Growing Pains

Diverse voices on mental wellness in Singapore that bring you closer to your emotional and mental truth

Written by the author Ming Kwang, the book begins with an overview of how mental health affects us all. Many people associate mental health with conditions such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, which can only be properly identified through a clinical diagnosis. However, what’s missing in today’s mental health conversations is the concept of mental and emotional wellbeing. The stressors of life affect everyone, regardless of age, gender, religion or economic class. Over time, our internal emotional landscape is shaped by these stressors, and we view the world through our ‘tinted pair of glasses’. Therefore, it is crucial that we continuously engage in the mental wellbeing conversation to unpack and map out our internal world and to understand the language of emotions so that we can create positive outcomes in our own lives and the lives of others.