MENTAL HEALTH

Mental health determines how we make choices, relate with others, and handle stress . We must prioritize mental health and un-do the stigmas associated with it. Recent Research by World Health Organisation (WHO) showed that 15% of the total disease conditions are due to mental illnes s. Hence it is significant we check our mental health to live a happy, balancing, and fulfilling life. Mental health; It increases productivity and financial stability . Research shows that 200 million workdays are lost annually due to depression. This is a loss to a countries' economy; hence it is essential to take care of our mental health so s to improve overall productivity and financial stability. Helps in seeking life goals: Healthier minds are relaxed and focusing on achieving what they desire and accomplish in due time. It enables community-building. Continually advocating mental health awareness leads to better support facilities for those who have a mental illness. Eventually, lead to ...

  Definition of Depression                                       Depression can be described as a mental state characterized by feelings of                                                         sadness, despair, unhappiness, worthlessness, and hopelessness.  Depression Characteristics      Everyone has mood changes:                  sometimes feeling great                                   and at other times feeling a little down . Usually, we can swing up out of our depressed states by ourselves.   When a person's depression becomes such that the individual cannot function or is a dang...

Have you ever thought of an event where you created a positive impact whether in school, working place, or in your community? Youth leadership is empowering the future. When we will have the world get to look at our youth, beyond our years, and our ideas are keenly listened to and acted upon, the world will change. Society caged youth as just kids, not cable of handling situations simply because they are not experienced. Once they are pushed away, they doubt their own wisdom, and what they all think of is fear. Don’t forget they are growing fast and become mothers and fathers someday. Their kids should focus on their niche; what they love doing  Youths are ripe and they generate fresh ideas and have great wisdom. Many haven’t recognized their specialty because no one presents them. There is a poor representation of youth in the community today. No one is looking at them as leaders of tomorrow who can bring change to the world. They go to school to get power, to support their drea...