By anonymous Trigger Warning: Suicide My heart is beating fast. My palms are sweating. I sit down and take deep breaths. I can’t really think. Well, except for one thing. I can’t even say it out loud. To be honest I’m scared. I’m unable to talk yet I want people to see the turmoil wrecking […]

By Lindiwe Dhlamini *Trigger warning: Sexual assault, rape In my last article “My biggest fears are…” I wrote about mine and mother’s estranged relationship, reason being it is directly linked to the ‘Still I Rise’ journey. The link may be good or bad, but the truth is; what lies on the other side of all […]

*Trigger warning: suicide Dear Self, Today, I want to take the time to acknowledge the emotionally eventful three months you had to endure at the expense of my experiences and decisions. ‘Emotionally eventful’ is an expression I feel describes the past three months perfectly. They have been filled with laughter, joy, at times, but mostly, […]

By Milian Miles Every day starts out as a very dark, ugly, gloomy one. While many people wake up from nightmares, I wake up into mine. I am living in a society where mental illness is seemingly becoming a fad. It is now cool to be OCD, to be bipolar, to experience depression. However, not […]

*Trigger warning: Suicide substance abuse* I didn’t write this because I had nothing better to do. I didn’t write this because I want recognition. I wrote this because I’m embarking on a self-discovery journey. I want to share my experience with the hope that you learn from it. I wrote because I want to warn […]

By Lihle I know we sometimes let our parents down. But would you admit when your parents let you down? Would you confront them? Sure, they bought you clothes and food but there was a time when you needed them to tell you how much they love(d) you.  There was a time you longed for […]