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This Is What Dragg Looks Like

August 5th, 2016

It is something I am still trying to accept as a part of my life. But I am also working on managing it since it has grown more prominent in certain situations. Not only that, it is still difficult to talk about it because of the perceptions and taboos surrounding it. But I tell you, no one should have to go through this.

It’s real. And because it is real, it is terrifying.

Anxiety, but I refer to it as “Dragg”.

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Theatre Triggers and Heals

February 21st, 2016

It has been an exhausting week and a grueling four months. But I am beginning to feel like myself again, in terms of feeling inspired by art. Particularly, writing and theatre. The two things where I can find genuine solace, because both evoke the need to create and the want to relate. I often talk about how writing is my passion, but theatre is the secret joy that I want to reveal to everyone. (more…)
Please Don’t Ask If I Have a Job Now (And Other Grief-Sensitive Things)

February 13th, 2016

The past few months has opened my eyes and my mind to the other side of life, which is death. Death is complicated to talk about, mainly because we are afraid of its inevitability. But to be in the position where Death has approached a loved one–without consulting with me if I was okay with such a meeting–and led them over to the other side, I cannot ignore the thought of mortality. (more…)