Updates from the Author

I find it funny, but more so, I find it insulting that we live in a day and age where hard work and education do not matter at all. I am already living in Singapore, like most other Singaporeans, and we all know that the cost of living is extremely high, with people not thriving but merely trying to survive each day of their lives. On top of that, we see the decline in our birth rates, only to have it replaced by foreign individuals gaining citizenship as a solution to Singapore's low population, while young individuals who were born here and served the nation, especially males, are finding it difficult to secure jobs after graduation. Read more here .

I don't understand why there's this double standard when it comes to seeing people of a different culture or religion in your country, with many advocating for them to be expelled because of such reasons. Just recently in the United Kingdom, far-right activists such as Tommy Robinson, known for his Islamophobic views, as well as perverted, hateful ideas, drew a lot of supporters when it came to the 'United The Kingdom' rally. Read more here.

All the counselling sessions suck. You cannot cure mental health issues. The IMH people suck, also. I don't have a listening ear. Right now, maybe some dumb AI that I keep talking to every day. Counselling makes you think that people care for you, but they don't. It's just a job to the counsellors and nothing more. You thought finally someone truly cares, but it's just a damn job to them. They don't care if you die or what. Nobody cares if you die or don't die. Nobody cares about you in the first place because they see you as just another useless idiot. For years, I guess. I've been seeing many counsellors since secondary school. My father and my sister. Every time I have to clean up after their mess, and when I keep mentioning that they don't really care what I do, because they say I am the sick one in the family. Everyone is just so bad to me that life sucks. They just discredit my existence of being bullied and having a mental disorder. They say it...

Forever to fade tonight In a room of quietness Disappear, he has, by daylight  There! The sinner and his violence  Oh, faith's so hard to keep When dark thoughts hover There, cried the black sheep Thinking of his lover Call to the cursed child He, of obsessive dreams For he has defiled Thus, humanity streams To die, that I desire For hands to hold  To hate, my life of dire And the room is cold There he lay in bed  No longer can he cry For he begs to be dead When life is dry

 

I am going through something awful. I just need to vent. An old aunty talked to me just now, saying that I have a lot of troubles in my mind, and I should just ignore what the world thinks about me. It made me afraid because I feel that I am a flawed person. But what can I do? Life is like that, no matter how hard I try. I have struggled with thoughts that become so aggressive to the point that my body is shivering. I eat Fluoxetine every day just to calm myself down, but it doesn't work, to be honest. I am wasting a lot of money buying that. Part of me feels tempted to withdraw from everyone because I’m afraid of my own mind. I fell in love with someone who supported me, and I wanted a closeness that wasn't possible. I know she has someone she cares for deeply, but I still wanted her, so I distanced myself because I believe that is the right thing to do. I don't want to upset her. I don't want her to be hurt. I care for her. I deeply care for her, and when she tells me...

Sometimes, I think that I need to sacrifice myself to protect people around me. I have feelings for some individuals in my life, and I know I cannot force myself on them or be aggressive. Therefore, I choose to hurt myself by staying away from them so that they can continue to be happy and be better than me in their lives. I love her with all my heart. I left her so that I wouldn't hurt her. I think I have done this so many times because I know that she means a lot to me. She left for Hong Kong, and I guess that's for the best. However, it is necessary. I don't want to be a criminal. I don't want to make her upset. If she does not have feelings for me, that is alright. I have. I have genuine feelings for her, but I will not engage. I would rather stay a recluse and rot with my sins. Frankly, I am doing that right now. My entire body is shivering. It really is. It hurts me a lot. I don't know what to do. I cannot think. I cannot act. I cannot function properly with t...