by Adriana | Aug 13, 2020
Addiction i.e. Self-Medicating Dis-ease Addiction is a biological, long-lasting and complex dis-ease. Substances may include alcohol and/or drugs, and behaviour such as gambling, sex and lust, food, and sugar. We can be hooked to anything that has the power to change...
by Adriana | Aug 13, 2020
Depression It is okay to have depression, it is okay to have anxiety and it is okay to have an adjustment disorder. We need to improve the conversation. We all have mental health in the same way we all have physical health – Prince Harry Doom and gloom. Everyday...
by Adriana | Aug 13, 2020
Anxiety Clinical anxiety is different from a typical stage fright, or feeling jittery just before a public speech, and feeling those butterflies in the stomach during your examination. Unmanageable symptoms such as breathlessness, heart palpitations, racing thoughts,...
by Adriana | Aug 13, 2020
Psychosomatic illnesses “All in the Mind” Psychosomatic illnesses are conditions that may be classified under somatoform categories in DSM 5. What has the mind got to do with it? Firstly, existing medical conditions can be worsened because of one’s psychological...
by Adriana | Aug 13, 2020
PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder A psychological condition derived from the experiences of veterans recovering from the war. Previously known as Shell Shock. Non-veterans, who have experienced post traumatic stress especially from past abuses might have been...
