When someone has lived with mental illness since childhood, their experience of the world is shaped early. Not only that, but it often echoes in the things they say, even years later. Whether it’s an underhanded comment or an offhand remark, these phrases can hold the weight of years of trying to cope, mask pain,…
The Quiet Cost Of Always Trying To Be The “Easygoing” One
When you’re the one who’s always “fine with anything,” it can feel like a badge of honour—calm, chill, drama-free. The problem is that under the surface, being the easygoing one often means shrinking your needs, swallowing your feelings, and being overly flexible to make everyone else more comfortable. Here’s what that kind of emotional labour…
Mindsets That Seem Harmless But Quietly Undermine Your Confidence
Sometimes you don’t even realise your confidence has left the building until long after it’s gone. That’s because it often fades slowly, chipped away by thoughts and beliefs that sound sensible on the surface. These mindsets are sneaky—they masquerade as humility, logic, or caution, but end up keeping you stuck, small, and second-guessing yourself. The…
20 Things Lonely People Tend To Do Without Even Realising It
Someone who’s experiencing loneliness isn’t necessarily sitting alone in their home crying about how isolated they feel. They don’t often don’t walk around saying, “I’m lonely.” Instead, they try to cope, self-soothe, or distract themselves in quiet ways. However, as time goes on, these patterns can become part of their emotional routine—keeping them feeling isolated…
What Is NAD+ And Why Your Body Depends On It More Than You Think
There’s a molecule quietly working behind the scenes of nearly every system in your body, and it doesn’t get half the spotlight it deserves. It’s called NAD+ (short for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), and without it, your cells would struggle to survive, let alone thrive. It plays a central role in how your body produces energy,…
The Pressure To Be “Further Ahead” Is Exhausting—Here’s How To Let Go Of It
It’s everywhere—the quiet panic that you should be doing more, earning more, achieving more, knowing more. You scroll past someone’s big win or see an old classmate with their perfect life update and suddenly feel behind, like you’re late to your own future. Of course, the truth is that pressure to be “further ahead” is…
What It Feels Like To Carry Things No One Knows About
You can be cheerful, helpful, even funny on the outside, and still be carrying heartbreak, anxiety, guilt, or fear that no one sees. Maybe you learned to hide it early. Maybe it feels safer that way. But the thing about invisible weight is that it’s just as heavy, sometimes heavier because no one offers to…
You Don’t Have To Be ‘Zen’ To Be Mindful (Here’s What It Can Actually Look Like)
Mindfulness often gets tangled up with images of people sitting cross-legged on mountaintops or sipping herbal tea in total silence. That’s ridiculous, really—you don’t have to be calm, spiritual, or vaguely glowing to practise it. Mindfulness doesn’t require perfection—you just need to do more noticing. It’s about showing up to your life on purpose, even…
Neurodivergent People Who Are Used To Masking Their Struggles Often Say These 20 Things
Masking is one of the most common and successful coping strategies neurodivergent people use to get through their days. In fact, lots of people with conditions like ADHD become experts in hiding their differences to fit into a world that doesn’t always make space for them. After a while, the constant effort to appear “normal”…
Why Feeling Bored With Your Life Might Be A Good Sign
When incessant boredom takes over your life, that’s usually not seen as a good thing. You start to feel like something’s wrong, like you’ve lost your spark, your direction, or your momentum. Of course, the twist is that restless, “Is this it?” feeling isn’t always a problem. Sometimes, it’s your brain actually nudging you toward…