Category: Mental Health
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Karamelien: Track of the Day
Ooh, it’s living with the moon You’ll understand it soon In a sweet reverie, bathing in the silver light Karamelien Karamelien of the UK wrote “Living with the Moon,”a brilliant song about coping with mental health issues. In a way, the song reminds me of dealing with grief and finally being able to handle life…
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116 Days of Summer Guests: Mackenzie Day
I think Code Red is the most impactful, most special song I’ve ever written. Now, 8 years of difficulties & challenges, I’ve been watching my sister go through and helping her through her struggles still today. The struggle to live a normal life due to the impact of mental illness(Severe Depression & Severe Anxiety). Not…
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Meet and Greet: Check Your Head Podcast
CHECK YOUR HEAD: Mental Help for Musicians Podcast and host Mari Fong has won a 2021 “People’s Choice” Podcast Award for “Best Asian Hosted Podcast.” Fong commented, “I’m especially proud to be in this category because it was my parents, my Chinese Father, and my Japanese Mother, who instilled in me a strong work ethic,…
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Split Milk: Un-Motivated
My mom said something about split milk. God bless my mom and her typos. She meant spilled milk but the split milk sounded kind of like it could be a thing. Also, if I don’t take a shower, I’m going to smell like sour milk and that is kind of gross. Depression is a sneaky…
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Driving Maybe. Sinking Definitely
I shouldn’t tell you. It’s too much information maybe. I feel like I’m sinking into a murky abyss. Nothing is going right and it affects everyone around me. I’m sinking and dragging everyone down. I hit a telephone pole. Everyone is fine. The telephone pole is still standing At some point, I will have to…
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Kidney Chronicles: Let’s Do Our Nails Again
My friends, my mom, the doctor all want to know, “How do you feel?” I’m supposed to say fine. Fine. I feel freaking awesome. It’s all a lie. The only good thing I could say to the doctor was that my nails look great. Really, they do. I’ve had nothing but time to spend on…
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Am I Going to Lose My Way Too?
As a writer, I lump myself into the category with confessional poets, like Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. Plath and Sexton both committed suicide. As a regular person, I lump myself into the category with other friends that have mental health issues. Mentally and emotionally, we have all lost our way at some point. Some…
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