Trapped in a toxic space by those I trusted most had eroded my self-esteem, turned me into a young adult with no self-love. It was time to step away.

Most applications for study overseas have to be made around this time. There are a million questions in students' minds. A handy checklist.

We aren't supposed to have a certain type of body, skin colour or height because that's the rule of nature or at least genetics.

Rubi didi was an immoral girl who had “gotten out of hand”. That is how I knew her. I sat with my friends and judged her as we made her into this cautionary tale that that none of us wanted to turn into.

Strength may also look like, slight smiles on days when lips refuse to curl. Tiny attempts, while toes refuse to budge. Lazy mornings and laidback evenings, reaching out for bits of joy, and tiny pleasures.