Tag: Conversations on Depressions

Somizi reminds fans “depression is not a joke”

South African Idols judge Somizi Mhlongo, reminds South Africans on his social media platform that people shouldn’t joke about depression. The caption reads “depression isn’t a joke, don’t get tired of reminding and encouraging yourself.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Somizi (@somizi) On the Instagram post, the TV personality […]

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How you can help men who are low-key dealing with depression

Most men are taught in their early ages that, a man doesn’t cry, you have to be strong, showing your emotions makes you weak! That even society has accepted men behaving in anger, frustration, aggression, irritability as “masculine norms”. Unfortunately, we have seen a number of men committing suicide because of such mentality and because […]

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All you need to know about depression in children

According to the World Health Organization, between 10% and 20% of children as well as adolescents suffer from mental health disorders. Additionally, half of all mental illnesses begin by the age of 14. These mental health disorders include depression, a growing trend in children. More alarming is that this condition can be hard to diagnose, […]

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