Tag: depression
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The Pressures of Human Life
When I was a teenager, all adults would tell me how important it was for me to do well in my studies and get into a good college. I was a good student so I was expected to “achieve my full potential” by getting a good job (engineer or doctor). After that it was expected…
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Early Signs of My Emerging Philosophy
An old piece showing my philosophy taking shape even before I considered myself a philosopher.
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My Velvet Wings
I was once a butterfly,born in reverse.My velvet wingsa burning orange and yellowwith two white eyessurrounded by black circles,on a constant leaden lookoutfor thoughts dull and pragmatic;what the grown-ups called “growing up”. Then I went into a slimy cocoon,slipped right in with a slush,as if someone had sucked me in.But who? Why? How?Maybe my ghost…
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Why Philosophy? – Part II
About a decade ago, I had a blog where I wrote articles that fell under the self-help genre. I had no intention of writing a self-help blog but that’s what it ended up becoming. I had posts on topics such as: If you could read that blog now, you’d think that I was preaching a…
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Rudya Aditya 