Sane Mind Nigeria

Vision: A mentally healthy, enlightened & stigma free society. Providing solutions to mental health challenges in Nigeria

[Sane Mind Nigeria @SANEMINDNG]

World Suicide prevention day!!
Join the discussion #knowthesigns

[Women of Rubies @WomenofRubies]

The freedom to BEING is every human's right regardless of gender. Ruqoyah Ogunbiyi of @SANEMINDNG
#BreakingtheBias

#womenofrubies #IWD2022 #BreakTheBias2022 #BreakingtheBias #IWD

[Ruqoyah Ogunbiyi @kemiOgunbiyi]

I'd often hear parents say this " She started bed wetting, became irritable and withdrawn we asummed it was because there was no firm hand like her mother to correct her"

No! The child is going through psychological and emotional distress.

[Ruqoyah Ogunbiyi @kemiOgunbiyi]

We may not have so much control regarding our own upbringing but as we begin to fall in love and build our own families.

We must begin to incorporate therapy for ourselves and children when life happens.

[Ruqoyah Ogunbiyi @kemiOgunbiyi]

Do not wait till you or your children have psychological difficulty before you seek help.

See a therapist whenever any life circumstances disrupt your physical, psychological and emotional stability as a family.

Need help? Book a session with @SANEMINDNG https://t.co/LBfqW6M4JK

[Sane Mind Nigeria @SANEMINDNG]

Grandma is not a therapist
Boarding schools are not emotional recovery centres

[Ruqoyah Ogunbiyi @kemiOgunbiyi]

Having children go to boarding schools, or stay with "Grandma" is not a healthy grief recovery method. In fact many times, these children then begin to show behavioural and emotional signs that suggest otherwise.

[Ruqoyah Ogunbiyi @kemiOgunbiyi]

Dear Nigerian Families,

The cultural and traditional ways of "healing" through family loss, death and divorce has immense negative implication on all members of the family particularly children.

[Ruqoyah Ogunbiyi @kemiOgunbiyi]

Everyday at @sanemindng we see different cases of "nothing is wrong" and this is quite disturbing for us.

Before you say "nothing is wrong" do an assessment, do an audit, speak to a child therapist.
Get well informed about mental wellness in children and adolescents.

[Ruqoyah Ogunbiyi @kemiOgunbiyi]

Parents: Nothing is wrong with my child.
Teenager in therapy: Sometimes I feel like there is no point to living. I started feeling like this 2 years ago

School: Our students are fine by God's grace
Student in therapy: I use scissors to cut myself to let out the stress.

[YoungMinds @YoungMindsUK]

Every young person should get the mental health support they need, when they need it, no matter what.

[Sane Mind Nigeria @SANEMINDNG]

It is not rare to find children between the ages of 2-4 who put up tantrums. It is, however, a way they express and manage their feelings. Since they are just beginning to develop at this stage of their life, It is not a surprise to see tantrums in all shapes.

Please Retweet.

[Sane Mind Nigeria @SANEMINDNG]

How to manage tantrums in young kids.
1. Communicate expectations: Tell kids how they are expected to behave. If you know your child doesn’t like a place or will ask for something, and have a tantrum if he or she doesn’t get their way-

[Sane Mind Nigeria @SANEMINDNG]

-he will no doubt feel that if he throws a tantrum every night, she can stay up. This will only reinforce the habits. Givimg in to the tamtrum will make your child continuously use "tantrums"to get what they want.

[Sane Mind Nigeria @SANEMINDNG]

Sometime last week we got an email that made us dance.
It was from @giftwagonng they want to gift a child with mental health challenges gift boxes as part of their CSR.
We know how much this will mean to these kids and their families. We wasted no time, let’s do it and voila.

[Giftwagon Company @giftwagonng]

The topic of mental health and it's awareness has grown lately. However, mental Health for CHILDREN can easily be sidelined. In this third edition of Gift-a-warrior (a charity program targeted at gifting warriors of diverse forms of challenges), we are partnering with @sanemindng

[Sane Mind Nigeria @SANEMINDNG]

-I'm picturing it, it going to be lit 🔥🔥, like we will restrict all the airflow on the internet. 😁😁

But we are still thinking about it.

Stay tuned for more information.

[Sane Mind Nigeria @SANEMINDNG]

Announcement! Announcement!! Announcement!!! 😋
Like we said earlier, this week is a loaded week for the Self Esteem Building Program.
We will use the Strength Questionnaire to coin out a Strength Based Name for all our children e.g Odera The Gifted Innovator. 🥳🥳

[Sane Mind Nigeria @SANEMINDNG]

Wahala for who is not part of this program o.

Through out the program every child participant will be addressed as such and will address themselves as such.

E go choke oo 😁😁.
We may decide to make to make this naming ceremony open to everyone because from the way-

[Sane Mind Nigeria @SANEMINDNG]

These movies highlights learning difficulties and will help you understand dyslexia better.

We are recommending them to you, go watch them.

If you've watched any? How was the experience?
Tell us!

#dyslexia #movies #mentaldisorder #mentalhealth