Category: Mental Health
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When the Mind Steps Back: The Hidden Spectrum of Dissociation
Most people only notice dissociation when it looks dramatic: missing chunks of time, blank spells, or describing the world as unreal. But that’s just the far end. In reality, dissociation runs through ordinary life in much smaller doses, usually unnoticed. It is less a rare condition and more a sliding scale of how much a…
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Trauma-Informed Care – A Journey to Healing with Zain
Trauma-Informed Care: A Journey to Healing with Zain As a therapist, I’ve been fortunate to witness many remarkable stories of healing and resilience. One story that stands out is Zain’s, a man in his mid-thirties of Asian descent, who courageously allowed me to share his journey with the understanding that his real name is not…
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Finding Light in the Darkness. Elio’s Journey Through Depression and the Power of Psychotherapy.
Elio had always been the kind of person who kept things to himself. On the outside, he seemed fine—maybe even great. He had a decent job, a small circle of friends, and a cozy apartment that he shared with his cat, Luna. But on the inside, things weren’t so simple. Elio had been struggling with…
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How I finally found the right therapist
I’m just going to put it out there: my first experience with therapy was a disaster. Not the dramatic, movie-scene kind of disaster, more like that awkward, cringe-y type where you’re sitting in a small, too-clean room, trying to figure out if you’re even in the right place. I remember it clear as day. I…
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Autism and ADHD: illnesses to treat, or identities to accept?
This is the question sitting at the centre of the neurodiversity movement, and it is not a theoretical one. It affects diagnosis, school support, medication, and how people understand themselves. Conditions like Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have traditionally been treated as disorders. Something in brain development affects attention, communication, impulse control,…
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The Illusion of “Toxic People”
There is a popular idea in mental health conversations that some people are simply “toxic”. The term is used to describe ex-partners, friends, colleagues, even family members. It suggests a clear moral category: some people are healthy, others are harmful, and the solution is to identify the harmful ones and cut them out. It is…
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You Are Not “An Avoidant”. Why Attachment Styles Got Turned Into Bad Astrology
Somewhere along the way, attachment theory left the clinic, got a haircut, and rebranded itself as something you can diagnose from a TikTok comment section. Now people say things like “I’m anxious” or “he’s avoidant” with the same certainty they might say “I’m a Capricorn” or “he’s just like that with everyone”. It sounds psychologically…
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Rethinking Self-Sabotage: Why We Protect Ourselves by Getting in Our Own Way
When Protecting Yourself Feels Like Failure You’ve probably done it: put off a big project, ghosted a friend, said “no” to an opportunity that excited you. Later, you call it self-sabotage. But here’s the twist—what if it isn’t sabotage at all? What if, in its messy, frustrating way, your brain is trying to save you?…
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Finding Light in the Darkness. Elio’s Journey Through Depression and the Power of Therapeutic Change
Elio had always been the kind of person who kept things to himself. On the outside, he seemed fine—maybe even great. He had a decent job, a small circle of friends, and a cozy apartment that he shared with his cat, Luna. But on the inside, things weren’t so simple. Elio had been struggling with…