The Illusion Breaker

Depression is not a sign of weakness. Strong people fall into it. Sometimes, saying you are depressed, will volunteer enough symptoms to confirm easily the accuracy of their own self-diagnosis. If not, a few simple questions will quickly confirm the diagnosis: How long have you felt this way?   Do you wake up every morning feeling impossible?   Is every little decision a major burn out to you these days?   Do you find that you cannot make yourself do the simplest household chores, that you used to do easily?   Do you hate yourself for it and sink further?   Do people tell you to cheer up, and you don't know-how, and then hate yourself for hating them? Often, most depressives will unhesitatingly say, "Oh, yes," to all or most of these questions, grateful that you understand. "Depression seldom hits as severely those who have the gift of tears or the ability to rage. It is the stoic, the philosophic cont...

While I was busy working in my office in February 2017, I decided to give myself a social media break, I went on Facebook and scrolled through my feed to take my mind off the horrible sets of management accounts that I was working on for my Indonesian clients. I would usually relax by reading articles on self improvement and sharing them on my feed quoting an excerpt I could relate to but this time my eyes were glued on a post shared by my friend, Nalina Nair who I met in AWAM's Feminist Camp and she just so happened to be involved with the Democratic Action Party (DAP) back then. Her post was about Impian Malaysia needing volunteer teachers for their education camps in Sarawak and Sabah. I knew about Impian Malaysia and what they were doing as a friend of mine, Collin has been involved in it once. I saw him sharing about his experience on Facebook and I really felt like doing it as well but I just couldn't find the time. There is always something more important or wor...