VOX POP: 3 STUDENTS SHARE HOW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES HAVE TAKEN A TOLL ON THEM MENTALLY.

On this week’s vox pop three students share with AASA PRESS, their experience as students and how academic activities have taken a toll on their mental health.

TOXIC POSITIVITY: RELATIONSHIPS AND MENTALS

No relationship is perfect but a relationship and if at all a good one is supposed to make you feel secured, happy, respected and have some level of freedom.
On the other side of the coin however, are toxic relationships. Toxic relationships are relationships that are characterized by behaviors from a toxic partner or from the both of them.

THE SAFEGUARDED MENTAL HEALTH

Mental health refers to the emotional well being of an individual, and truth to be told when we’re not in a state of mental well being there ls little to what we can do and achieve. It is more than the absence of mental illness. It is a state of wellbeing where people can meet their learning potentials and cope with normal stresses.

World Bipolar Day 30th March: Facts and Myths about Bipolar Disorder.

My psychologist friend status inspired this article to commemorate World Bipolar Disorder Day. Thanks to her, I got to know about it and even write about it too. She used two pictures of herself to illustrate being bipolar. Seeing her post, and realizing that the theme for this week for Archaeology and Anthropology Students Association (AASA) press was on mental health and being a mental health enthusiast, I thought why not write about Bipolar disorder, remember, we are inspired by what we see. So what then is bipolar disorder?

5 Ways You Can Improve Your Mental Health.

Just as physical fitness help us stay strong, mental fitness also helps achieve a state of good mental health. Evidence suggests there are ways you can improve your mental health and well-being. Trying these things can help boost your mood and feel more positive.

HOW TO KEEP YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IN CHECK AS A NIGERIAN STUDENT.

Have you ever heard the statement that being a Nigerian student is not easy? I am very sure that you have heard it a number of times. Also you normally hear people say that people should show love to Nigerian students by sending them cash, sending prayers (love and light), through calls and text messages, just to mention a few. Being a Nigerian student, you have different responsibilities