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Author name: Leslie Dulfo

In-Between Lucid Intervals

The Corruption of time

Today is Mental Health Awareness Week, not Mental Health Awareness Month. International Mental Health Awareness Month is in May and the regalia goes on. That is the irony of time, yesterday is different from today and from tomorrow. Today is October 9, 2025 specifically and exactly. There’s a clear difference from the now and the …

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That “Guni-guni”

Sometimes I’ve been thinking how to put myself in the shoes of others. There are blind people who can’t easily walk or take a jeep especially during these rainy days. It kept me asking myself that it’s too hard not being able to see anything. Sometimes, elders I know can’t hear properly (that’s a sign …

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Sail On, Friend!

People come and go as they say. Yet, the ones who stay are the ones we have to be grateful for. Time is not even a valid argument for longevity. Relationships sometimes may be toxic but we don’t realize it until it’s too much or too late? What is toxic is not healthy, but our …

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The Abyss

I wonder how one gets out of the abyss. I wonder how one finds light in the circumstantial sadness and chagrin. I wonder how one finds hope in between and among thoughts and musings. I wonder how one lies down and no matter what one does, closed eyes never mean a peaceful mind. I wonder …

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Why not, coconut?

Besides the coconut being like a giant nut according to a song, the coconut in common parlance is used by Filipinos to mean an empty and hallow brain. No matter what language or gay lingo you know of, this proves true, “Women are made of beauty and brains more than yes – coconuts!” Take for …

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You and I

A couple of times, I’ve wondered what is the meaning of life and why we often lose hope. Trigger warning, even headlines talk about losing the will to live. If there’s anything I can say to those who’s losing it, it’s that tomorrow is full of surprises. I mean, don’t you get excited just thinking …

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FOMO

How are you today?  I hope you took care of your mental health. Nothing is worth saving more than our health – especially our mental health. The effects of social media are truly tremendous from everyday life to our socially acceptable norms and even, as I’ve said, our mental health. Have you seen all that …

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Trauma and Safe Spaces

Trigger Warning: This article talks about Trauma and Mental Disorders. Should you need help, call 911 (for Baguio City) and the Baguio General Hospital Medical Center through the Mental Health Crisis Hotline: 09509916841 (Globe) for individuals in immediate crisis with cases of violence and self-harm. Also, for the National Center for Mental Health Crisis Hotline, …

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Mayhem

Trigger Warning: This article talks about Schizophrenia, Trauma and Mental Disorders. Should you be triggered because of internal and external circumstances, call 911 (for Baguio City) and the Baguio General Hospital Medical Center through the Mental Health Crisis Hotline: 09509916841 (Globe) for individuals in immediate crisis with cases of violence and self-harm. Also, for the National …

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You are Beautiful!

As I sit upon a beauty salon, I remember how often we are set into standards of beauty and even gender. The real beauty for women is set to standards of being princesses like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and not Fiona the Shrek. The whiter skin, the more beautiful! But what if you’re more of …

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