“So often we turn away from life rather than toward it. We are masters of avoidance! But if we want to be present—to enjoy life and to be more effective in it—we must orient ourselves toward facing reality.”

- Jennifer Kunst (Psychology today)

Metamorph faces various challenges within different contexts, such as environmental factors, traumatic events, stress impact and physical- and mental health.

Statistics by Gita Harie, Executive director of the Durban and Coastal Mental Health Association as follow:
• Worldwide, psychiatric illnesses will rise to be the number one cause of disability within the next 15 years, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
• The WHO also estimates that 400 million people around the world currently suffer from mental or neurological disorders or from psychosocial problems such as those related to alcohol and drug abuse.
• Unipolar depression, alcohol abuse, bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder are among the 10 leading causes of disability worldwide and major depression was ranked fifth in the 10 leading causes of the global disease burden in 1998.
• Mental disorders have a significant negative social and economic impact on South African society.
• The costs of alcohol abuse through health and medical expenses, lost productivity, violence and crime, are more than R5-billion each year.
• In South Africa, 150 000 people commit suicide every year, with the rate among children aged between 10 and 14 having more than doubled in the past 15 years.

Metamorph poses to be an identifiable character to help people of all ages to face reality and take action to change. Click here to read more on 3 Options during facing psychological challenges