The hardest and easiest thing to do is to begin again. My fellow ruminators, you get me, yes? Like a creeping willow, the smallest remark or incident can wrap its tendrils around our minds, leeching its useless poison into our brains. And we nurture it for far too long. Years ago, when I discovered the […]
What It Means To Be A Glass Child at 50
Lately, there’s been some public recognition of “well” siblings like me. I read Isabelle Lee’s recent reflections in The Straits Times and CNA—written by someone much younger, and in a different situation. Her words struck a chord. Not just because they were honest but because they were familiar. Isabelle’s story reminded me of my own: […]
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. […]
Oh, you really took the cake, 2024.
It’s been that kind of year. Alternating layers of dark and light. It started on Jan 3 with my eye/neurological issue that saw me admitted for an emergency 3-night hospital stay including a scary lumbar puncture and countless tests…with no conclusions as to why this happened, leaving me with some permanent vision loss in my […]
When My Estranged Father Died
15 Nov 2024. My father died on this day. It’s taken me a while to write this. I wish I could have found a photo of us, posted it and shared my grief with the world as soon as I heard. But I couldn’t. Not because I didn’t have any photos of him with me […]
World Mental Health Day 2024, You Might Just Be Proud Of Me.
Oh boy, and it’s October just like that. And it’s World Mental Health Day today. So Happy WMHD to you, and I hope you can find a little time today to breathe and do something nice for yourself. I’m not doing much for this year’s WMHD, normally I’d pick a topic to write up for […]
Talk about a dramatic start to the year!
It’s been less than a month into the new year and so much has already happened. I’m re-reading my 2023 recap now and once again, I am struck by the irony of it all. When I said that “I was concerned about the other shoe dropping”, gosh, I certainly didn’t realise it would be my […]
Will I Ever Be Okay?
I don’t know if I will ever be “okay”. Well, as far as society’s definition of what “okay” means, I guess. Does okay mean never feeling down, lost, hopeless? Does okay mean living a life of perfect equilibrium, knowing that there will always be ups and downs? The downs, the sadness that I am talking […]
My Long Battle with Endometriosis
Hello! This is not an overtly mental health related post (though there are mental health implications for those who suffer from this disease), but seeing as how I have had two big surgeries to deal with endometriosis in the span of 10 years, I thought I’d share my experience in regard to this normally not […]
Doc gave you Licence to Chill. Can you?
Right. We are well into the New Year and it’s been all about my recent operation so far. On Jan 5th, I had surgery for endometriosis and to remove my swollen fallopian tubes. Might not sound like the best way to start the year, but you could also say that I was prioritising my health, […]