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Mental Health
The New Currency Is Anxiety
Parents today are complaining of how anxious their kids are due to what they watch. If you are an adult you know that so many people are anxious in life; they are palpitating due…
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#BoyChildKE – Do Not Be Ashamed to Say 'I Cannot Afford'
There was a joke going round saying, ‘Kenyans don’t say I cannot afford, they simply say, utakuwa hapa kesho? Utafungua kidu six?’ (Will you be here tomorrow at around six?) Dear…
Mental Health
I Got Healed From Seizures
1 The Beginning 2 The Struggle Continued 3 Aluta Continua 4 The Light 5 The Prophet 6 The Last Kicks Of A Dying Horse The Beginning There is bizarre stillness around me, one so…
Mental Health
#BoyChildKE - Do Not Compare Yourself to Others
Kevo has a stable family, he has his life together and has bought a new car. The same Kevin who was a wasted log. The same Kevin you all knew had no future. The same Kevin who was…
Mental Health
#BoyChildKE - Stop Trying to Impress Girls Who Don't Give a Hoot About You
Dear young man, if she doesn’t create time for you, she is definitely creating time for someone else. If she treats you like garbage there is definitely someone else who she…
Mental Health
#BoyChildKE - It Is Not Shameful to Say I Cannot Afford
There was a joke going round saying, ‘Kenyans don’t say I cannot afford, they simply say, utakuwa hapa kesho? Utafungua kidu six?’ (Will you be here tomorrow at around six?)…
Mental Health
Sadly, the Society Has Set Very High Standards for the Depressed Kenyan Man
‘A man should be bold. Men are not weak, mwanaume ni kuvumilia, hii dunia si ya mama yako.’ ‘A man should be rich, you need to have cash to cater for your wife’s needs so that she…
Mental Health
#BoyChildKE - Go Slow on Alcohol, Women & Bhang
Boy Child, Let’s talk today, let’s talk about alcohol. Let’s talk about the joint and the many women who have satisfied your sexual pleasures. Many people have judged you. You…
Mental Health
#BoyChildKE - It Is Okay to Feel Hopeless
You may be in that place in your life where you feel empty, void and everything around you seems not to add up. Everyone around you seems to have made it and their lives look…
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Mental Health
On the Spikes of Severe Depression
It is 10:03 PM as I write this. I am excited as I am getting discharged tomorrow. It has been a hectic five days closed up in a room thinking about what’s eating me up. I have…
Mental Health
Reconciling God and Mental Health
I was troubled, deep in the abyss of epilepsy, depression and anxiety I struggled to grope for hope and I felt helpless. I thought, “Where is the Jehovah Rapha that I really…
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Mental Health
Simply Do Good: Mentally Ill Not Bewitched
Her feet kicking too close to the road and her stuffed sack bag choking her, she convulses as she kicks her feet. Our matatu is driving at around 100km/h and the driver swerves to…