Asking for help can be a challenging process. We know that we need help but the words don’t always come easily. By the time we’ve gathered the courage to ask for help, the situation is most likely to have reached a critical point. This video takes you through the process of how to communicate that you need help, that life has become unmanageable and you cannot go on alone.
Fear can take many forms and too often people find themselves inadvertently suffering from the fall out of living with the consequences of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome or even Chronic Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. How you deal with any stressful experience and the support structures around you can have an enormous impact on your self…
Sexual dysfunction is a widespread issue that can affect both men and women. It can be caused by a number of factors, including heavy alcohol consumption. This article will look at the causes, symptoms, and treatment options for sexual dysfunction caused by heavy alcohol consumption. Sexual dysfunction caused by heavy alcohol consumption Severe alcohol abuse…
Self-harm can be seen as an attempt to cope with problems, release emotional pain or distract you from reality. It includes any act of self-injury that is intentional. Often there is deep emotional distress or trauma at the root of self-harm. The act is carried out to temporarily release painful emotions, but the sense of…
Breaking Free From The Effects and Stigmas Of Porn Addiction in South Africa While most people do not see porn as an “addiction” the escalation of the behaviour has a very real potential to cause you physical, mental, social, or financial harm. Unfortunately, the behaviour can and does escalate and these escalations can have catastrophic…
As of 18 September 2018, cannabis has been ruled legal to consume and cultivate by the Constitutional Court of South Africa. The Bill of Rights section 4, which stipulates that South Africans are entitled to live a life that’s not interfered with by private or government institutions, the ban on personal use of cannabis was…
Do you pop a pill to calm the nerves before a stressful meeting? Maybe to help you sleep better? Or does it just ease off the day’s worries? The temporary relief that calming pills provide is alluring but the side-effects are dangerous. Feeling spaced out the next day, forgetting things and needing to take more…