It’s a story I’ve heard hundreds of times over the last fifteen years, whispered in therapy rooms and shouted in memoirs. It starts not with a desire to party, but a desperate need to feel normal, or perhaps, to feel nothing at all. In 2025, we finally seem to be grasping a fundamental truth that […]
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There are times when the silence is the loudest sound. A ringing in your ears that isn’t really there, but it fills your head with every doubt, every fear, every echo of pain. For years, I chased that silence, hoping it would bring peace. Instead, it brought an emptiness, a hollowness that swallowed me whole.
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A story from an Anonymous Psychiatrist who doesn’t want his/her identity published…. I have spent the last fifteen years sitting across from brilliant, kind, and terrified adults who hear whispers in an empty room. In my practice, schizophrenia is often the most misunderstood diagnosis. The media paints it as dangerous or chaotic. But the reality
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Disclaimer: I am a writer and a digital strategist, not a doctor. If you are in immediate danger, please contact your local emergency services or the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) Crisis Hotline in the Philippines at 1553. The armor feels heavy today, doesn’t it? We aren’t talking about “feeling blue” or having a
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Let’s cut the polite conversation. Addiction isn’t a “bad habit.” It’s a parasite. It’s a vampire that drains your creativity, your fire, and your ability to feel anything real, replacing it all with a gray, numbing static. If you are reading this, you probably feel like you’ve lost the script to your own life. You
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That feeling. You know it. It starts as a whisper of dread, and then, suddenly, the volume gets cranked to max. Your chest tightens like a vice. The air turns to sand. Your mind scrambles, convinced you’re either dying or going completely mad. It’s an ambush, a brutal attack where the enemy is invisible and
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