Caring about yourself when you care about others
“Highly sensitive people are too often perceived as wealings or damaged goods. To feel intensely is not a symptom of weakness, it is the trademark…
“Highly sensitive people are too often perceived as wealings or damaged goods. To feel intensely is not a symptom of weakness, it is the trademark…
1 in 5 Americans will experience a mental illness in a given year. However, despite the prevalence of mental health issues in the general public,…
I heard a voice inside my head saying, “Come on Abby nobody else has this kind of problem. Why can’t you just act like a…
The clock strikes midnight. I reach for my favorite brush and dip it into the loveliest shade of lavender acrylic paint to add texture to…
I’m living in someone else’s body. I am trying to make myself someone I’m not, and I feel like everyone knows I’m a fraud. The…
“Forget about it. Just be happy!” I can’t tell you how often I’ve heard this. Growing up as a Chinese-American was difficult, to…
Friday, March 13th, 2020. I thought it would have been another ordinary end of the week; going to school, attending math and art class and…
Self-deprecation: the act of reprimanding oneself by belittling, undervaluing, or disparaging oneself, or being excessively modest. At first, everything seems normal. The jokes you…
My father sometimes tells me stories relating to his upbringing in the small village of Salumber, India. We were never a rich family, and he…