Relate Mental Health Malaysia was part of a ground-breaking theater production on Mental Health by I’M Entertainment. ‘The Human Exhibit’ is one journey that the audience will take to watch different representations of certain mental illnesses. Instead of looking at paintings/sculptures, there will be a human representation of the mental illness in the form of dance, […]
February 2018
My experience as a recovering anorexic
To most people, eating is the easiest thing in the world. But for an anorexic, someone whose life has for a long time been centred on extreme and rigid control over food, you could say that there is some degree of anxiety that comes with it. Why is this so? To understand this, one must […]
Public perception of mental health Part 1
Minister of Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah had worded perfectly what one of the common stigmas surrounding “mental illness” has been (in the context of a lack of awareness): “Mental health is a very misunderstood issue and many associate it with madness. We should not simply dismiss […]
