Kelly Telly

Yesterday as I'm writing this, I went to hang out at my friends' house, specifically to talk about our future. Yes, this is what you'll talk about with  me if you're friends with me IRL. Not really about fashion, boys, movies or anything like that. I'm a fool on those topics. Anyways, I'm quite inspired to write about things that we did talk about on that day. Both of us are in our first year of studying in university. It can be said that our high school dreams had finally came true. But of course, life doesn't stop there. Now it is time for us to build brand new dreams for our career and our future adult life. What are things that we need to consider in doing so? 1. Do what we need (responsibility) , then do what we want (dreams) . In this modern age, we identify ourselves as free beings, and and we can do whatever we want. Anyone or anything that seems to be blocking our freedom, will be instantly condemned and taken down. But, can we? Ye...

As a psychology student, the rising awareness of mental health really excites me. More people begin to understand it and getting concerned on how to take care of it, just like how would we take care of our physical health. As a result, more and more myths about mental illnesses are getting debunked. And I wanted to tell my story about depression, to debunk one of those popular myths. Well, this is quite a controversial myth, and simply debunking, or saying it is not true, does not sound right either, as it circulates on a very important aspect in our lives. Religion and spirituality. What is the myth? Depression is a sign of lacking religious practices and faith.  Is that correct? Well, let me tell you my story. This is just a (quite) decent and suitable picture of me that I can think of to put in this post. Depression is not necessarily shown on the face. Please note that. In 2016 and (almost the whole) 2017, I was depressed,  & I believed...