Native Son: The fault in our symbols and how cinema fails at impressionism
It’s cool that Bigger likes both punky screamo and Beethoven, but a character’s bipolar taste in music doesn't make him complex. Neither does…
Depression wears many faces. It isn’t always the stereotype of gloom and doom.
It’s been almost three years since Julia Buencamino, youngest child of award-winning film and theater actors Nonie Buencamino and Shamaine Centenera, died by suicide. Though the journey has been long and arduous, and there are still days when the pain is unbearable, today, the couple is in a much better place, where their personal advocacy is to ensure that parents and caregivers of people with mental health issues keep talking and listening more to those who are under their care.
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time with the super seniors—those who are 75 years old and...
It took TJ Manotoc close to 27 years to find the blessing in a difficult and challenging childhood plagued by depression and anxiety.
“Caught in the crossfire” is how David (not his real name) describes the years before his parents decided to separate and eventually file for divorce.
In December last year, I wrote about the 82 Days of Christmas project that the Assumption College High School Class of ’82 class launched for their beloved batchmate, Pilar Bustamante Estrella. At the time, Pilar had been battling cancer for 10 years.
“Now let us welcome the New Year, Full of things that have never been.” —Rainier Maria Rilke
Since October this year, Ethel Gabaton has made the University dorm at the Ateneo her second home. After her eldest daughter Abby was diagnosed with end stage renal disease in September this year, mother and daughter have been sharing a room at the dorm. Ethel had to move in after Abby’s nephrologist, Dr. Romina Danguilan, said that Abby would require 24/7 company and supervision.
It has been a 10-year cancer journey for Pilar Bustamante Estrella, and 2016 has been the most challenging one.
Scottsdale, Arizona—God’s timing is impeccable. He also has a great sense of humor.
