How Self-Compassion Changed the Way I Approach my Life When I first heard the words “self compassion” I was overcome with this feeling of negativity and the rolling of my eyes. Really? I thought. I am filled with compassion for others and work so hard to see the world through that lens. But compassion for [...]
Hey. It’s me. I am not Hannah Baker. I am not the beautiful Katherine Langford. I am not Hollywood’s depiction on a suicidal teenage girl whose life is shot in warm manila lighting and has her story painted as heroic. This is not that story. There is nothing heroic, or glamorous, or beautiful about it. [...]
I’m an advocate for the disorder Misophonia[https://www.misophoniainternational.com/what-is-misophonia/]. Lately, you may have seen it in the press. I should be happy. I should be jumping for joy that my disorder is being researched – and even more joy that it’s been featured around the world by the media. Unfortunately, I’m too close to all this. I’ve [...]
I was not a vivacious child. I did not learn all the world’s instruments or play every sport known to man. I dabbled in gymnastics and quit when my best friend wouldn’t stop crying on the balance beam. I then switched to dance, which sucked even more, although I did enjoy the smooth sounds of [...]
Sunday morning church service is a time of quiet reflection to draw nearer to God...to God. To God. To God. Stop it. But for myself, and the rest of the one in forty adults with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, that quietness doesn't come on Sunday. Or any other day. There is no real quiet with OCD. [...]
“Take the key and lock her up, lock her up, lock her up, take the key and lock her up, my fair lady.” I remember driving my five-year daughter home from the drug store, amid my 3rd ever full-blown panic attack. I remember thinking that it felt like I was looking through a fish-eye lens, [...]
Dealing with severe depression and thoughts of suicide is a harsh enough reality by itself. But when you’re a Muslim, things tend to get even more complicated. My name is Kamil Idris, and I still suffer from severe anxiety and depression to this day. I don’t know when exactly it started, but what I do [...]
Like my depression and anxiety, I’ve had small bouts of insomnia all my life that got progressively worse as I got older. It wasn’t until I stopped self-medicating (which I advise against, because it’s only kicking the can down the road and it’ll catch up to you tenfold) and taking my mental health seriously did [...]
In today’s ever-changing world the way we speak to each other is continually evolving. With the help of technology, a whole new language has been made available to us through smartphones. It has enabled us to interact more efficiently. Yet there is still one line of communication that needs improvement and that is the one [...]
Bed: The quicksand trap The legend The pause in my existence for months Urine in bottles Yellow stained teeth Bed hair for weeks Time to get up When the child breaks the silence Start somewhere; start; with this. This, is anything and everything I want it to be This, is honesty; despite all of the [...]
