Tech Layoffs and What They Do to You
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.
Postpartum Psychosis Is a Medical Emergency
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.
Founder Mental Health: The Cost of Building
Payroll you cannot make, investors you cannot disappoint, and nobody to tell. What building a company in Nigeria costs mentally, and what protects you.
PMDD: When PMS Is Something Worse
Two weeks of every month you are not yourself, then it lifts. PMDD is a recognised condition, not a bad attitude — and it is treatable once identified.
Teachers’ Mental Health in Nigeria
Overcrowded classes, late salaries, and being expected to raise other people’s children. What teaching costs mentally, and what actually helps.
Bipolar I vs Bipolar II: The Difference
Bipolar II is not a milder bipolar I. The difference is mania versus hypomania — and it changes the diagnosis, the treatment and how long it takes to spot.
House Officers: Surviving Medical Training
Thirty-six hour calls, hostile seniors, and a culture that treats exhaustion as training. Mental health for Nigerian house officers and residents.
Borderline Personality Disorder, Explained
Intense relationships, sudden emotional swings, a shaky sense of self. What BPD is, why the label carries stigma, and why it responds to treatment.
Bankers and Burnout: Nigeria’s Hardest Desks
Targets, 7am to 9pm, and a resignation letter you cannot afford to send. Burnout in Nigerian banking — what it costs, and what can actually change.
Intrusive Thoughts: Why Your Mind Goes There
Violent, sexual or blasphemous thoughts you would never act on. Why almost everyone has them, why yours stick, and why fighting them makes them louder.