Tips on How to Stop Questioning Your Existence in Today’s Fast-Paced World
By Shabina Balachandran (Student, Brickfields Asia College) I bet sometimes you wish you could freeze time, just so you can take a breather and get your bearings straight. We’ve all been there. What if I told you that...
Social Discrimination On Mental Health
By John Bong & Mak Iyan Han (BAC Apprentices) Often, the news and social media have been advocating against discrimination of race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. However, what seems to be left out is discrimination against people with mental illness. In addition to being subtle and unnoticed, it exists in many different forms, inter...
Mental Health: An Introvert’s Perspective
By Joshua Mooy Chi Mun (BAC Apprentice) An uninvited guest visited Malaysia in early 2020, and is currently overstaying. Our then Prime Minister made necessary steps to cast this uninvited guest, Covid19, out of our country. Before vaccines were invented specifically to cast out this intruder, the Prime Minister...
Social Media & Mental Health
By Then Jin Siong & Tee Chia En (BAC Apprentices) We live in a modern age where the internet allows us to do practically everything online. Social media plays a huge part in our daily life, a means to reach friends, colleagues, and clients. Social media also overcomes geographic boundaries and time constraints, and allows users to...
Peer Pressure & Its Effects On Mental Health
By Danish Egamparan (BAC Apprentice) When we were young, we always had guidance. Whether it was our parents, grandparents, or other elders, they were always there showing us the way, what is right and what is wrong. Now,...
Childhood Trauma & How to Heal From It
By Chong Saow Ching & Janani Ramu (BAC Apprentices) What is childhood trauma? Even though parents and guardians do all they can within their means and ability to protect their children from being harmed, danger lurks around every corner. A child who has experienced a difficult situation or have gone through an uncomfortable childhood has a...
Suicide Prevention: You Are Not Alone
By Wong Kit Ei & Soniapreet Kaur (BAC Apprentices) Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. 10th September has been observed since 2003, to create awareness calling for worldwide action and commitment for the prevention of suicide. It is undeniable that this worldwide pandemic has...
Love Yourself: Self-Care Tips
By Debbie Peh Sue Min (BAC Apprentice) “Are you okay?” This is a question we get asked from time to time, sometimes as a mere pleasantry and other times as a genuine gesture of interest towards our wellbeing. Regardless of the intention, this is...