Knowing SELF
" Knowing yourself is the beginning of all the wisdom " Aristotle Some years back, I went to seek counselling from the Priest at our local church. At that time, I had unexplained anxieties that were causing me depression. I did not understand why I felt overburdened with life to the point of insanity. Coming from a family with a history of mental health, I was scared that it could be the beginning of the same. During that time, I spent hours on end overthinking and processing issues that had more to do with other people’s action towards me. It was exhausting and mind-boggling. I became very sick and could not think or sleep properly. My career was affected by the depression and the toxic work environment did not help matters either. The Priest was very sympathetic to the issues and explained that he had counselled many cases presenting similar signs. He suspected that I could have been carrying a generational CURSE. He explained that family curses are reoccurr...