What’s your REAL story?
Today, we watched a documentary made by a well known YouTuber. This documentary didn’t deliver what it promised. The title was enticing, but in the end it displayed a lack of something I’ve felt very […]
Musings
Categories of distressing experience
Trauma is another word for “a deeply distressing or disturbing experience”. Trauma can be anything. Hearing about a loved one experiencing severe trauma can be traumatic. In fact, if you remove the “deeply” then we […]
The saga continues. Or maybe not..
Today, I received a reply from the hospital. This reply is in response to my question about the cyst diagnosis. Here’s what happened: On January 23rd 2019 an ultrasound was made by a resident obgyn, […]
What is empathy?
Empathy is a recurring theme in the things I like to think and talk about. Along with sympathy, emotion, mental health and the relationship between these concepts. I like to think that if I had […]
Just because you can’t see my point of view, doesn’t make you objective
Something to remind yourself of, next time you’re faced with someone who acts like their point of view is the only true one.
On hiding, worth and rest
When I was a kid, my mom handmade a tablecloth made of all sorts of colorful pieces of fabric. It had a door and window, and buttons and shoelaces to practice with for us kids. […]
On being courteous
A few weeks back, two of my mutual friends were talking about gender identity. The term ‘transgender’ is also very commonly used. Now, I don’t consider myself an authority on this topic, but I had […]
Thinking inside the box… four of them to be exact
The past few weeks, I’m observing the appearance of a new ‘discovery’.
The discovery is this: You can describe people’s communication style / personality type with four colors!!!111one
There’s RED, for the strong-willed, fast-paced thinkers.
There’s YELLOW, for the sociable, excitable, “ooh, shiny light”-type persons.
There’s BLUE, for the detail-focused, precise analytics.
And GREEN, for the relationship/feeling-oriented person.
It’s a hype. It’s The New Thing. It’s AMAZING. Aannd… it’s really old :’)