by Eloise Prinsloo | Jun 7, 2022 | PTSD
In life, trauma can strike at any time. When you are exposed to danger, illness, violence, or the threat of injury, you can potentially carry that trauma along for years if you don’t get proper treatment. When you have PTSD or Post-Traumatic Stress...
by Eloise Prinsloo | Oct 22, 2021 | Depression, Mental Health
When you are depressed, it is easy to start believing the lies your depression tells you. When you have depression, you do not always perceive things as they are. Depression can feel like being suffocated, isolated from the world, confused and abandoned. And worst of...
by Eloise Prinsloo | Jul 2, 2020 | Burnout, COVID-19 & Mental Health
Dear Healthcare Professional, In the light of recent media reports on the mental health of doctors, we would like to refer to the Medical Protection Society’s (MPS) urgent appeal to all healthcare providers last week: The association urged all government and...
by Eloise Prinsloo | Jun 18, 2020 | PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the name given to the mental and physical problems that can sometimes follow threatening or distressing events. The events could be an actual physical threat or feelings of intense fear, hopelessness or horror. The trauma could...
