Emotional validation is the acceptance of a person’s feelings, thoughts, and emotional experiences.  Emotional invalidation, then, is when a person’s thoughts, feelings, and emotional experiences were belittled, rejected, judged and ignored.    Some people say,  “ para ayun lang”  “ ako nga eh napagdaanan ko naman yan pero nalagpasan ko”  “ ang babaw mo naman”  “ ang OA mo naman”  “ ang sensitive mo naman”    Instead of showing care and concern to the person who is experiencing emotional stress, you tend to invalidate their feelings that often lead to thinking that they are worthless and that their feelings don't...

TW: Depression, Suicide, Mental Health issues   In 2018, the ongoing crisis with mental health in the Philippines aided in pushing through the passing of the Mental Health Act. From then, there was a noticeable increase in the monthly average calls received by the National Center for Mental Health. Despite the existing act, the designated expenditure for mental health is barely 5%, a seemingly lower percentage compared to other Western Pacific countries like Malaysia and Indonesia. Furthermore, there are only 7.76 hospital beds and 0.41 psychiatrists per 100,000 people, as stated by the World Health Organization in 2007.     According...

Nitong ika-16 ng Setyembre, inaprubahan ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board o LTFRB ang pagtaas ng pamasahe sa mga pampublikong sasakyan dahil sa patuloy na pag-angat ng presyo ng krudo. Ang dating 11 na pisong pamasahe ay magiging 12 na piso simula ngayong ika-4 ng Oktubre. Marahil kamot ito sa ulo ng mga Pilipino dahil sa pagbaba ng estado ng ekonomiya ng bansa ngunit ito ay maliit na tulong para sa mga tsuper. Tulad nalang ng mga Jeepney drivers sa Probinsya ng Quezon.    Ang probinsya ng Quezon ay binubuo ng trenta’t siyam na munisipalidad na may karaniwang dalawamput...

Have you tried waking up whereas, one day, you can’t face the person anymore? You can’t go to the place where you once called “happy place”? You can’t even take to hear the voice of the once you loved? Because today, they are your anxiety triggers. This article is written with empathy to the ones who are trying to overcome anxiety and depression. Those brave individuals who keep on showing up in spite of having no enough sleep. In spite of not eating well. In spite of all the odds that keep on boxing him or her in their own...

Is there any way for us to move on? The answer is yes. But definitely, as most of us can say “it is not easy”. Cheating per se has a wide scope of its mean. It can be that of looking and investing love to someone else while you are committed in a relationship. Cheating can also be investing too much time on something or hobby instead to your special someone. And cheating can also mean lying or hiding your true identity (catfishing). Whatever form of cheating it might be, cheating is cheating and it will always be a “choice”....