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You are not alone! Let's talk

As we know emotional, psychological and social well being are all parts of mental health. It impacts the way we think, feel and behave. With this blog I'm trying to create a safe space for everybody to talk about their mental health experiences or someone you know, might be family member or friend. We have all suffered from a certain type of mental disorder but we just don't want to talk about it. Having a mental health disorder does not mean you are crazy. Most of us have suffered from depression we just don't want to talk. One thing I know helps is talking, admit that you have a problem and allow people to help. People frequently suffer in silence and refuse treatment because of stigma and misunderstanding around mental health disorders.  I want us to end this misconception about mental health disorders and the only way to do that is for us to talk about our experiences. #EndTheStigma
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 It has been a year now since the Corona virus struck our country. The Corona virus negatively affected the whole globe last year. Statistics showed that a large number of people were infected and some actually died on daily basis at a very high rate, for instance 806 people died on the 13th of June 2020 in South Africa and 10 644 on the 19th of January 2021 worldwide. With a lot of people getting infected and dying, something had to be done. Hence scientists and doctors joined forces and actually discovered a vaccine from an international country which was imported to South Africa. Problems began after the vaccine was introduced as people raised their concerns based on the theories and myths they developed regarding the vaccine which obviously led to a lot of misinformation about it. People disapprove this vaccine as they state that it is too good to be true  because there are a lot of viruses that existed before Covid19 for example HIV/AIDS massacre  whose vaccine is st...
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