I work in the entertainment industry. My job is very demanding requiring me to be on-the-go even at 3am in the morning. With just one phone call, I have to be out of my bed doing whatever that is required of me. Having depression along with this job demand has been difficult. Just recently, I […]
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Transforming suffering into strength
I am a 20 year old girl who lives in Kuala Lumpur. I have the privilege of having good education and a comfortable lifestyle. I have a family too, which seems to be perfect in the eyes of many. Considering that we are financially wealthy, they think to themselves, ‘What problems could she have?’. However, […]
If you don’t love yourself… who will?
People often view me as a “completely fine” person without problems of my own because they told me that my happiness was real as I always look so happy with the people around me and the fact that I rarely share painful situations with a lot of people means I’m completely all right. They were […]
Relate Let’s Talk: Living with Bipolar and Borderline Personality Disorder
My Life With Bipolar and Borderline Personality Disorder Emotions are always a tricky thing for me. As a teenager, I experienced constant episodes of feeling depressed, crying in my room watching the ceiling fan spin slowly. Occasionally, I would experience episodes of feeling too happy, too reckless, too euphoric. I did not understand that these […]
I am better than my addiction
I am currently living with my elder brother, my dad and my aunt. It all begin with the passing of my mum in 2007 when I was only 9 years old before my First Holy Communion. It started towards the end of 2014 to 2016, where my brother suffered from severe depression. It was due […]
Relate Let’s Talk: What depression feels like to me
What does my depression feels like? My depression threw me down a rabbit hole where time is irrelevant. I would lock my door and suddenly, four days had gone by! Three days without a proper shower. Four days of eating cereal, biscuits and tidbits. Four days of piling things up in my room and four […]