Meet the Parents
I’m still a Singaporean, even if depression is universal and international. So as an editorial, I would have to explain some things that come naturally to me – like the idea of a coffeeshop. So here you go.
Monologue
When someone with depression doesn’t speak, it could be because they don’t know what to say. Or don’t have anything to say. But the unfortunate truth that can’t be captured in a comic, not so easily at least, is that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Have you ever met someone like that? Really single minded. Thing is, is she asking a valid question? Some people would think so. Relationships, not just romantic ones… if we value them only by what someone can bring to it,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Straight and to the point huh. Thinking ahead is difficult for someone with depression. Too many possibilities… Especially of things going wrong…
Whoops. Miscommunications and misunderstandings are pretty common, even without depression… Also – my in-laws have been supportive, loving people. Jane’s parents are an example meant to show how some may not be as supportive.
Pause For Effect
Trying means different things for different people. If you don’t have depression, or you don’t understand, or worse – you don’t want to understand, then you’d be asking – what’s the big deal? It’s just a meeting with parents. But[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…