I can’t connect with my emotions. When they surface, my core defence mechanism is to forget. How can I get help if I can’t explain how I feel?
Replacing the Old Tapes with New
Every adult human has them. Those voices in the back of your consciousness silently telling you of your worth, recorded in childhood.
Still I Rise
Maya Angelou wrote many poems that touch my soul, but none like ‘Still I Rise’. Her words are true for anyone whose pain has been marginalized,
Mental Health Issues, Please Don’t Judge
That lady in her 40s, slurring her words and losing her balance. She must be a drunk, drinking at this time in the morning! Little do we know…
9 Reasons Mothers Don’t Speak About Postpartum Depression
In our dreams of becoming mothers, we pictured it blissful and beautiful. We imagined sitting in a rocking chair, singing lullabies to a sleepy, happy baby.
Vanquish the Dragon: Notes on a Bad Day
A violent self-degradation rears its head today. Like a dragon over my wasteland, torching everything. It brings me to despair, emptiness. Resignation.
Depression in College: My Experience
Living just felt like a constant struggle, like wading in the middle of the ocean. All I craved was happiness. But I didn’t realise I was depressed.
Confidence is a State of Mind
I firmly believe that body confidence has little to do with our outward appearance; confidence is a state of mind. We are more than just our appearance.
The first night – Pain and despair
The screams would haunt the rest of her life. After the first night, she would hide her feelings, the scars she made on her body, the pain and despair.
Anorexia and me
If your best friend told you every day you were fat, disgusting, pathetic, ugly, wouldn’t you dump her? I don’t. I keep letting her come back.
You are not a Hoover
Trying to be other people exhausted me. They still overshadowed me, because it came naturally for them. I wanted to be the real me so hard.
It’s time to talk; turn the dark cloud into a rainbow
I anticipate that “awkward silence”. A big, black rain cloud moving closer to you, over you, as if all of a sudden, you get soaked and everyone else is dry.