Panic Attacks: What are they and what we can do about them?
A couple of months ago I woke up in the middle of the night unable to breathe. My heart was beating so fast, I could hear it in my ears. I felt a huge wave of heat pass through my body like I was burning myself from the inside out. I thought I was going…
You cannot invent your own symptoms
Before you read: This was written in an epiphanic moment, while my bladder was full, waiting to take the urine test at a clinical lab. It was first shared as an instagram post in my personal profile. Now, here we go. There are errors and mistakes. I didn't bother to edit as I wanted this…
When the stigma is from within: A story of my feminist values and a narcissistic mother
I’ve seen my mother face domestic violence since I was a child. Growing up in an environment where individual liberty and self expression had no space for existence, I soon learnt to survive by making myself invisible. But in my most private thoughts, I always felt the need to fight for women’s rights. Maybe it…
You are empowered within and without by knowing, feeling and accepting yourself. Do it for the sake of you.
Mental stigma is prevalent and prominent enough to address. My social and individual hemisphere was fabricated with this stigma and its connecting lies for a very long time with much pervasivity. I remember as a literature student we were given the opportunity to analyse the bizarre associated with racism, feminism, mental health etc. I was…
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