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 and emotional toll that the startup journey can take on individuals and teams. It’s not a formal diagnosis, but it captures the profound impact high-pressure, fast-paced environments have on mental and emotional well-being. Common signs of startup trauma include burnout, anxiety, depression, isolation, and a crippling fear of failure. These experiences can leave founders and…
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Anxiety = Living on the Run
Living with anxiety feels a lot like living on the run—except you’re running away from your own life. The things adulthood teaches us! Anyway, while you run from your life panic settles in your chest as you try desperately to escape to a safe place that seems just out of reach. Worries swirl around in your head at a speed that makes it hard to breathe, and fear wells up, causing indecision and self-doubt. Sound familiar? I share these mental health experiences to encourage you that you are not. At least we are two, me and you, so don’t be afraid; hold my hand. Do you suffer from constant pressure…
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Disappointment—How To Deal with It
Over the years dealing with my mental instabilities, I have learned to self-evaluate and diagnose before heading to/calling my therapist. Therapy is expensive! So knowing some of the issues you are facing helps reduce the hours you are to spend in the chair. One of the things that I struggle with is dealing with disappointment. Disappointment to me is this uncomfortable feeling of loss. It leaves a semi-painful gap between what I wanted to get and what I got. That gap between my reality and expectation, which limits my happy mood and sense of fulfillment. This tends to happen mainly if I have been working hard to achieve something and…
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If there is a way to help control it – I will find it.
Last week on Thursday one of my 3,000 friends on Facebook killed himself. He was young. He was an achiever at his workplace. He was in love. He was suffering from depression. He had been depressed for some time as per the information that came through on Facebook from those who were close to him. It looks like he killed himself after someone called D blew him off and asked he deletes their chats. On Monday morning that same week, I had opened my Twitter feed and found a thread narrating an attempted suicide by a young man. He had been invited to go to church on Sunday by one…
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We need more mental health awareness drives
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 of the mind should be taken seriously. If he had paid attention, given her a hug. She wouldn’t have committed suicide, leaving a note saying ” I couldn’t keep feeling alone and unhappy” With enough knowledge and understanding, the beloved would have stayed home and hugged her. Cared for and availed her all the time she…
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Zumbathon for Mental Health 13th/10/2018 – Why You Should Attend
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 my original voice. I wanted them to stop, I wanted everything that was causing me the pain to stop. I wanted to be free from the hurting and the pain. This wasn’t the first time I was going through this deep desire to end it. This was my second time. The first time, I looked…
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“I Almost Killed Myself” – Emotional Abuse is Violence, and It Causes Mental Problems
“I almost killed myself, yesterday”- she sent a chat to my WhatsApp and then went offline. Phones off. The closest person to her – the husband – is the abuser. What kind of abuse you might be wondering, it is Emotional Abuse. Pause. When you think you have got it worse, just know that there are other people who are having it worst, so be grateful. Continue. So, as I search for my friend, let me highlight for you some of the Emotional Abuse signs, especially the ones experienced in marriage so you don’t miss them with your friends, family, and other relations…
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Nothing is Really Permanent – All Things are Temporary
“Nothing we can say or believe regarding matter is immortal, for matter is temporal and is, therefore, a mortal phenomenon, a human concept, sometimes beautiful, always erroneous.” — Mary Baker Edd. July is my birth month, and how grateful I am for this far the Lord has brought me since 1986. Yes, I am a Museveni baby and it’s not funny at all but then again it makes me a member of one of the best generations of all times, the Millenial generation. Anyway, last year had me appreciate more the activity called bible study, cause without it there were matters in my life that I would have thought were constant till…
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#ugblogweek Day5: The Difference between Sadness and Depression
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, Taylor typically maintains a positive outlook at the end of her songs. The sadness she talks about is mostly temporary.’ Yet there is other one that I have an experience with; “Crying helps me slow down and obsess over the weight of life’s problems.” – me This is the more extreme emotion than the sadness…
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#HearMyHeart : Rage Part 1
The anger builds up and the outbursts are rampant. Even a simple 'how are you?' sets you off.
