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A Journey to Self-Compassion: Felicity’s Story
Healing from sexual abuse in childhood can be a long journey. Felicia shares her courageous movement towards knowledge, self-compassion, and strength.
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Food for the Soul: Cooking as Self-Care
In line with January’s theme of self-care, our volunteer, Rachel, takes us through her self-care method: cooking. In this story, she talks about the importance of self-care and how she accidentally stumbled upon a method that works for her.
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Things I Learnt from Re-watching The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Heavy spoilers ahead. By Iyan // I recently had a pretty bad day. My Instagram account got hacked, I got stranded at a library at midnight with rain pouring all around me, the book-drop I was heading to was closed, and I even missed the last bus. To top it off, I stubbed my toe on…
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No Amount of Renaming is Going to End Stigma
By Claire // “The Institute of Mental Health” What comes to mind when you see those words? Also known as “IMH”, it is not the first name that’s been given to Singapore’s sole psychiatric hospital. Its first name, in 1841, was ‘The Insane Hospital’. That was followed by ‘The New Lunatic Asylum’ in 1887, ‘The…
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My Name is Melancholia
“Our scars do not permanently stain us. The surviving cracks are our badges of victory, the victory of having overcome.”
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Mental Health Fallout: My Struggle with Envy
By Beverly // Earlier this year, I went through an extended period of unemployment after leaving a new job due to struggles stemming from social anxiety. That season of uncertainty brought about many mental battles, including feeling envious of how well the lives of my closest friends seemed to be going. While dwelling on unhelpful…
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It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over
By Jeremy L. // *Content warning: this story mentions self-harm, suicide and suicidal ideation. If you’re in need of support, please get help here.* Many people knew me as strong, hardworking and determined. Until everything changed in late October 2018. It started with having difficulties falling asleep, to having negative thoughts and suicidal ideations, to…
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Finding Light at the End of the Tunnel; Living with Schizophrenia
By Charlene L. // My recovery journey has had its ups and downs. I first started hearing “voices” and having severe delusions at the age of 12. As the year went on, my delusion got worse and I could not differentiate between reality and delusion. And as a result, I attempted suicide by overdosing. What…
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A Young Person’s Search for Meaning
By Sean // I still remember the fateful day I wanted to commit suicide. Depression, the Black Dog as Winston Churchill once called it, had bitten me. I felt empty, alone and completely hopeless. Whenever I looked at myself in the mirror, an overwhelming sense of shame and guilt took over. Thoughts such as: “I…
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De-Stigmatising Self-Harm and Suicidal Ideation: Charlynn’s Story
By Charlynn T. // “Did you do this for attention?” I had not prepared an answer to that question. Paralysed with fear, I stared blankly at my parents, praying they would drop the topic and just dismiss the issue. That was the day they discovered I was self-harming. I’m not sure how it started. I…
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Taxi Conversations: Aznet’s Story
By Aznet T. // When you’re in a taxi, do you make conversation? Lately I’ve been steering topics toward mental health. I might talk about how a mental health social agency trained and matched me to a job: “They helped me for free! I hadn’t worked for five years. They taught me and gave me…
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Humanity’s Time To Shine
The COVID-19 circuit breaker may have brought society to a standstill, but perhaps now is humanity’s time to shine.
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Living With Myself: Gerlind’s Story
Who would choose to go through such painful ups and downs? The medications that help us function day to day do not come cheap, either. When society pushes us away, where are we to go? We are just like you: we need friends, families, support groups, medication, and jobs…It’s now even trickier with the current…
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Team Tapestry 2020: Small Steps for a World of Difference
We’re not big on New Year resolutions, but we’re all about keeping things real. Meet the dreamers and doers behind The Tapestry Project SG!
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Together Against Stigma conference 2019
By Dawn W. // On 3-5 October 2019, like-minded individuals convened in a conference to discuss social stigma faced by persons with mental health conditions. As a bystander, it is convenient to cast people into stereotypes and reduce their narratives to that of mere self-pity; forgetting that they too, are just as human as anyone…