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When you visit a doctor, he or she will start by asking what brought you to the clinic?You will then be examined and if needed asked to do some tests, and before you leave you would ask ‘what is...

Motivation is a widely discussed topic within various communities – whether they be personal or professional – and is an object of interest for many people, from managers who aim to boost...

Roxane Gay is an American professor, editor, and social commentator and best seller writer. She is well-known for writing about her experience with obesity.In her book, “Hunger, a memoir,” she...

Imagine that you have fifty 20-year-olds in front of you, and you are presented with the task of estimating how many of them would achieve their goals within a 40-year time span.All of these...

THE AFRICAN proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child” is used to emphasise that community interaction is essential for children to grow in a safe and healthy environment.However modern life...

Last month, Google laid off over 12,000 of its employees from different sectors. This news caused negative feelings among employees in other companies ranging from guilt.“Why do I still have a job...

According to the American Psychological Association, demoralisation can be defined as the “breakdown of values, standards and morals of an individual or group, such as may occur in periods of rapid...

It is now February and few of us are sticking to their new year resolutions, thinking about the gym membership, the special diet to help you lose weight. When such plans don’t come through most...

“People come to therapy with their own assumptions about what would it involve, despite being reminded about confidentiality “When people come to my clinic for consultation I offer to shake their...

Last week a friend sent me a video of a trans woman from a western country stating that she identifies as a wolf, and a second one who says she identifies as a cat and communicates with her children...

Last week my son introduced me to ChatGPT - an AI-powered chatbot that can write essays, create scripts for movies and TV shows, solve mathematical equations and much more within seconds.You could...

Few weeks ago, we heard about the sad case where a couple committed suicide by hanging in their home - leaving behind young children who could be traumatised for a very long time.Last year we read...

Every January many of us make resolutions for the New Year, yet few of us keep them. I personally can think of a few that were difficult to keep, maybe because I was too ambitious or maybe they were...

‘Ergophobia’ is described as an extreme, irrational and debilitating fear of working and work related features such as performing tasks, social relationships, or speaking in work settings.A young...

The recent incidences that involved the killing of two women in Oman in daylight caused shock to the whole community. Not only because the perpetrator was in a close relationship with the victim but...

A few years ago, I attended a workshop dedicated to discussing mental health at work. One of the speakers shared his experience with bipolar disorder. He talked about his first episode when he...

Some people get so involved in their job that it becomes the centre of their entire existence. Not realising that they are burning away their youth in a job that will not stay with them forever.The...

Ahmed (not his real name) is a 65-year-old man with a long history of mental health problems. He often attends the clinic with his old mother who is in her 80s but insists to attend with him and know...

“Unwanted thoughts are often strange, disturbing thoughts that pop into your mind and bring on feelings of worry or shame”.Last week I was teaching at an outside institution and half way through...

“The concept of having a meaning in life can be applied to all of us in different stages in our lives and can explain how our current social situation may contribute to our emotions and feelings of...