Mental Health Wellness

Cognitive defusion is a technique used in acceptance and commitment therapy that involves noticing our thoughts rather than becoming caught up in them. It helps us create space between our thoughts and feelings and ourselves so that they can not influence us. The techniques include mindfully watching, just noticing, repeating thoughts, among others. Remember, the aim is not to avoid our thoughts b...

Even when caretakers work hard to keep children safe dangerous events happen and these can be unexpected and can affect the child without our conscious awareness, any event that is painful to a child, can lead to long term emotional and physical effects is a child hood trauma and indeed these experiences like bullying, physical, sexual and emotional abuse, war, violence at home, substance abuse ca...

They are principles or standards of behaviour that motivate us to behave in certain ways. Values inform our decision-making, and they influence our relationships and our overall well-being. Without we are probably lost. These are links you can access to understand your values with steps and directions https://motivationalinterviewing.org/value-card-sort-online-game 👆 this is one you can do with y...

Published this episode last year worth listening to. Joined with two experts @Kamara Nathan(comfort minds speaks) a mental health practitioner and @Moses Ssemakula a clinical psychologist sharing their thoughts on the statistics released by the Ministry Of Health where "14 million Ugandans have a mental disorder." You might be out there struggling though help is inadequate, it is available so do n...

It is never easy dealing with feelings of loss. We can also experience feelings of denial, frustration, guilt, anger when we believe we might experience loss or when we know that there is change that might happen just by knowing you've been diagnosed with cancer or any terminal illness or when you know that you're being moved to a different country, workplace or you're beginning a new journey in y...

Did you know that it isn't rare for an individual struggling with addiction have experienced trauma? Traumatic experience can have adverse effects on our well-being and the behaviour that will engage in or use as coping mechanisms to deal with the pain can in the long run be the problem. But how is that possible?, all the answers in this episode. Cheers!

How can you tell the difference between self esteem and narcissism? Are there times when you have though you were asked yourself whether you were portraying narcissistic tendencies?https://anchor.fm/martha-apendi/episodes/Could-it-be-being-self-confident-or-self-absorbed-e1faq4a here is the link to the episode on narcissism so that you can get more information. Cheers! Happy new week!

For many of us settings goals means staying away from some people. We always talk about setting boundaries but we never talk about how challenging it can be, to do something where we have to prioritize our feelings instead of the people we value, how we always try to manipulate the situations so that everything is always good, peaceful. But what we should ask ourselves is for how long can we reall...

It's a psychological treatment developed to help us confront our fears. Exposure therapy is done in a safe environment with the support of a trained professional (therapist/psychologist) exposing you to stimuli that caused you fear. In this episode is what you could experience in an exposure therapy session. Cheers!

When any kind of injuries damage the brain we experience a traumatic brain injury which can affect our social, physical, emotional, occupational and cognitive life and these symptoms can either be mild, moderate and severe depending on the extent of the damage to the brain. And since we can't talk about that mind alone and leave out the body these two are interconnected. When our mind is affected...

Learned Optimism(L.O) which is the opposite of learned helplessness concepts in positive psychology developed by clinical psychologist Martin Seligman with L.O being able to recognize and challenge our negative self talks believing that we can change our attitudes and behaviors. L.O is practiced by using the ABDBE method borrowed from cognitive behavioral therapy and rational emotive therapy. And...

We all experience negative thoughts from time to time, for some they are able to deal with them, however for the rest it becomes difficult and affects our daily lives.

OCD which is known as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental health condition characterised by obsessions and compulsions. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is common among females though also experienced by males. With 1.1% to 1.8% of the global population struggling with it.

The first fact isThere's is an Umbrella of depression/depressive disorders which include major depressive disorder, pre menstrual dysphoric disorder among others. And the other fact is that depression is not only associated with feeling of sadness. Hope this is insightful, and please don't forget to subscribe and like from wherever you are listening in. Cheers!

Being raised by a narcissistic parent can have negative lasting effects till adulthood which affects our sense of self and/identity. And since they are often neglectful, abusive and emotionally unavailable we might develop a low self-esteem , feelings of insecurity, shame, difficulty setting boundaries and many other effects since the only way we feel validated is through giving in to our parents...

Do you have a narcissistic parent? Leaving my episode that talk about narcissism as a personality disorder , today I talk about the identifiers of a narcissistic parent, although not every parents have narcissistic tendencies it is not uncommon for a mother and father to express narcissistic tendencies and these parents tend to deny their children independence even as an adult, they would be contr...

It's a deep relaxation exercise and or technique targeting one muscle group at a time which involves noticing the difference between the tensed and relaxed muscles, either beginning with the lower to the upper body or from the upper to the lower body. It should be done in a quiet place free from distractions. It's one of the very many relaxation exercises that is said to be able to help reduce anx...

Phobias involve fear or anxiety and are easily defined as uncontrollable, excessive and persistent fears of certain objects, situations and activities. Just like we easily use the word "traumatized" so do we phobias what exactly makes it a phobia? is it any fear of anything.? As it is said that our environment and genetics can be risk factors for the development of specific phobias. Do you have a...

By talking about it, it's a first step for me to dealing with this fear. Phobias are persistent and excessive fear of objects, situations and activities. Fear of the dark being one of the common types of phobia though it's common among children, it can affect adults, young adults as well. Fear of the dark is common however if it disturbs your daily life like difficulty sleeping, going to certain w...

A behavior that is rewarded is repeated whereas a behavior that is punished is avoided the theory behing learned helplessness was developed by psychologists Martin S and Steven F in dogs where every after a tone the were subjected to shock, when we struggled with Learned helplessness we get frustrated, feel overwhelmed,lack esteem, we feel we lack control and that there is nothing we can do to cha...

Not only is dissociative Amnesia a symptom of Dissociative identity disorder but also a type of dissociative disorder. And the other type of dissociative disorder is Depersonalization/derealization disorder where an individual is detached from their emotions, thoughts and senses and their surroundings as well as all these caused by a history of trauma.

A sociopath and psychopath are often shown in the movies as violent however what are their characteristics and how can you tell the difference, whereas a they both a psychopath and sociopath lack remorse the latter will feel about guilty and empathy however that will not make them stop whatever it is they are doing while the former will lack all remorse, guilt and empathy. And they both will have...

Childhood trauma doesn't only affect the child but it can also affect the parent and we present with panic, guilty/self blame, anger, helplessness because we don't know what to say and what to do to help our child through the process, but today, I have you understand what you must do to help your child cope with childhood trauma, Although childhood trauma can have long lasting effects on a child,...

Any life threatening event that affects a child's daily life that is physically, psychologically an socially can lead to childhood trauma. And young children respond differently than older children for example where an infant will be clingy young child will be distant and isolate. And all these symptoms if a child isn't attended to they might affect them till adulthood. Hope you enjoy this episode...

Talking about mindfulness meditation, we also need to learn how to do it, getting a comfortable position, timing yourself. Practicing mindfulness doesn't only have to be about you seating in one position it can also be as easy as being grateful of certain things in your life. Enjoy this mindfulness journey!