This is a most difficult subject to tackle because there is a lot of shame and social stigma connected to it. Many people, even fellow sufferers of mental disorders, find it hard to sympathize with or understand those who suffer these behavioral problems if they themselves have never experienced it. Sufferers of mental illness who exhibit this... Continue Reading →
Twisting and Turning
February 7th, 2007 All my life, and to my parents’ utter consternation, I have always been something of a misfit. Never could walk the straight and narrow. Always spoke out of turn and skipped to the beat of a different drummer. Some of my friends have quipped that I am a “rebel with too big a cause”. However, I... Continue Reading →
Twisting and Turning
June 5th, 2005 Before I could open my eyes, as my eyelids fluttered in a struggle to free themselves from sleep, I felt myself breathe. The air slowly filled my lungs with a soothing coolness that as I exhaled I felt a calm flood my body. I inhaled deeply once again and my eyes opened wide as... Continue Reading →
Twisting and Turning
January 7th, 2005 This isn’t an extraordinarily special day. This span of 24 hours that shall pass from dawn to dusk and then end in the still frozen chill of another winter sunrise. Fate had not determined a series of significant events for my loved ones or me on this the 7th of January, 2005, but I have other... Continue Reading →
My Mental Trampoline 