Salt and light

 Just came across this CNA article on how parents can talk to children.  https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/youth-mental-health-parent-role-counsellor-2160541

Credit:  https://theamusedonlooker.wordpress.com/2017/08/05/comic-strip-saturday-sensitivity/ Hello all! This week’s article will be short. This week, our focus will be on this word:  Sensitivity Yes, you probably guessed it already. But why are these important?  I don’t think most of us probably consider the impact of our words on others sometimes. We may casually throw around a phrase, assuming that everyone is fine with its usage, for a myriad of reasons eg I am around good friends; This has always been the way in which I speak, and so far, nobody has said anything about it.  It may be ok to say certain things around your friends, but this can become a problem when someone else may not share the same sentiment or view as you do about something which you may have said. We cannot assume that certain things we always said are the norm. That woman may look nonchalant, but she may be feeling hurt by how you laughed at her academic grades. In my experience so far, I hav...

 Apologies for any discrepancies or misspellings which I may have made in my articles . I will endeavour to correct them! In the meantime, see below for a new article on depression. I really hope that this will help you. 

Credit: https://youtu.be/XiCrniLQGYc https://wechc.org/library/i-had-a-black-dog-his-name-was-depression/   In my last article, I discussed resilience in an individual. Today, I will be discussing a similar issue: depression.   Depression is defined by the WHO as presenting symptoms of either “ depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, decreased energy, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, and poor concentration.”  In this article, I will be focusing a specific kind of feeling of depression, called existential depression. I came across this concept in this blog (1), and these symptoms I think capture the essence of depression:  (This blog mentioned throughout the article can be found in this link    https://projectenergise.com/what-is-existential-depression/ ) low energy a lack of interest in most things feelings of meaningless feelings of disconnection and isolation lack of patience in ...

  As a student studying A levels, I  assumed that  stress, as well as the social anxiety in other aspects of my school life  was something  to be  endure d  and that no one else experienced.  It was when I read the mental health articles in the wake of the River Valley incident that I realised that adolescents have issues with coming forth to share their problems. In particular, these comments struck me: 1   1.  “It brings the idea that those who aren’t faring well have some problems and need to see the counsellor, rather than (the idea that) people … want to see a counsellor because of personal reasons,”   2.  “(The counsellor) said, like, ‘You have all these things, and you need to learn which one to focus on. You only have two years; you need to focus on academics.’ And then I was more stressed,   3.  “Am I just emotionally weak? If I go to the school counsellor, it kind of means I’m weaker than everyone else.” ...