HOME IS A STORYLINE

So this is growing up: time seems to pass by so swiftly, we're no longer protected by the shield of our beloved parents, and when we return to our hometown, it doesn't quite feel like home anymore. Why does this happen? Nostalgia floats in the air as we pass by the old hangout places in…

Why the Man Cave Holds No Appeal for Me

We guys do need liberating. From ourselves. From the brutal and awful ways we police manhood. From the seemingly endless, dick waving rituals of toughness and triumph. From the fear of being seen to break.

My Depature from feminism.

I am no longer able to align myself with a movement that has lapsed into the basic intellectual follies of confusing correlation with cause and with insisting upon a monocausation model that seeks to regard everything through an either/or lens. The abject failure of contemporary middle class Feminism to deal with the multi-variate inputs of the gender equation has rendered it cringeworthy.

FORLORN: A JOURNEY THROUGH MILENNIAL LONELINESS

Humans are deeply social creatures. Our ability to collaborate may be the hallmark of human species. We can’t run the fastest, fight the most ferociously, or see the farthest. But, at our best, we can work together better than any other species. This means that “feeling social” isn’t just a mood for happy hour and…

What Makes Depression Difficult is not the Sadness

Hope is what gets us through hard times, it is what keeps us going. It is the reason why people endure tremendous hardships. And it is the one thing you are missing at the time when you would need it the most. "The Audacity of Hope".

To my friend struggling with depression

To those who do not know her, “Mental illness” Seems to be either a buzzword, A catch-all, A scapegoat for bad behavior Or a haunting phobia That just might come true. For those of us who know mental illness intimately At her best, When she makes us confront our deepest insecurities And at her worst,…

DICKMATIZED? SIS, YOU NEED HELP.

If you are familiar with the internet and social media, you have most likely come across that term before. Oft used in heterosexual relationships to describe a situation where a woman has a crazy obsession over a man because he has a good dick, or is good in the affairs of “inner chamber”. This obsession…

My family of choice.

So, I empower all those reading this who ended up in families with people who are incapable of, or perhaps simply disinterested in, providing healthy support to acknowledge and hang on to the ones who do support you. It’s okay if those people don’t have the same last name as you or if their skin tone isn’t the same as yours. The human experience isn’t meant to be an isolated one; if you find someone or a group of someones who like you for you, embrace it. #RelationshipGoals is having 100% of the relationships in your life be with people you don’t have to change yourself for.

A love letter to the world

Look around. What do you see? People scurrying. Planning, making, doing. Ticking off bucket lists and achieving objectives. Bettering themselves. Head down, bum up in the dense and detailed thicket of living. There is nothing inherently wrong in this. After all, we have such a tiny window of awareness that it makes sense for us…

DATING SOMEONE WITH DEPRESSION

Depression is an exhausting and debilitating mental illness that can seriously wreck a person and his relationship with others. Every day is a mountain you have to climb and it's so exhausting that you just want to curl up and never leave your home. You feel like everyone has abandoned you, and that you’re all…

Lost in Transition: Darkness in Diaspora

Generally, there has been increased coverage of mental health issues by the media worldwide this year than ever before. This is owing to the rising prevalence of cases of mental illness all over the world. Despite widespread media coverage, there still exists vast and incommensurate lack of understanding of mental health and illnesses among the…