Oyinda Fakeye and Amanda Ihemebiri Talk Mental Health after Kate Spade and Anthony Bourda

Our Founder Oyindamola Fakeye featured on Arise TV's 'The Morning Show' alongside Ndidi's Amanda Ihemebiri to discuss issues around celebrity and mental health, in response to the recent death's of Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain and the increase in incidences coming to light in Lagos.

Mindfulness found to be Useful in the Treatment of PTSD

If you have experienced and/or witnessed a threat to your life, your body, your moral integrity, or have had a close encounter with violence or death, you may have felt an array of emotions including that of fear. Fear triggers what is commonly known as a  “fight, flight or freeze” response in the body that results in psychological, behavioural and physiological actions to occur in the body during the event. Those who continue to experience effects related to the occurrence after the danger or problem has subsided may go on to be diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

PTSD is described as a severe response to trauma and can causes a huge deal of distress and severely limit active daily life in those who experience it. PTSD is characterised by three primary symptoms:

1.     Re-experiencing the traumatic event
2.     Avoiding any reminders of the event, or feeling emotionally numb 
3.     Hyper-arousal, which consists of a very sensitive startle/fear response

Those who experience PTSD may also develop other mental illnesses such as severe anxiety, depression and suicidal feelings

Coping With The Loss of A Child

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Coping With Loss The Five Stages Of Healing

Culled from Grief.com 



Although we all deal with loss in our own way it is safe to say that there is usually a grieving period within which we often feel an array of emotions. These emotions have been placed into a staged system known as the Five Stages of Healing, broken-down to denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. These stages are a part of the framework that can be reflected on as a means of  we can use when moving though the experience of losing someone. 

DENIAL: This first stage of grieving helps us to survive the loss. In this stage, the world becomes

meaningless and overwhelming. Life makes no sense. We are in a state of shock and denial. We go numb. We wonder how we can go on, if we can go on, why we should go on. We try to find a way to simply get through each day. Denial and shock help us to cope and make survival possible. Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. It is nature’s way of letting in only as much as we can handle. As you accept the reality of the loss and start to ask yourself questions, you are unknowingly beginning the healing process. You are becoming stronger, and the denial is beginning to fade. But as you proceed, all the feelings you were denying begin to surface.

Rethink Schizophrenia: A Mindful Mental Health Approach

Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder that affects about one percent of the population. Although the specific cause of the illness is unknown it is believed to be as a result of several factors including: genetics, biology, environment and lifestyle. A combination of genes is believed to be associated with the development of schizophrenia, which may indicate the link between the increased occurrences in families. Studies have shown that while 1 in 100 people may be effected by a schizophrenia diagnosis in the general public this number drops to 1 in 7 in non-identical twins and a 1 in 2 chance for identical twins, where one sibling has previously been diagnosed.

Low birth weight, premature birth and asphyxia during birth are more likely to have been experienced by

Easy Actionable Steps to Leave a Positive Impact on Your Kids Emotional and Mental Wellbeing

The Opposite of Addiction is Connection

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Two things I've come to understand about addiction are the desire to not be present in ones life either due to circumstance (environment/ past experience) or not having enough meaningful connections.

You see happiness does comes from within but also comes from outside, experiences and relationships, therefore it is not always enough to push the self love message when dealing with avoidance behaviour. When helping addicts, its important to encourage positive relationships as part of the healing process and utilise compassion as a route to recovery.

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