Working with depression and anxiety By Anonymous I am a twenty-something female who recovered from depression just a few years earlier during my pursuit of a PhD. I had anxiety and mild depression and took minimal dose of medication for two months before trying out Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which worked better for me. I […]
Abstract of talk Building pillars for when the shit goes down MK is sharing his personal experience living with Bipolar – how he first discovered it, how he seek help from others and how he build different ‘pillars’ to support himself should his depression phase comes again Speaker profile: MK Zainal MK Zainal works as an editor in […]
The Missing Piece By Wan Muhamad Kamarul Izzat bin Wan Mustafa Hit with a sudden wave of gloominess again. I feel sort of empty. Like I am missing something. Something that was once dear to me. Something that I longed for but unable to recall what it is. Like some crucial piece of a jigsaw […]
Abstract of talk Anecdotes on Depression & Anxiety from the Quran & Prophetic Traditions Depression and anxiety is real. Dr. Adam will attempt to address it with reference from the Quran, the Holy Book of Islam and examples from Prophetic traditions. *Dr. Adam is not a trained psychologist. Speaker profile: Dr. Syed Adam Alhabshi Dr. […]
He seems to be perfectly fine, he’s “happy”, the quote of my life. Behind the social scene when I’m on my own, the demons come to play. The only friend that I had since the age of five were depression and anxiety. Coming from a well to do family, life seems easy and perfect as […]
By Low Win Li “Depression does not cherry pick its victims.” Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh during “The Effects of Social Media on Our Youths’ Mental Wellbeing” forum, shared on the need for support when it comes to tackling mental health problems in our community: “Mental health problems are no longer […]
