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in Family, Friends and Relationships, Self-help and InspirationSuicide Note: Does it Count if There's no Explanation?
I am a broken person. How shall I describe it to you in ways that you would understand? I want us to be on the same page, really, because I […] More
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in Family, Friends and Relationships, Health and Medicine, PodcastsKi Love Lavu Podcast 03 – Attachment Styles in Relationships
Building loving relationships has been shown to improve depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses. Everyone deserves to have good mental health, be supported and loved. For those who are […] More
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in Family, Friends and Relationships, Self-help and InspirationThe Trauma Behind Being Called ‘Strong
The person I was in 2014, 2017 and 2020 struggling with suicidal ideations is not the person I am today. The three years came with different triggers. 1. An excruciating […] More
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in Nutrition, Wellness and Fitness, Self-help and InspirationI am fat, so what?!!!!
I wrote this blog post in February but for some weird lazy me reason, I didn’t get around to publishing it so here we are, a few months later. Here […] More
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in Family, Friends and Relationships, Health and MedicineOMENA #Stories4Health
Ma is calling my name again: she must have called my name ten times in three minutes. I have to help her do one or two things around the house. […] More
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in Journalism and Media, Movies and TelevisionJDC tv ACTRESS MAIMUNA NICOLE TUMUSIIME dead
Whoever knew or worked with Maimuna Nicole Tumusiime, especially in the film industry, is still in shock since the heartbreaking news of her passing broke on Wednesday, October 22, […] More
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in Health and MedicineWORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 2024 #WMHD2024 AND HEARTSOUNDS UGANDA AWARDS
World Mental Health Day was celebrated on Thursday, October 10, 2024 under the theme “It is Time to Prioritize Mental Health in the Workplace”. However in Uganda the national event […] More
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in Health and Medicine, Self-help and InspirationMen, we need to get better at being humane to ourselves
Kati men, we of the indoctrinated gender, we need to get better at being humane to ourselves. I met a former employee. He was bone thin. “Dude, what’s wrong?” I […] More
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in Health and MedicineThe Day My Therapist Prescribed Sex.
A few months into my various scheduled therapy sessions with Dr Raymond, different aspects of my life were tackled and on this particular session, matters of the heart were being […] More
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in Health and Medicine, Self-help and InspirationI’m back — older, wiser, hotter…
Phew. Took a while, but I’m finally back — older, wiser, hotter… and someone’s mummy ()! Three years out of public life. Feels like long enough. Turns out that healing […] More
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in Health and Medicine, Self-help and InspirationThe Loneliness of Chronic Illness!!
I have spent the last 14 months ignoring the fact that I need another surgery. Only the last 3-4 months have had physical reminders (read episodes of pain) to help […] More
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in Community & Opinion, PoetryErebus
I met a shadow last night. It hovered above consuming all my light. He stared down at me from what seemed to be hollow eye sockets, Pockets that sucked my […] More
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in Health and MedicineSOUNDING THE ALARM ON THE SILENT DISABILITY THAT WILL COST US MORE THAN CANCER, DIABETES AND RESPIRATORY AILMENTS COMBINED:
Are you struggling to sleep, eat, connect with yourself and others? Do you feel stuck, struggle with fatigue, stiff muscles or indigestion? Do you feel too much or too little? […] More
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in Community & OpinionHow does one deal with trauma of being robbed?
I stood at the bottom of the hill and started checking my bag for the pepper spray. I remember thinking Becky paranoid the day she gave it to me many […] More
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in Health and Medicine, Self-help and InspirationOvercoming fear: A COVID-19 survivor's story
I am happily married with two young children she adores. I am 29-year-old trained psychologist and hypnotherapist. I always in helping others is my passion and motivation. I leads personal […] More
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in Health and Medicine, Politics and GovernmentIs mental ill-health the new pandemic?
On December 30, 2020, Representative Jamie Raskin (D) Maryland lost his 25-year-old son to suicide. Tommy Raskin, a budding law student at Harvard Law School, his father’s alma mater was […] More
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in PoetryA ballad of Anxiety #Stories4Health
I sat still unstirred at the shores of my thoughts And probed my mind a myriad of times But each question whispered another question. They queued like red ants in […] More
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in Health and Medicine, Politics and GovernmentLet’s take the mental health of our leaders more seriously
On December 15, 2017, the Society for Justice and National Unity (SoJNU) – a national think-tank composed of public-interested Ugandans – held a symposium on ‘The political and economic consequences […] More



















