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Articles with tag: illness

Encounters With Depression

Khalid Sohail   Jun 7, 2007   interacts: 48

Depression, like love, is probably one of the most misunderstood words of English language. It has been a mystery for lay people and professionals as it means different things to different people.

Alex

Beena Sarwar   May 17, 2007   interacts: 6

A tall, broad, handsome 21 year old who loved basketball, on the outside he was the same old Alex. But he had become someone he did not want to be.

A Humanistic Approach Towards Mental Illness

Khalid Sohail   Dec 8, 2006   interacts: 51

We need to see a day when people with mental illness can live respectfully and peacefully and do not fear to be persecuted and penalized because of their emotional problems.

Are Artists Really Mad?

Khalid Sohail   Nov 9, 2006   interacts: 45

Creative people are are more at risk to suffer from mental illness than general population as creativity and insanity are genetically transmitted in the same families.

Half a Confession II

Temporal    Mar 5, 2005   interacts: 6

Body sponges, change of sheets, the general bull shit and I cannot help but smile -- what everyone prays for and dreams about -- I had taken for granted -- the leisurely life style where people around me would do my bidding without me having to lift a fin

Sanity

Xoheb Sheikh   Feb 7, 2005   interacts: 15

I was taken aback. The paintings… the craft, the harmony, the beauty in them. And they were made by an abnormal girl?

Elucidation from the Loony Side

zuhair vazir   May 20, 2004   interacts: 25

I am a victim of madness, brought upon by very powerful media. Madness, as you may have realized, is a nature. It has been termed as a disease of the brain but eventually it acquires the attributes of disposition.

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