Mental Health

Family

I am adopted and unashamed: How I traded my fear of separation for peace and identity

“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...

Mental Health

What should I do if I am being bullied?

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...

Surveys & Reports

Do you spend more than 3 hours a day on social media? It’s really not good for you…

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...

Mental Health

My bullies fat-shamed me and told me to kill myself. I nearly did, but God intervened

TW: Bullying, fat-shaming and suicide ideation are mentioned in this article When I was a little girl, I was always cheerful and extroverted. I loved making friends and enjoyed going to school. I was...

Discipleship

3 ways to get past imposter syndrome

Let’s be honest: the fear of not being good enough is real. I’ve often felt like a fraud whenever I’m serving in school, my CCA or even in ministry at church. The experience of looking...

Movies & TV

Inside Out 2: Emotions form, memories build – but God defines

SPOILER ALERT I am a big fan of the Inside Out movies. Having waited for almost a decade, the animated series is back with a sequel featuring our more grown-up protagonist (Riley). I was a Primary...

Culture

Are we trapping ourselves by labelling everything?

“I have no appetite… I think I’m depressed.” “I can’t stand the room being so messy… maybe I have OCD.” “This guy always fidgets around when people talk… maybe he...

Finding Purpose

Full-time under 30: Dropping out of university for my mental health, God was my way maker

“You would need to pay an outstanding amount of S$XXXXX.XX for the withdrawal.” I was stunned. Staring at the email from the Office of Admission, I wondered whether I was making the right...

Mental Health

I can do it with a broken heart: Do we tend to bypass difficult emotions?

While she was on tour last year, news broke that Taylor Swift’s six-year relationship with Joe Alwyn had ended. At her first show after the news, Swift was professional, happy, and more or less put...