Exploring The Reasons Why Some Women Reject Breast Cancer Screening
Breast cancer awareness month is October. I decided to take this opportunity to discuss the factors why some women do not get their mammograms done and subsequently present with cancerous lumps at a much later stage of the disease. I have found them and their family members to share guilt and shame regarding the very
Urinary Symptoms In Women Are Not Always A Bladder Infection
Women are far more susceptible to urinary symptoms than men. We do not usually have clear information available to the public that helps them to identify the differences between some of these conditions which are often lumped under the possibility of a UTI (urinary tract infection). A UTI could be a bladder infection or it
Understanding Menstrual Cycles And Conditions Affecting Them
On average, 10 in 100 women have heavy menstrual bleeding, which is more than 80ml of blood in the entire menstrual cycle. 80ml equals 1/3rd of a cup or more than 5 tablespoons. Flooding = Leaking through despite using a tampon or pad Clots = Clumps of blood and lining tissue The average menstrual cycle
Looking at Behaviours Through a Trauma-Informed Lens
Emotions and experiences that a child cannot manage in a safe manner tend to get trapped within the child’s body and mind. This trapped experience is either ‘avoided, deflected, projected or suppressed.’ Unfortunately, these ‘fright, flight, freeze, fawn’ responses do cause compensatory behaviours as well. Here is one such example. If a child has witnessed
Let’s Start Living With Hope And Purpose
Today’s world and lifestyle is pushing us all into a spiral where the more we do, the more we feel left behind. It seems like a race with the finishing line moving farther away no matter how fast we go. Perhaps that’s where we are doing things wrong. We keep trying to do more and
What Does ‘Holding space’ Mean, In Terms Of Psychology/Therapy?
As human beings we all experience feelings and emotions and often people start thinking that doing so makes us become a problem. Unfortunately, it’s not feeling the emotions that could be viewed as problematic but how we respond/react to emotions. For example, Mr X has lost his job. He’s the sole earner in his family