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.
Impostor Syndrome in Nigerian Workplaces
Waiting to be found out, despite the results. Why impostor feelings persist, what fuels them in Nigerian offices, and what actually shifts them.
Heat in the Body: Anxiety’s Physical Signs
“Heat in my body.” “My heart is cutting.” “Pepper in my head.” Anxiety often shows up physically first in Nigeria — and gets treated as everything else.
Job Loss and Who You Are Without Work
Losing a job takes more than income. What it does to identity, routine and standing — and how to get through the first months without losing yourself.
Health Anxiety: When You Fear Every Symptom
Googling symptoms at 2am, another test, another clear result, no relief. What health anxiety is, why reassurance stops working, and what treats it.
Post-NYSC: Surviving the Job-Hunt Limbo
You passed out, everyone congratulated you, and then nothing. The mental health of the Nigerian job hunt, and how to get through it intact.
Panic Disorder: When Panic Keeps Returning
A panic attack is an episode. Panic disorder is the condition — the fear of the next one. How to tell them apart, and what treatment actually works.
Black Tax: Helping Family Without Losing You
The calls, the transfers, the guilt when you say no. What supporting your family costs mentally, and how to keep giving without going under.
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.