Mental Health (Page 2)

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In today’s digital age, the ease of sharing intimate images has created a new avenue for privacy breaches and non-consensual sharing, with serious consequences for victims. This article explores the issue of men sharing explicit photos sent to them by women, focusing on the situation in Malta. It is essential to emphasize that the blame lies squarely with those who violate trust, not the individuals who share their images in confidence. Non-consensual sharing of intimate images, often referred to as “revenge porn” or “image-based abuse,” is a problem that affects individuals of all genders. However, statistics reveal that women are disproportionately targeted, and men areRead More…

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Sexual harassment is a pervasive issue that affects individuals worldwide, regardless of gender, age, or background, however women are much more likely to experience sexual harassment in greater numbers. It is crucial to define and understand the concept to address it effectively. Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination and abuse that involves unwelcome sexual advances, comments, requests for sexual favours, or any other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that creates a hostile or intimidating environment for the victim.Read More…

recognising ADHD in adults

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ADHD is short for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In reality, this name can be misleading, as ADHD is not a deficit of attention, but rather an inability to control your focus, meaning that your focus would shift constantly and without your control. Alternatively, you could hyper-fixate on a task, meaning that your focus remains on one task, also without your control, to the point that you could forget to eat or you miss an appointment because you were so focused on this other task. Not being able to control your focus also includes tasks which are considered to be important, such as work tasks, orRead More…

dealing with judgement

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It’s our nature as humans to make judgements. When you choose not to turn into an unfamiliar road late at night, sensing it may be dangerous, for instance, you’re making a judgement call which is vital for your safety or well-being. Other daily, yet less crucial judgements may include choosing whether to join a certain online group, deciding if you should approach someone at a gathering, and so on. These judgements are less crucial and are designed more to help us navigate our social relationships and take care of ourselves. Judgement becomes damaging when it involves diminishing the worth of another person or deciding yourRead More…

baby loss awareness week

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Grief is all the feelings you have when someone close to you dies. You may find it hard to believe that your baby died. You may want to shout or scream or cry. You may want to blame someone. Or you may want to hide under the covers and never come out. At times, your feelings may seem more than you can handle. You may feel sad, depressed, angry or guilty. You may get sick easily with colds and stomach aches and have trouble concentrating. All of these are part of grief. When your baby dies from miscarriage, stillbirth or at or after birth, your hope of being aRead More…

mental health awareness

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World Mental Health Day is celebrated every year on the 10th of October, and unlike previous years, where I try to write prior to this day to create mental health awareness, I wanted to do something different. World Mental Health Day this year has now passed, and I have to say I only saw two Instagram stories about it. Nothing else. This, in my opinion, shows that there is still not enough acknowledgment about it. And I understand – with all that is currently going on, who would choose to give importance to this day? Being frank, I did not, either. Considering that around 970Read More…

depression

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I have been wanting to write this article for a while now, but fear of being called ‘overdramatic’ or inappropriate won over me. I also wanted to wait for the right time – a time where I can say that I am clinically diagnosed with depression, something that for some might not seem ‘huge’ or ‘important’. The term depression is used loosely on several occasions, including to explain how sad we are at the moment and how stressed we feel. In the past academic year, a lecturer actually pointed out to us students that by not knowing the answer to her question we would beRead More…

world suicide prevention day

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The 10th of September is known as World Suicide Prevention Day – some may also look at the month of September as a month of awareness for such a matter. This day or month, depending on what way you’d like to see it, not only increases awareness, but also helps in diminishing the detrimental idea that talking to each other about mental health issues as well as suicide, is some sort of taboo. When speaking about such an important and life-threatening issue we helps in reducing the stigma and feelings of shame and at the same time reducing the risk. Communication is a very importantRead More…