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Vigil
Vicks Vaporub. It’s one of my earliest childhood memories. The smell to date can comfort me and fool me into feeling safe, warm, loved. Like my father’s beautiful hands were when he tenderly applied it on my nose, forehead, chest, … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Funk, Idle Thoughts, In Sickness and In Health
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Jeong
The horror of the pandemic in 2020 was severely compounded in my life because of four things. In early 2019, I lost one of my closest friends to madness. There’s no other word that does it more justice. She was … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Funk, Happy Days, Idle Thoughts, In Sickness and In Health
Tagged #bhumikaanand, anxiety, Bangalore, Bangalore Writers Workshop, BTS, BWW, depression, Epiphany, K-Drama, K-Pop, Kim Seokjin, Korea, Medication, Mental health, panic attacks, Teaching
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Strength
One of my earliest, traumatic memories is how my parents dropped me off at my aunt’s place to visit a hospital or something like that, when I was four years old, for a couple of hours. I remember bawling and … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Funk, Idle Thoughts
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Surrender
I surrender myself to the wisdom of older women, and go on a short holiday after finding a good, but expensive respite care facility for my father. (It was worth it. If I were wealthy, I would do it all … Continue reading