Loony bin! I hate that phrase. It’s a phrase that is laced with judgement and misunderstanding. However, it is the phrase my cousin chose to use when I got hospitalised. I will be honest, I always thought only the weak get hospitalised. To me, it seemed like a cop-out. Instead of dealing with your problems, […]
Bipolar Disorder
Epilim – When Happy Pills Don’t Make You As Happy
August has finally come to an end! If you follow me on Twitter you would have seen that I went off medication for a while. No I didn’t take myself off medication, although I thought about it for a long time this year (post coming soon). My psychiatrist took me off my mood stabiliser because […]
Day 20: What Makes Me Happy
I believe that life is all about the happy moments we experience and the steps me take to get there. So here are a couple of things that make me happy: My family: They annoy me at times, but I know they always have my back. And by family I don’t mean blood; I mean […]
What The Heck Am I Doing?
It’s been very hard to write lately. I have been feeling overwhelmed and thus unsure of what will come up from my words. But here goes: I haven’t been sleeping so much (apart from the days I passed up from sheer exhaustion). Apart from the fact that my back feels like that of an 80 […]
Existential Crisis
I don’t talk anymore, but I question everything. When I first left my job at an audit firm, I thought I was moving forward. I was certain that I would now have the opportunity to become what I have always wanted. I thought I would be able to write all day while practising yoga during […]
How Yoga Gave Me Anxiety
Ok I’m exaggerating slightly. But my panic attack was induced by something related to yoga. When I started doing yoga a few years agI I just wanted to do what my friend did (it was a headstand) because it looked cool. However as I grew in my practice I realised that it was good for […]