A project to increase mental health literacy in Singapore
If we stop letting our history – no matter how recent – of suicide control what we say or how we talk to others, we stop giving it the power to force us into living in shame. The best part is that the more we talk about it, the more we empower those around us to talk about it, and the more we take away suicide’s hold on all of us.
Looking through some of my old writings from the peak of my self-destruction, depression, and anxiety, when I chanced upon In The Mirror: 9th April…
To say that mental health and mental illnesses are plagued by stigma is a gross understatement. Yet, after one of the most successful decades into…
Antidepressants are used in the treatment of depressive disorders (e.g. major depressive disorder, dysthymia). They can also be used for other conditions, such as anxiety…
Some see it as a sensitive topic when they want to ask about my experience with mental illness, but honestly, I like it. Apart from just…
But what if other people don’t see it that way? What if they don’t take me seriously anymore? What if they doubt my competence? This doesn’t just apply…
For the past decade, I have believed in the right to die – if you want to die, you have the right to do so…
A lot of youths do not have the means to seek professional help. Should a game like SPARX, however, make itself available in Singapore, there would…
Anyone with any form of mental illness has heard it. An entirely well-meaning bit of advice. A genuine attempt to help. ‘You should go for…