Childhood agonies
This podcast consisting of three episodes features two Kitchener residents who talk about their mental health issues stemming from childhold incidents and looks at the prevalance of the condition.
Tag: Mental Illness
Social media fingered as contributors to depression and anxiety
Sites such as Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook provide unrealistic views of the lives people are living, says a Cambridge, Ont., psychotherapist.
Mentally ill lack housing
BY ROLAND FLEMING Waterloo Region is not doing enough for its citizens with mental illness. Too often they are left behind and it doesn’t just hurt them, it hurts all of us. People struggling with mental illness are more likely to struggle with consistent poverty, and often have trouble holding down a job. As such, they also often have trouble affording a place to live. As a single person in … Continued
Seek help if struggling
By JASON MOTA There is a gap in the Canadian mental health system. This “gap” refers to the unnervingly large percentage of people with mental illnesses who do not receive treatment for – or even an acknowledgement of – their symptoms. A bad week is an easy thing to shrug off as being nothing more than just a bad week, but knowing when it’s worse than that can mean the … Continued
Stop the Stigma campaign launched
BY JOSH KENNEDY It is a well-known fact that one in five young people in Canada have a mental illness. The sad part is that two of every three of them are not getting the help they need due to the stigma surrounding it. This causes people to hide the fact that they are ill This is why the Canadian Mental Health Association launched the Stop the Stigma campaign. The … Continued
‘It’s 2014,’ but that makes no difference
BY CARSON DESHEVY-RENOUF There is a saying that you hear often nowadays: “It’s 2014.” It is always said to make the point that we as a society are tolerant and accepting. “It’s 2014, there is nothing wrong with having depression,” for instance. This saying is used so often that you would think that those who do say it, and even those around them, would understand the issues they claim we … Continued
Peering Your Peers boosts self-esteem
By TONY MCLELLAN This is the final part of a two-part series. The first step to recovering from a debilitating addiction or serious mental condition is the courage and will to take the first step. Sadly, there is a persistent lack of confidence that affects many of those who would otherwise readily seek professional help to advance their positions in life. Enter Peering Your Peers, a local non-profit organization that … Continued
