This is work… PMDD: PMS’s evil sister

April is PMDD awareness month, but what exactly is PMDD?

This is work…my garden depression

What is depression? And is depression the same as a depressive disorder? Why is mental illness trendy now?

This is work…prescribed medication, traditional medicine

western medication, with its faults, is often hailed as the holy grail, whereas traditional medication is often demonized. Is there a world in which the two are brought together harmoniously, or are all things African bad?

If your heart’s not in it – my journey through medicine

What do you do when you realize late in your journey that the path you chose for yourself is not the path for you?

On impostor syndrome and the pandemic – my journey through medicine

Reflections of life during a pandemic, dealing with impostor syndrome and emotional burnout at work.

On anxiety and positive thoughts – my journey through medicine

Repeating a school year can be anxiety-provoking. Retraining one’s mind to think positively, though it may be hard, may be the key to survive

Exams again – my journey through medicine

Exams are remarkably stressful. Having to retake them, all the more so. In this post I detail the anxieties AND VICTORIES of retaking exams.

A letter to me – my journey through medicine

To survive repeating final year, I knew I had to be kind to myself. I could not afford to beat myself up and be self-hating in 2018. I had to tell myself that I was capable, that I could move any mountain I set my eyes on. So, I wrote myself letters. Letters of admiration

Hey so uhm, I failed – my journey through medicine

Revealing that I failed was gut-wrenching. I thought I could control it – when, how and to whom I told my story. I was wrong. It happened here and there, now and then. It was unplanned, erratic, haphazard. It was not in my control. I first told Khutso*. It was not hard at all because

Failed the year – my journey through medicine

“Black students form the majority of the students who failed IPC. We have to believe there is an inherent weakness in either how they study or how they take exams.”