The main components of treatment for depression include therapy
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Are you looking for tips for coping with depression? Or for helping someone who is depressed? Then you are at the right place. In this blog post series, I will be sharing self-care tips that I use for getting through depression. These are tips for my African brothers and sisters struggling with depression or looking
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We all experience depression in different ways, and that has a lot to do with how we experience the world. How we deal with it differs too. But it is common for people going through depression to carry a persistent feeling of sadness, hopelessness and worthlessness. Quotes about depression give an insight into what it
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Many Christians experience depression. They often keep it to themselves, afraid of being judged by other Christians. That fear comes from the myths and misconceptions about depression that are common in our churches. Whether a Christian can be depressed is a controversial topic. People reach conclusions without understanding what depression actually is, and without turning
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