great to be back
It is that time of the week again. I have faithfully kept to writing at least one post a week for almost two years now and it has been one of the…
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growing roots
I had always been trying to run away from my country. I had found it limiting and suffocating. I thought that if I ever had the chance, I would plant my roots…
keep on being
I got encouraged by my discovery that Charles Darwin had severe anxiety, had to lie in bed almost every day for hours, and yet he still made a huge contribution to the…
old book
I tried to pretend you were an old book I read shelved in a corner
the slow descent
When I first arrived in Bali I could only describe myself as high-strung. I was constantly in state of anxiety, and I didn’t know what to do with myself. The past few…
out of sync
we are two dancers out of sync without a catch when one is falling
unchained moment
we can love something just for a unchained moment it takes to exist
writing honestly about pain
I came across this post, titled “Depressiongrams” and there was an observation: There is plenty of space in the cultural conversation for stories about what it was like to have been depressed,…
at my core
I’ve been keeping journals and blogs for a long time now, and sometimes I still get upset with myself for not doing it religiously. I only have records of my life from…
a lifetime of questioning
These days, every morning I wake up, I am tired. I touch the top of my eyelids to see if my eyes have gotten better – nope, still sore. I look into…