In the fast-paced, high-stakes world of startups, the path to success is often paved with unexpected challenges and an emotional state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty. The startup experience can feel like a relentless rollercoaster, leaving many founders and teams grappling with a phenomenon known as “startup trauma.” Startup trauma is the cumulative stress…
She woke up today feeling low and lonely, she expressed this to her beloved. He told her to stop seeking attention where there was no need. Rudely, he pushed her over and walked away. Now she lays in a coffin. Her beloved doesn’t understand why. The increased need to teach/educate each other about the problems…
I almost threw myself in a speeding car around Kira roundabout now road lights. Why was I going to kill myself? Because I was tired of how I was feeling. The depression had taken its heavy load on me and the conversations with myself in my head were so loud, I didn’t know what was…
It’s always the ones people consider strong, the ones who look like they have got all their things together. I woke today to the Facebook Post of 22nd August announcing the death of a young lady poet, her death was related to depression. I followed the ‘bread crumbs’ of her story looking for details and…
…. this is a continuation of a blog I wrote last year about a mental disorder called Rage under the Uganda Blog Community (@Ugbloc) theme #HearMyHeart. She sat there and looked at me for what felt to be too long but was only 5 minutes. I think she was studying me. Checking out my reactions…
Not that mental health month didn’t have enough focus on these issues, but I thought I would highlight some thing we might have missed that we all tend to confuse. Sadness is different from depression! ‘Sadness—we are all familiar with it. Taylor Swift has made a career writing songs that tap into this emotion. Yet,…
The anger builds up and the outbursts are rampant. Even a simple ‘how are you?’ sets you off.
“People think depression is sadness, crying or dressing in black. But people are wrong. Depression is the constant feeling of being numb. You wake up in the morning just to go back to bed again.”
While I was silent…. These are the things I didn’t want to share because I was wondering how they will impact your life. I like sharing when I am impacting and not when I think there will be no lesson. But this is Blogging, we share experiences and lessons. We share what makes happy and…
This is what happens when your candidate — the person you rooted for and rallied behind — didn’t win. Its Post-election heartache, pain, and it tends to feels like it’ll last forever, but it doesn’t really.
As I write this, my spirit has been lifted by the music I’m listening to. Earlier today I went in to what I call a mini depression. This is the state when I want to go back to my bed and hide from the world, have a food strike and watch a lot of movies.…