A copy of the recent collaboration I did with The Anxiety Warrior, a great mental health pioneer and blogger. To access their blog full of great information on anxiety click here or follow them on Instagram here. They gave me the task of writing 5 things I’ve learned living with depression. I was diagnosed with …
Recently I teamed up with the people at The Honour Project, a blog that combines mental health, psychology and the soul for an interview. Rochelle, founder of The Honour Project came up with some deeply probing questions and insights into some areas of mental health had had not yet considered. She is doing great work …
Depression and Demotivation. The last few weeks I’m sure you’ve noticed lack of content. I’ve been suffering depression and demotivation. Feelings of constant exhaustion and emptiness have haunted me the past weeks. I’ve hated everyone and myself. University, relationships and work have stressed me out to the point where I couldn’t take it anymore. If …
Preface. Firstly, this is not a revolution post, the current system is the best we’ve come up with so far, and benefits people who have opportunity and understand it. I’m not calling for a complete reform, more of a dimensional attitude change. And I believe phones and technology are great tools to use as an …
I hope to enlighten you to the fact that thoughts are uncontrollable and impermanent, and that this is a good thing. The majority of people are oblivious to the fact that they are prisoners to their own internal white noise. This is their thoughts, and the fact that they think that they are their thoughts. …
We are brought up in a system where we are being told what to do for the majority of the time. So it only seems like part of it when you’re told that you’d be good at a certain profession or that a certain career is for you. This system is how I wasted three …
Meditation is the practise of the observation of thought. The point of meditation is to sit in silence and become aware. To lose who you are and find what you are. There is no who, who is an illusion. You are a focal point of consciousness that thought flows through, merely a vessel. There are …
Its very common for people suffering from mental health issues to keep quiet about their situation, I know I did for a long time. It feels like you’re burdening others with your problems and don’t want to feel like you’re seeking attention or being selfish. But it important that you talk about how you’re feeling …
Depression is experienced subjectively. It will always be different for everyone. However as I’ve stated in previous articles there are some fundamental symptoms that most people experience in one way or another. I know it can be scary helping someone in a depressed state of mind, and is often overwhelming and hard to pinpoint where …
I know when you’re at rock bottom it feels like the end of the world, or the end of your world; but there are things you can do to either break the negative pattern you’re in or at least alleviate the intensity of what you’re feeling. Thoughts are just pattern, frequency and flow, and you …