1 // Severed ends It has been a week of contentment that was preceded by a week of staggering anguish. No sleep gave away to anxious dreams. …
I hang upside down to the earth and my niece stands atop it, in her aerial drawing of us. In the drawing, it’s always daytime in India …
Last night’s forecast predicted clouds and rain. But the sun was out all day, today. Our professor brought coffee, cookies, and cupcakes to class. I drank the …
When I was done obsessing over anonymous comedians and eyewear, I became an expert in skincare, overnight. I know the difference between pustules and acne. I know …
Some people know what you looked like in school, they know you take your coffee black, no sugar thanks. They had the front-row seats to your heartbreaks, …
Last week I told papa mummy to be better allies to me. Documenting my soliloquy here. Papa, I am not okay. Home feels toxic. I know we …
In my family, issues either live under carpets or are aired publicly. Arguments happen loudly, meanly, between egos who were never taught to feel or communicate. The …
I write this post to make a whole country’s potential loss of Freedom Of Speech about myself. I don’t think Instagram is going anywhere (and it scares …
I went to a dermatologist to understand some precautionary measures when starting mood stabilizers. A very heavy task at the end of a mind-numbing week of bad …
It’s probably hard to see right now but you need to keep going to therapy, taking those meds, opening yourself up.
(Unless your therapist, meds, companions make you feel unsafe
Starting to communicate that I am having a bad brain day, to my colleagues, partners, friends was a game changer.
It made me
1. Acknowledge that I was having a bad brain day. That I wasn’t just being lazy, moody or hungry.
2. Give myself permission to have bad brain days. Know that it doesn’t make me weak, unreliable or a liability to have bad brain days.
3. Be transparent. Manage energy and expectations.
4. See that there are good brain days too.
It’s one of the hardest things you’ll do. So if you can’t find the words, use this post.
