I had been struggling with depression in my final year in university. Well, I thought, it was just part of my life that I had to go through. Waking up was hard for me. Sleeping at night, harder. I never sought treatment because I thought it was temporary and it would go away. The truth […]
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Mindfulness: A practice in being present
What is mindfulness? i. It is focused on the now. There is a time to reflect on the past, and a time to plan for the future. This time is for the present, to experience what is going on with the now. Just because we don’t think about it, does not mean it does not […]
A journey and a new start
Aku terkedu bila mendapat message di phone aku. Message dari sahabat baik aku menghentam aku dan mengingatkan aku kenapa hidup aku ni tak guna di hantar bertubi-tubi sampai kemurungan aku yang aku berjaya kawal selama beberapa hari ni terus terganggu. Aku dah cuba kawal mental dan emosi aku yang rapuh akibat banyak faktor. “Cacat. […]
Relentless thoughts
I’ve been spending late nights outside lately, trying to delay going home as much as possible. Trying to delay being alone, because being alone is being with the devil. Whispering lies to my ears, lies that I know isn’t true. But what drives me insane is not because I believe those lies, but because it […]
Mental health in prison
By Dr. Chua Sook Ning In the past week, there has been a great deal of attention on the incarceration of certain prominent activists, leading many Malaysians to protest against SOSMA and its application. Since 2000, the prison population in Malaysia has doubled and many of these offenders do not have anyone to speak up on their […]
Placing suicide in context
By Dr. Chua Sook Ning In 2005, the Ministry of Health (MOH) conceded that the rate of suicide is severely underestimated and that the true rate of suicide ranges from 10. 5 – 13.5 people per 100000 (Malaysia Health 2005, p. 162). Below is a screenshot of the summary posted in the report. How does the rate […]
