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On being dumped because of a mental illness
Names have been changed. “No bipolars allowed. Life’s too short to keep them around,” my ex Brian recently wrote on his Instagram account. I laughed in disbelief. I imagined him saying it in his British accent, the reason why I fell in love with him on a whim, as if I were an unwanted pet … Continue reading On being dumped because of a mental illness
From thin to thick: weight gain and antidepressants
Growing up, my family called me miswa — thin Filipino noodles used for soup. I had a voracious appetite for rice and ulam, noodles of all kinds, and Kinder Bueno chocolate, yet my metabolism was so fast that I managed to retain my weight and have a stick thin figure. In my early twenties, the … Continue reading From thin to thick: weight gain and antidepressants
