STRICKEN

It may look like depression since you are happy about your new baby boy or girl but perinatal depression knows how to hide behind every childbirth. Don't let this mental health issue crush you as recent studies show that around 1 in every 30 women can experience depression or severe anxiety in pregnancy. That doesn't leave men immune to it. Even if you think you are beyond this, you can help someone just by "knowing" and Ola does a good job at making Perinatal Depression easy to understand. Begin here.

They ran kidnapping as a business until we caught them but that wasn't the end of the story. the real pains began after the victims have been rescued as they struggle with the memory of the event. PTSD, as it relates to human trafficking, was exposed in this episode as Ola, a mental health first-aider introduces several experts to rub minds and proffer practicable solutions

Imagine the trauma you may suffer when you fall foul of a taboo in the country or community you find yourself because your way of life is their taboo and their way of life is your taboo. Stigma arises from there which leads to hate, crimes, hurt and heartbreak among others. In this episode, a Mental Health First-Aider, Ola takes us through the process of handling all such issues around taboos and stigma.

She abused the son she loved, lost him and found him again but in a whole new state of mind. We explore how child abuse can lead to PTSD, a mental health condition that is sometimes accompanied by flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the abusive event. We present you many ways out in this episode!