Tag: East Rand mental health
Mental Wellbeing
Relationships
I’m fine. Or am I really
Someone sits down, folds their hands, and says “I’m fine” almost before the question is finished. There’s a small tightness around the eyes. The shoulders stay a little high. It’s not a lie. It’s more like a well-practiced holding pattern. A way of saying, “I’m managing; I’m not falling apart; please don’t look too closely.” […]
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Anxiety
Mental Wellbeing
Personal Breakthrough Experience
Relationships
Sandwich Generation: Feeling Alone in a Full House
Someone sits down and lists the people they look after, the lifts, the school runs, the doctor visits for a parent, and the late-night calls from a young adult still finding their feet, and then they go quiet. The house is full. The calendar is full. Yet they describe a specific kind of loneliness that […]
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