The daily reality of non-apparent disability
On a random weeknight after work, I stood at a pharmacy counter to buy my antidepressant medication. The fluorescent lighting...
Anomie
I didn’t know how often I lay in my room, alone, and cold, in the middle of the summer, ruminating...
Until when is it okay to not be okay?
Sometimes, I ask the universe: Until when is it okay to not be, okay? I don’t have a photographic memory—but...
The sound of loneliness
I often wonder if the loneliness that sits in the pit of my stomach is meant to be perpetual. I’m...
I intend to not wake up tomorrow
That would’ve been a good farewell note. I’ve been tempted for a few nights to leave this on my Facebook...
From caterpillar to butterfly
Have you ever watched a caterpillar transform into a butterfly? A caterpillar does this through a process that requires it...
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...
Location and depression
Moving out to live on your own is a rite of passage that many college students go through, but who...