Stories of mental health (particularly bipolar disorder), multicultural identity (Indo-Canadian), love (the most important thing) and the quiet work of being human
Living Life in Extremes Lots of people live their lives in extremes. For me, that’s been quite literal, because I have bipolar disorder II. Bipolar II is a mental health disorder where a person cycles between two different and virtually polar opposite conditions: depression and hypomania. Depression is the “easy” one to understand. Depression is…
I wake up. It’s day 10. Actually, it might be day 100. That tends to become a part of life very quickly – I start losing count of the days. Time simultaneously has no meaning (I’m neither sure of the day nor the week nor the month) and is my greatest foil (all I can…
Note: While this is a standalone post, it directly follows another one called The Moment (The Mirror Part 1). I would suggest you read that one before this one. Have you ever watched something that started out as a random episode of a show and then that something ended up changing your life? I had…
You look in the mirror and you’re on the verge of tears. Forget being on the verge, you’re starting to tear up. And now the tears become a slow stream, and pretty soon a steady one. Now you’re bawling and there’s no way to stop. How did we get here? Just a few minutes ago…
I don’t think it’s any secret that we have a mental health crisis around the world. There are so many manifestations of it, but as a civilization we are struggling in ways and on a scale that we never have in human history. On the whole, we’ve become better about recognizing that and having the…