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IS TALKING TO YOURSELF A MENTAL ILLNESS

  • January 29, 2020
  • Mercie Tyra Murengu
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“It’s not an irrational thing to do.  Talking to yourself makes one remember events that have happened, however, right words need to be used for this to work” Beatrice Musimbi,…
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Why Mental Health In Kenya Matters

  • November 23, 2019
  • Mercie Tyra Murengu
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Data speaks volumes. It is for this reason that mental health in Kenya matters. A lot. According to WHO statistics, Kenya ranks 6th in Africa with about 1.9 million people…
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Depression is real
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When Life Hands You A Lemon and You Cannot Make Lemonade; Depression is Real

  • April 22, 2019
  • Morris Makabe
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You have heard it often said when life hands you a lemon then make lemonade. But what happens to those of us who are handed lemons and cannot make lemonade?…
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PART 2: I SET THE DATE OF MY DEATH

  • January 25, 2019
  • Morris Makabe
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I directed the barrel of the Glock 19 semi-automatic pistol to the direction of my husband. I figured out that if I could pull the trigger, the bullet could cut through…
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My journey with depression

  • December 31, 2018
  • Eddy Ashioya
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Most of the time I ask myself this question: why is it that the future looks so bright but the present seems so gloomy? I’m I depressed? I realize that…
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Someone save me! Anyone? Anyone? Anyone?

  • December 31, 2018
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By: Winfrey Wanjiru   I love food but I hate any form of physical exercise. I like this guy but I don’t know how this ends, maybe it’s for richer…
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Even love dies

  • December 31, 2018
  • Eddy Ashioya
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His name was James, he was tall, skinny and had an earthly tone complexion. He tried to hide it but he wore his heart on his sleeve. It was a…
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When our parents hear we are dead….

  • December 31, 2018
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What happens when our parents hear we are dead…. It is often said that even the darkest clouds do pass. But when our parents hear we are dead, dark clouds…
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Quitters, Believers and Those who Cry

  • December 31, 2018
  • Anne Mawathe
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Growing up, I was taught that being a woman meant I did not cry ‘ovyo ovyo’. It is a sharp contrast from what I see in cartoons and movies, women…
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Mental Health and Our immigrant Experiences

  • December 31, 2018
  • Dr Chipo Dendere
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In most black cultures, it is taboo to talk about mental health or mental illness. And yet, many of us remember an aunt or uncle who was a little different…
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