Mental Health

Learning how to say no: 3 Ps to liberate your life

Lord of my life, finances, family and jobā€¦ But how about Lord of my schedule? I love planning my life so much that I have it down to the hour. Even without the intense workload of teaching, I...

Life & Death

The time I attempted suicide

Pills and broken glass, tears and blood, fear and despair. It was one of the darkest nights of my life. I didnā€™t want to do it yet I couldnā€™t see how to face the next day. The pain of ending...

Life & Death

It took me years to get here, but I finally want to live

To whoever is reading this: I donā€™t claim to be a person who knows exactly what you are going through, but from one messy, broken, redeemed person to another, this is a letter I wish someone...

National Service

I faced down five weeks of depression in NS

In 2018, I struggled with depression for five weeks. As a National Serviceman, I was transitioning from an old camp to a new camp. Things were run differently, and having to adapt to the new...

Secondary

Struggling with my mental health through my O-Levels, I expected the worst

As I prepared for my O-Levels last year, I went through an extremely difficult time. There were many problems and misunderstandings that arose within my friendships due to the state of my mental...

Mental Health

Cutting food and my body, I felt like a walking zombie

My struggle with mental illness started way back when I was in secondary school. I was overwhelmed by family and relationship issues, and faced great pressure in school. I felt the need to perform so...

Life & Death

Living with my brotherā€™s suicide: Remembering Godā€™s goodness and mercy

I was finishing up my work day when my phone rang. The voice on the other end was distraught. ā€œYour brother is gone.ā€ For some reason, these words from my mum didnā€™t quite register. I would...

Mental Health

Truer Words for the troubled mind

We live in a terribly noisy world. Most days, we wake up only to face a bombardment of notifications ā€“ emails, social media posts, text messagesā€¦ the works. It seems as if there is always...

Life & Death

LifeFest 2019: So that every child may have the chance to live

Arriving at St Andrewā€™s Cathedral, I was greeted by a large inflated arch with the words ā€œLifeFestā€ printed across it. Ahead of me, a family of three walked under it hand-in-hand,...