Beauty and the beast. That’s what I think of when I think of my OCD and me. My OCD is the beast, but I’m the one trapped. I never thought I had OCD. I assumed that I just followed my mom’s footsteps since my mom is a totally clean freak. So I thought my behavior […]
my story
Depression is not cool. It’s an illness.
Since the age of 17, I have seen an influx of teens self-diagnosing & mistaking the difference between depression and a common human emotion – sadness. More than just often, it has become a norm for most people to use this terms wrongfully on social media. Buckle up, time for some education. Depression, defined by […]
I wish things had turned out differently
Trigger warning I graduated December last year and I moved out from the big city I’ve been calling home for the past 4 years. Feeling lost and not knowing what to do, I decided to go travelling hoping that I would be able to find something: a job, postgrad, new encounter with God, self discovery, […]
A love poem to suicide
I am thinking about countless pills, tight ropes and sharp knives, like a soul with no road to drive, bury my whole body alive, look at me as I am broken pen drive. Dear suicide, You are among the negativity that didn’t give me hopes, but a bunch of tangled ropes and blood that […]
Discovering ADHD
I recently realized that all my fantastic multitasking skills, impulsive behaviors, my high level of constant boredom was not normal but might be due to inattention. I am highly distractible and the “zone” people refer to remains a mystery to me.It never bothered me much before, I just thought I needed to put in more […]
I have Bipolar Disorder and I am perfectly sane
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 […]
