Tag: anxiety

  • Grown and Flourished: Lea’s story

    Grown and Flourished: Lea’s story

    Editor’s note: One final inspiring story for the road. I really love Lea’s way of conveying her journey. Heartfelt, candid and bittersweet. This is a young person’s courage and compassion right there. 

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  • Fighting Enemies: Ritalyn’s Story

    Fighting Enemies: Ritalyn’s Story

    Editor’s Note: Ritalyn wrote to us to share her journey of recovering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression and anxiety. It’s been a long and winding road, but her efforts have paid off. Having a mental health condition does not impede us from excelling, doing what we love, or giving back to society. Read more…

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  • From Darkness to Light: Dee’s Story

    From Darkness to Light: Dee’s Story

    Editor’s Note: Many times we do not realise how far we’ve come until we turn a page, to look back in reflection. This is why journalling is key to mental health recovery. Dee shares her personal journal entry which was written during her darkest times. Today she lives in victory and continues to make progress day…

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  • An in(VISIBLE) Story

    An in(VISIBLE) Story

    Editor’s Note: Mental health disorders are usually deemed abstract; “invisible”, in contrast to physical ailments like a fractured limb or the flu. I am therefore so thrilled that this handful of youth are championing for real and relatable mental health in their upcoming play in(VISIBLE). I especially appreciated that they took pains to develop the characters holistically, instead of reducing them to…

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  • Please stop asking if I’ve taken my medicine: Raphael’s Story

    Please stop asking if I’ve taken my medicine: Raphael’s Story

    Editor’s Note: Often times we don’t realise that our words can mar our best intentions. Perhaps we ought to pay more attention to our tone and timing when it comes to expressing care towards those around us. Here’s a raw account by Raphael on the topic of medication. Thanks for the candid sharing Raphael! 

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  • OCD Warrior: Joe’s Story

    OCD Warrior: Joe’s Story

    Editor’s Note: For the last 14 years, ‘Joe’ has coped with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and felt it was time to speak up about such conditions. OCD is highly treatable and can be effectively managed through a combination of medication, psychotherapy, having good social support, and a change in lifestyle. Read on to understand what it’s like…

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  • ‘D’ is for Dignity in Depression

    ‘D’ is for Dignity in Depression

    By Nicole K. // Warning: This isn’t the usual positive, upbeat sort of article I would normally write. But I think when it comes to talking about dignity, I need to reveal some of the things I’ve personally been through that exemplify the opposite of it. This might be triggering for some people, hence reader discretion is…

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  • Coping with Low Energy

    Coping with Low Energy

    Recovery is a full-time gig, complete with victorious highs and crushing lows. And so, going public with my depression does not mean my life is now full of rainbows and sunshine (I do wish!) It also does not mean that I have “recover-ed”, but am “recover-ing”. These past months were a good reminder that I…

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  • Project Dawn: An Event Story

    Project Dawn: An Event Story

    Editor’s Note: It was many months ago when I met Wei Lun and his team. They got in touch with us, wanting to understand more about mental illness in Singapore. It never ceases to amaze me how open and teachable these young people are. Despite initially not having the vocabulary to articulate their concerns, I could see how genuine and…

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  • Calming The Storm: Angeline’s Story

    Calming The Storm: Angeline’s Story

    Editor’s Note: Angeline shares what it was like going through panic attacks and anxiety disorder. It made going to work and travelling impossible at one point, but today, she is gainfully employed and has made leaps and bounds in her recovery. We are extremely proud of her for actively seeking out help, and for being so…

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  • Paying It Forward: Vijay’s Story

    Paying It Forward: Vijay’s Story

    Editor’s Note: We’re so honoured to have Singapore Peer Specialist, Vijay, share his personal story with us on Tapestry! A humble, unassuming individual who’s ever so encouraging, we certainly need more people like him in our society 🙂 Thank you for sharing your story, Vijay. Let’s impact lives one story at a time.

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  • Book Review: Five Little White Pills

    Book Review: Five Little White Pills

    Five Little White Pills by Choo Kah Ying Five Little White Pills is a beautifully written book by Choo Kai Ying. In it, she describes in detail her struggles with bipolar disorder, which she refers to as manic depression (MD). The first half of the book begins with her university life as an undergraduate in…

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  • Overcoming the Odds: Sufyan’s Story

    Overcoming the Odds: Sufyan’s Story

    I first met Sufyan during this year’s Singapore Mental Health Conference. As we briefly traded war stories in our battle for sanity, I could fully relate to how it was like being homebound and unemployed due to severe anxiety and panic attacks.

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  • See The Full Picture: An Event Story

    See The Full Picture: An Event Story

    By Nicole K. // It was a Saturday afternoon. I was sweating buckets walking down the bustling and colourful Haji Lane, known for its eclectic mix of vintage and contemporary artisan shops, encompassing all things quaint and quirky. But I wasn’t perspiring profusely because of the sweltering heat from the afternoon sun, or the thick tropical humidity. It was my…

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  • Lending Hope: Justina’s Story

    Lending Hope: Justina’s Story

    By Justina // Once, during a rough patch when I felt utterly hopeless, I quoted Elosie Cole’s poem “Borrowed Hope” in a session with my psychiatrist: “Lend me your hope for awhile. A time will come when I will heal, And I will lend my renewed hope to others.” He told me that recovery looks…

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