Postnatal Depression in Nigerian Fathers
Fathers get postnatal depression too — and nobody asks them. The signs in Nigerian men, why it is missed, and what helps.
Fathers get postnatal depression too — and nobody asks them. The signs in Nigerian men, why it is missed, and what helps.
Nobody warns you that returning is harder than leaving. Reverse culture shock, the shame of coming back, and how to rebuild a life in Nigeria again.
Anxiety, rage, brain fog and sleeplessness in your forties are often hormonal, not a breakdown. What perimenopause does to mental health, and what helps.
Your parents are getting older and the roles are quietly reversing. What that does to them, what it does to you, and how to handle it better.
A loss most people never knew about, mourned by parents who are told to move on. Grief after miscarriage and stillbirth in Nigeria, and where to get help.
Abuse is not only physical. How to recognise it, how to plan for your safety, and where to get help in Nigeria — including if you are not ready to leave.
You organised the burial, fed the visitors and held everyone together. Then everyone left. Grief after losing a parent in Nigeria, and why it hits later.
The waiting, the questions at every family gathering, the blame that lands on women. What infertility does to mental health in Nigeria, and what helps.
“That is a white people’s illness.” Why that belief keeps Nigerians undiagnosed, what eating disorders actually look like here, and how to get help.
Doing it alone in a country that assumes two. The mental load of single parenting in Nigeria, the stigma nobody names, and what genuinely helps.