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The national habit of laughing off behaviour that destroys families South African culture has a strange way of dealing with sexual issues. People turn them into jokes, bravado, rumours or gossip, but they rarely confront the emotional or clinical reality behind the behaviour. When someone drinks excessively or gambles recklessly the problem gets named quickly. […]

The modern economy is no longer built primarily on products or services, it is built on attention. Time, focus, and emotional engagement have become the most valuable resources available, and children represent one of the most lucrative markets within this system. Screens are not passive tools offering neutral entertainment, they are delivery mechanisms for attention […]

Bipolar disorder in men is often misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or completely overlooked. Part of the problem is that men are conditioned from a young age to hide anything that looks like vulnerability. They’re taught to keep their emotions in check, stay strong, and push through whatever they’re dealing with. When you combine that with a mental […]

The Myth of the “Cured” Bipolar People love stories with endings. The addict who gets clean. The depressed person who finds joy. The “bipolar survivor” who is suddenly healed. But bipolar disorder doesn’t play by narrative rules. There’s no clean break between sick and well. There’s no finish line waiting at the end of the […]

When One Person Dictates the Emotional Weather Families are meant to be places of safety, connection and emotional grounding. But when one member of the household displays strong narcissistic traits, the entire emotional environment shifts. The family no longer revolves around shared values or mutual support. Instead, everything becomes organised around the moods, needs and […]

The Glamour of Madness We love the story of the “tortured genius.” From Van Gogh’s fevered brushstrokes to Kanye West’s headlines, pop culture keeps recycling the idea that pain equals art, that bipolar disorder fuels brilliance. It’s seductive, especially if you’re the one living it. Mania feels like inspiration on steroids. Words pour, colours burn […]

The Silence That Kills In South Africa, people don’t talk about bipolar disorder, not really. We whisper about it in waiting rooms, joke about it on social media, or label someone “mad” when their emotions spill too far outside the lines of what we think is normal. But silence isn’t neutral. It kills. And for […]

Understanding the Reality of Bipolar Disorder For most people, bipolar disorder exists as a punchline or a stereotype, the “moody” friend, the artist who can’t keep it together, the colleague who swings from brilliance to breakdown. But to live with bipolar disorder is to inhabit two separate worlds that rarely meet, one electrified and limitless, […]