Sharon Eappen

On the 2 nd of March 2018, Hillsong Young and Free released their first music video  that spoke of the issue of mental health which clearly wasn’t the type of video you would expect to see on a Christian Music channel. While I found the song to be extremely soothing, with the hate and false alarms being triggered around the video being dark, cultic (which I heard a little too much) or displaying creepy ghosts and bloody rain (laugh, if you like) I thought I’d break down portions of the video and explain it because oddly enough I’ve seen too many response videos and read too many articles and comments of people over-analysing the symbols on the video instead of receiving the message of God’s peace especially for those who struggle with anxiety on a mental health level. “I think for a really long time I didn’t understand what anxiety is. When I look back at my whole life I feel like I can see traces of this for as long as I can remember but it wasn’t diagnosed until I ...

Here's an Independence Day themed poem I wrote for a school program in 2017. Check it on my school blog here !

(This is a confessional piece. Please read at your own discretion)  My silence screams through the night But no one can hear it. It isn't your regular type of scream It's blends with the peaceful sound of crickets. My silence yells through my anxiety But no one hears it. It blends with everyone else Those with and without, alike. My silence yells through my depression It howls through my self harming thoughts; The ones that let the haemophobic me Think of blood trickling down my skin. My silence yells through my headaches The frustrated study hours that make Me want to bang my head against the ceiling. It makes them think I'm doing okay. My silence mocks my insufficiency It's laughs at my frustration Of not being intelligent enough; It sees my failures and highlights them. My silence isn't the silence you like. It wails through my triumph And rejoices in my failure. It isn't the silence I like either. My silence i...