A step to recovery for this Food addict
Obese, fat, no hope for you, a disgrace, immature withno self-discipline – these were words and phrases that I was called by healthprofessionals. Pig, fatty, oink-oink, elephant, not welcome,hippopotamus, bus, does not belong here – these were words and phrases that Iwas called by peers and colleagues ever since school. With dismayed looks, […]
Living with an eating disorder and other disabilities.
“Compulsive overeating is a permanent disability. We do not look forward to becoming normal eaters at some point in the future. Until we accept the fact that our illness is irreversible, we do not learn how to control it.” Quoted from the app Food for Thought. Quoted from the app Food for Thought. My disability […]
Mental health awareness month
This year we focus on those who provide mental health care and social welfare. Our team and NGO communities have been rocked in the past year by changes beyond our control. Our own traumas and triggers and our own lives. Often we focus on the clients we serve, usually to the detriment of ourselves. This […]
Half Full versus Half Empty
Have you ever had those whispers telling you that you will never amount to anything? Or that the world is a much better place without you? Sometimes I feel like that. I don’t feel as if I deserve my qualification, […]
Facing reality
If you’ve been following my journey, you’d know that I am a medical intern in South Africa. Working in a health system that’s so overloaded is incredibly strenuous, but more so when you come in with impairments you have no control over. I was diagnosed with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis a little over a year ago […]
My journey with the drugs of psychiatry
“Maybe I really could push through without them and employ the famous ‘mind over matter strategy’ and to ‘just be more positive’.
Please, don’t do that to yourself. You deserve better – and I’m saying that as someone who has been down that road and heard it all before.”
Oh, by His Grace!
On days like today l feel betrayed by my own body and mind.
The importance of resilience
How do we cope with COVID, and why resilience is so important? More than a year we had been living under COVID 19, you be friend with it already? Or you are still struggling in coping with it? And find yourself very stressful and hyper-vigilant. Here are some tips and skills on how you could […]
