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One month afterĀ the passing of my mother in April 2011, I ended a year-long relationship with my boyfriend. The relationshipĀ had already been on the rocks for months. It was adding to the...
When I first found the knife, I thought nothing of it.Ā But I did wonder why it wasn’t in its usual place. It had been wiped clean and was lying beside a bottle of vodka and some lighter fluid...
I almost committed suicide in August of 2017. Iād made plans. Iād started to put part of it into action, unbeknown to those closest to me. I have a loving wife, a couple of good kids, and a...
In 2009, I visited a friend in hospital for the “blues”.Ā I was 17 years old and stood at the door clutching a bunch of flowers, not quite comprehending what had just happened. In 2015, I...
Donāt be silly, only kids half your age do these things. The oldĀ pen knife blade was cold to the touch. In my head, a fierce battle raged. But I deserve this. IĀ fell into the deep, dark and...
I’d finally climbed out of a deep pit in my life, where I had decided to hide for the longest time.Ā I looked up and I saw Him at the edge of the pit; He was helping me back up. So I climbed...
Dear You, I see you. You hold down a stable job. You’re well-dressed. You were at work today, in new shoes and your favourite dress. You were wearing cute animal ear studs! You were almost late...
As he walked into anĀ austere interview room at Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) over a year ago, Shawn Lai had absolutely no idea of what he was getting himselfĀ into. “I was quite clueless in...
In my teens, I often volunteered as a facilitator in student camps. By the time I wasĀ 19, I was helping out atĀ my sixth camp, where we brought a bunch of students to Malaysia for a week’s...