I was 17 when I woke up one day with pain in my wrist and elbow. Writing suddenly became difficult, and all of a sudden, I could no longer control my fingers anymore when playing the piano. I went to...
Last month, Indigo&Co and Lakeside Family Services co-organised a symposium titled “Pornography: The New Drug?” that examined the problem of pornography addiction among young people....
TW: This article contains mention of self-harm and suicide ideation. I grew up in a family that was constantly fighting. Discipline, harsh criticism and bruises filled my childhood, leading me to...
The end of the year is an exciting time. That’s when we start to see all the Christmas lights along the streets. Many will also be starting to organise Christmas parties and gift exchanges,...
“Why are you crying again? When is this crying going to stop?” Having had words like that spoken to me before, I thought that I was at fault every time I cried. As a result, I disliked...
I was the studious one in my family. I was the one that my parents would boast about due to my good results, the one that my cousins were constantly compared to, the one who enjoyed studying and...
“I felt unloved, unwanted and unimportant.” That’s how Ashley Tan summed up the internal struggle she faced growing up as an adopted person. Now 20, Ashley was adopted as an infant in...
My name is Gabriel. I am 20 years old and throughout my life, I have had cancer three times. I had my first encounter with cancer in 2009. I was only five years old then. It started with just...
My heart breaks whenever I read news of bullying cases, it is something that seems to be increasingly reported these days. As someone who’s been on the receiving end of being bullied and...