From a young age, Kelly Seah’s life was marked by hardship and instability. She grew up in a broken family, torn between her divorced parents, each of whom had remarried. She endured physical...
If that’s you, my friend, how has the year been so far? I know you might think that nothing has changed. You still feel the pounding in your heart, the endless noise in your mind, the heaviness...
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 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 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...
CNA recently released an article which contained some eye-opening findings from a study done by the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), establishing a strong link between excessive social media use and...