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What are the cultural barriers that stop sufferers from seeking help?

As many health beliefs and behaviors are culturally-based and their treatment is contingent upon how much the society is educated about mental illness and its deteriorating impact onto the sufferers....

Hack the Anxiety before it hijacks you

Everyone gets nervous or anxious at times and we often hear such phrases like “my anxiety is taking me to another level of weirdness I guess” or “I think my...

Suicide doesn’t take away the pain, it gives it to someone else

Mental illness has led people to commit actions that would make one’s senses to shatter, it would make our hearts bleed. In recent times, the growing epidemic of suicide rates...

How does Pakistan perceive mental health?

Being a third world country with a literacy rate of only 58%, topics like mental health seldom get discussed or acknowledged in Pakistan. With its population facing problems like hunger,...