Real Life, Real People

Women hooked on porn: Not just a men’s problem

“Thatโ€™s the day I gave up.” She had been waiting for someone to find out about her habit of watching pornography, so that she could get help. She just needed someone to ask her:...

Mental Health

Pwned by porn: This is how it messes with your mind

It only takes half a second for porn to reach our brain. In comparison, alcohol takes 6 minutes while heroin takes 10-20 seconds. These figures were shared at Set Free 2019, a national summit for...

Surveys & Reports

Singapore, we have a porn problem

“If you marry someone who watches pornography, you can kiss your intimacy goodbye. Because there’s not a woman in Singapore that can compete with porn.” This sobering statement was...

Illness

Overcoming 16 years of severe eczema

I’m 18 this year and I have had eczema since I was 3 months old.ย  It started with patches on my back, slowly spreading all over my body from my scalp to the bottom of my feet. Doing basic...

Life & Death

Unwed, pregnant and headed for Harvard โ€“ I thought the choice was clear

He was my best friend. We had known each other for five years. At that time, both of us were the most senior Ph.D students in the laboratory. We started a secret relationship without the knowledge of...

Life & Death

Praying for the dying

It was 2017, the day after Christmas. The Thir.st team had gathered at my place for lunch, and we were in the midst of playing a game when my phone suddenly rang. It was my friend Aaron’s...

Worldview

Penal Code review: What are the implications if attempting suicide is no longer a crime in Singapore?

For every 100,000 people in Singapore, around 8 are lost to suicide every year. Although there was a slight dip in the total number of suicides reported in 2017,ย the number of seniors taking their...

Life & Death

If God is good, why did my grandma have to die?

When the life of someone close to you flickers away, all sorts of questions will course through your mind. God, if You are good โ€“ why didn’t you save her? Couldn’t you have let her live...

Illness

What happens when the healing doesn’t come?

When I look at my two-year-old toddler playing with her drawing set, I marvel at her perfection. The little angel only has one main imperfection โ€“ she was born with spina bifida, and since her...