Home is so many things.
And on days when I wake up to, or maybe by, the sound of my family fighting, flaring up my anxiety, I need these reminders more than …
Home is so many things.
Postcards:– R sent from Pondicherry– C sent from Australia– Arj sent from Vietnam– Akshu sent from Finland– bb sent from Dubai A happy photo of me under …
Letter to self, we will get to the love bit next time
I know everyday you struggle with being understood. It makes you want to keep talking about what you feel and how you feel it. You want to …
p.
Dear P,Although we have a love-hate relationship, that seems to lean towards hate more often, I don’t want you to think I don’t love you. I do. …
Of big wins
I had a big win yesterday.Mummy was well when she easily could have not been. So I was okay when my chest ache could easily have been …
This dystopian novel life
I feel like— we have entered a dystopian novel, a graphic chapter in a history text book where nothing makes sense & everything is unpredictable, but my …
Taking Mental Health Medicines
Is underrated tough. For all the chillcool I believe myself to be, the stigma gets to me. “Why should your body need medicine to be happy?”It doesn’t, …
Maintaining (relative) peace while quarantined
Many people I know have returned home to their parents to be under quarantine. This is new territory for most & is causing clashes for some. I …
La Bamba
In one of my dreams, I was swinging from the railing of a terrace. Now I take medicines to “calm my limbic system when I sleep”. What …
Before and after
It is known, at least to the people close to me, that I go quiet on social media when I am not doing well. I come back …