Surviving the Ember Months
September lands and the whole country tightens. Why the ember months feel like this, what is real and what is dread, and how to get to January intact.
September lands and the whole country tightens. Why the ember months feel like this, what is real and what is dread, and how to get to January intact.
When bad dreams become a pattern you dread going to bed for. What drives recurring nightmares, and the rehearsal technique with the best evidence.
Awake, unable to move, something in the room. What sleep paralysis actually is, why the spiritual reading is so widespread here, and how to reduce it.
What counts, what the law says, how to document it, and how to protect your mental health — whether you report it, leave, or are not ready to do either.
Not untidiness, and not laziness. Why hoarding is a recognised disorder, why throwing things away for someone makes it worse, and what actually helps.
Hours lost to a flaw nobody else can see. What body dysmorphic disorder is, why reassurance and surgery never settle it, and the treatment that works.
Six weeks ago you were building the roadmap. Now you are in a spreadsheet. Surviving a tech layoff in Nigeria without losing your nerve or your head.
Rare, sudden, and a genuine emergency. The signs of postpartum psychosis, how it differs from baby blues, and why it must never wait until morning.
Payroll you cannot make, investors you cannot disappoint, and nobody to tell. What building a company in Nigeria costs mentally, and what protects you.