12 March 2026 Syeda Sofia Ali Every young person carries a world of emotions inside — excitement, fear, joy, confusion, love, and hope. When we laugh loudly or cry quietly, we show our true self. But many of us learn to hide our feelings as we grow older. We smile when we feel sad. We…
Warren Moult 7 December 2025 There is a pressure in the chest that has no language. It is the soundless scream that never reaches the air, the kind that lives behind the ribs and pulses through the mind. On the outside, life appears to continue as though nothing is amiss. You sit among laughter and…
Warren Moult 29 November 2025 We move through life believing we understand its rhythm, yet the world reminds us how little we truly know. Everything arrives in its own timing. We plan confidently, imagining our futures in straight lines. But life bends, twists, and pauses. It speaks in symbols we only understand later. There is…
11 November 2025 Collin Mathenjwa I always thought of myself as mentally tough, so being diagnosed with depression shocked and confused me. Yet, through talking to others and confronting the illness head-on, I became determined to understand what I was going through. Depression is often described through metaphors—Emily Dickinson put it into words, Goya into…
12 November 2025 Zandile Magwaza Alzheimer’s disease is often misunderstood as simply “forgetting,” but it is much more—it disrupts the way a person thinks, remembers, and navigates everyday life. This cruel thief steals skills once taken for granted, piece by piece, changing not only the individual but also the family that walks beside them. Themba,…
10 October 2025 Syeda Sofia Ali “The softest voices carry the heaviest hearts.” We often look — but rarely see. We speak — but seldom understand. In a world where judgment comes faster than compassion, we forget that everyone is fighting silent battles — unseen, unnamed, and unheard. Don’t judge the sleeper. They may sleep…
Kholeh Sithole 12 August 2025 Imagine being trapped in a tiny, invisible cage—your limbs feel heavy and useless, your thoughts race uncontrollably, and your heart pounds so loudly it drowns out everything else. Your breath comes in short gasps, swallowing feels impossible, and the world around you tilts and blurs. Up and down lose meaning,…
10 Agasti 2025 Carolyn Sithole Ngesikhathi ngiqala uhambo lwami lokuphola emuva kokuphazamiseka ngokwengqondo, umuntu engihlekisana naye wathi: “Anginandaba nokuthi unesifo sini; ngizohlala eceleni kwakho inqobo nje uma uthola usizo.” Ngakho-ke ngenza njalo. Ngesikhathi ngiya kudokotela, ngangicabanga ukuthi ngizokhuluma naye ngenkinga yami yokuphefumula okwakungihlasela. Wangitshela ukuthi kukhona ukukhathazeka kwengqondo (anxiety), kodwa angizange ngimkholelwe. Ngoba mina ngiyazi…
Thembelihle Zwane 22 July 2025 UKUKHUTHALA nokuhlanzeka noma kuyinto ejwayelekile nekhuthazwa kubantu kodwa kuvamile emakhaya ukuthi umuntu akwenze kuze kweqe kugcine sekuthiwa umthetho wakhe. Lokhu kungabukeka njengento ejwayelekile neyenzeka nsuku zonke kodwa ongoti bezempilo bathi uyadinga ukuqashwela ekhaya umuntu ogcina eseyisikhwishikhwishi akhuthale ngokweqile. Ungoti wengqondo nowelapha abanezifo zengqondo, uDkt Lindiwe Xaba uveze ukuthi baningi emakhaya…
Lungile Kunene 8 July 2025 INHLANGANO elwela abaphila nezifo zengqondo, iSouth African Depression and Anxiety Group (Sadag) ikhathazekile ngesimo sezibhedlela ezisiza abagula ngengqondo. Isho lokhu emuva kokuthola ukuthi iziguli eziphila nezifo zengqondo eCharlotte Maxeke eGoli ziphila ngaphansi kwezimo ezinzima. iWholeness Magazine ithole ukuthi iziguli eziwu-30 eziphila nezifo zengqondo zigcinwe egumbini elilodwa, azinayo indlu yokuzikhulula kanti…
