Viktor The Mental Health Coach

03/08/2025

You’re not what broke you. You’re what rose from it.

30/07/2025

According to Beck’s cognitive triad of depression, depression stems from one’s automatic negative thoughts about self, negative interpretations about the world and negative predictions about the future.

20/07/2025

23/06/2025

Mental exhaustion doesn’t just drain your energy—it can quietly hijack your ability to stay calm, kind, and cooperative, research finds.

See more highlights from recent peer-reviewed studies: https://at.apa.org/fi3

06/06/2025

01/06/2025

Today we honor the brave souls who paved the way for our freedom.
Let’s keep the spirit of unity, resilience and progress alive.

30/05/2025

The Bidirectional Relationship Between Mental Health and Substance Use: A Silent Crisis

🧠💭 “Ni stress tu” is not just a phrase — it’s a silent cry. And sometimes, it ends up in a bottle or a blunt. 🍻🚬

In Kenya today, more young people and adults are battling stress, anxiety and depression than ever before. But instead of seeking help, many turn to alcohol and drugs, hoping to forget, feel better or just cope with life.

👉 What we don’t talk about enough is this:
Alcohol and substance use don’t solve mental health problems—they often make them worse. That temporary "high" comes with long-term lows like addiction, broken relationships, job loss or even suicidal thoughts.

And here’s the twist:
Poor mental health can also lead someone into drug use in the first place. It's a two-way trap.

🎯 It’s not just about “bad behavior” or “peer pressure.”
Sometimes it’s trauma. Family issues. Hopelessness. Unemployment. Grief. Or simply not having someone to talk to.

✅ Let’s break the silence.
✅ Let’s check on our friends and family.
✅ Let’s normalize going for therapy or talking to a mental health professional—just like we go to hospital when our bodies are unwell.

Mental health is health. And help is available.

30/05/2025

🌿 THERAPEUTIC RITUALS FOR EMOTIONAL HEALING 🌿

Rituals are intentional, symbolic acts that help us process grief, trauma, anxiety or change—not through theory, but through action.

Here are a few simple but proven and powerful therapeutic rituals:

📝 Letter Writing (Unsent)
Write a letter to someone you’ve lost or someone who hurt you. Say what you never could. Then burn it, tear it, or keep it—whatever feels right.
✔ Helps with: grief, closure, forgiveness.

🔥 Letting Go Ritual
Write down what’s weighing you down. A belief, a memory, a name. Then release it—burn it, bury it, or throw it into a river. Let your body feel the release.
✔ Helps with: trauma, guilt, anxiety.

🪞 Mirror Ritual
Stand before a mirror. Look yourself in the eye and say: “I forgive you.” “You did your best.” “You are healing.” It’s awkward—until it’s not.
✔ Helps with: self-compassion, inner critic work.

🕯 Candle Lighting
Light a candle for someone you’ve lost, or for a part of you that’s ready to be reborn. Sit quietly. Breathe. Reflect.
✔ Helps with: grief, transitions, spiritual healing.

🧺 Memory Box
Collect letters, photos, or objects that tell a story—a loss, a love, or a season of life. Give it a home. You’re not burying the past, you’re honoring it.
✔ Helps with: identity, emotional integration.

You don’t have to be “strong” all the time.
You just need space to feel, release and renew.
And sometimes, that begins with a candle... or a tear... or a pen.

✨ If this spoke to you, share it with someone who might be holding something they need to let go of. ✨

💬 Need someone to walk with you through your healing journey?

You don’t have to carry it all alone. Whether you’re navigating grief, trauma, anxiety or just trying to make sense of life—help is here.

I offer safe, confidential and nonjudgmental online counseling sessions where we can explore what healing looks like for you. Together, we can create space for release, reflection and real growth.

📞 Reach out on WhatsApp 0723 659517 to book a session.
💻 You can also reach out through my page: Viktor The Mental Health Coach or Viktor Karani Ngaine

Let’s begin the journey inward—toward healing, wholeness and hope.

🕊️ You’re not alone. Healing is possible. And your story matters.

29/05/2025

American Psychological Association

24/05/2025

Are We Just Being Cautious or Slipping Into Paranoia?

Let’s Talk About Paranoia, Conspiracies and Critical Thinking.
Have you ever been around someone who thinks everyone is out to get them?
That nothing is ever what it seems?
That every event—big or small—is part of some hidden plot?

Conspiratorial thinking isn’t just about believing in secret plots involving governments or global organizations. It shows up in smaller, everyday ways too:
• “My neighbors are working with the chief to get my land taken.”
• “Those parents at the school meeting are ganging up against me.”
• “This illness? It’s not natural. Someone must’ve done something.”

It’s the tendency to connect dots that don’t exist.
To believe that there’s always a hidden agenda—even when none exists.
Conspiratorial thinking interprets information to fit a pre-determined narrative, essentially rendering the conspiracy immune to evidence. It tends to rely on speculation, perceived motives and an overriding distrust of mainstream information sources.

Now layer that with paranoia—the belief that people are specifically out to harm you.

• Avoiding calls because you “know” someone wants to trap you.
• Reading coldness into a text message.
• Assuming your spouse is cheating because they got home late—even if they called to explain.

Paranoia is exhausting.
You overanalyze everything.
You question motives where none exist.
You push people away, convinced it’s protection.

But here’s the brutal truth: paranoia and conspiratorial thinking don’t protect you—they isolate you. They make you reactive, closed-off and constantly suspicious. You can’t build peace or connection while holding a magnifying glass to everyone’s flaws and actions.

Now imagine a different mindset.
One where you pause before you react.
Where you ask before you assume.
Where you seek evidence, not just vibes.
That’s critical thinking.

Critical thinking doesn’t say “trust everything.” It says “evaluate carefully.”
It doesn’t silence your concerns—it gives them direction.

It’s what helps you:
• Ask why you’re feeling triggered.
• Consider alternative explanations.
• Clarify before cutting people off.
• Make decisions based on facts, not fear.

In our homes, workplaces, churches and WhatsApp groups, unchecked suspicion is doing real damage.
Families are breaking apart over unspoken fears.
Friendships are dying because no one is asking real questions.
People are living in fear of shadows they’ve created in their own minds.

Yes, real conspiracies exist. Yes, some people have hidden motives.
But uncovering truth requires more than suspicion—it demands clarity, logic, patience and humility.
That’s what critical thinking offers.
Not blind faith. Not blind doubt.
But a clearer, calmer path through the fog.

This is your Mental Health Coach: Viktor The Mental Health Coach reach me on whatsapp 0723 659517.


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