I Met My Younger Self for Coffee.

This is inspired by a recent TikTok trend. Honestly, I was delaying jumping on the TT bandwagon but now that I am working on getting my book published, and have learned that the platform is apparently beneficial to authors (let’s see about my experience), I finally joined last week. I’m @lifeofyasmeenhc, same as on IG. […]

The Glass Child—Ah, I See, That’s Me.

Who is a Glass Child? I’ve written about being the Invisible Child, the Well Sibling, growing up in the shadow of my brother’s schizophrenia but I had never heard of the term “the glass child” before. Until 2023 when I started writing my memoir and searched online for stories about being the well sibling (also […]

Emotional Neglect – And the role your parents played.

Continuing from my last post on childhood Emotional Neglect, is this article on how it can happen in the 1st place. I first heard about the idea of Emotional Neglect during therapy last year, and have since heard it mentioned in various psychology publications. The prevalence of Emotional Neglect among Singaporeans was also discovered in […]

Emotional Neglect – Why You Need to Understand The Impact

Last year, in a bid to understand all my complex and conflicting emotions towards my “family”, my psychologist had asked me about my childhood, especially about who had supported my emotional needs. And I drew a blank. “I don’t recall talking to either parent about my issues,” was what I told her. I had started […]

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