mental health
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Revelations + Destinations
Learning to slow down
For most of my life, I believed that being busy meant being successful. In college, I wore my packed schedule…
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Causes + Bosses
‘Pilipinas, ang hirap mong mahalin’
Last night, I witnessed one of the scariest moments of my life. My best friend spent her only day off…
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Revelations + Destinations
When the mind speaks, listen
There was a time during my mid-20s when I had a migraine almost every day. Along with the migraine came…
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Revelations + Destinations
Stickers
I exist to be torn—to be wanted, used, and pulled apart at the seams. Like the stickers I left in…
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Revelations + Destinations
That grounded feeling
The thing about seeking professional help is it can make you reliant on your meds. The thing about this statement…
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Revelations + Destinations
Eating with two spoons
There is a sense of survivor’s guilt I feel for having made it out of there alive, appearing almost unscathed.…
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Revelations + Destinations
The aesthetic of sadness
Looking through my stash of clutter, I stumbled upon my 12-year-old self’s diary. Written amid the mask-clad, sanitizer-soaked reality of…
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Revelations + Destinations
Location and depression
Moving out to live on your own is a rite of passage that many college students go through, but who…
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