Today I come to speak about the curse of knowing yourself too much. The paralyzing reluctance to mistake anxiety for intuition and intuition for anxiety. The fear of responding to perceived threats because you can’t quite place the motivation behind…
A reoccurring struggle for a group of species is negotiating the need to depend on each other amidst conflict. Horrible as it may be, conflict and disparity maintain internal balance and self-respect. Conflict and disparity also separates and taunts. The…
Some time back someone sent me an ex’s picture for laughs. A few days later, I caught myself consumed by the sentiments surrounding our break-up. And I know this was not about that ex specifically because I also caught myself…
All couples fight. All friends fight. Family fights. Fighting is okay. Or so we say. I have two best friends, and I have never fought with either. I used to think about what this unspoken understanding we have for each…
I am at a loss, and it’s no one’s fault. If I was different, I would have put an end to it. But I am not. I am who I am. I am self-centred and limited. First, I experience moments…
I finally watched Malcolm and Marie. So, what’s the point of a film about a couple verbally abusing each other? Plenty. It’s in the details. First, you won’t get a climax here. Shot in black and white, this film is…
Who said we can’t pretend for over 3 months? Considering the rise of short lived relationship they might have been onto something. Talking from personal lived experience, it does not take me three months to stop pretending (I don’t pretend).…
When a close-proximity relationship like a friendship ends, most of us are quick to note the part our friends played in the demise while being oblivious to our own faults. I know for a fact I don’t like the idea…
Have you ever fallen in love? – Then you would know that the feeling is part an attachment process similar to that of a child attaching to a parental figure. How you fall and attach to a lover in a…
There I was watching Insecure for the 100th time when I felt super thankful for all the shitty relationships I’ve been in. Can you guess which character made me feel this way? Yes, you guessed right. The one and only…
