mental illness

Dec. 2025: Resting in the clouds

A little year-end reflection amidst exhaustion

Dec 29, 2025 • Margin Tianya Zheng

Oct. 2025: Inside the egg

A trip to San Francisco and a yearning for the underworld

Nov 3, 2025 • Margin Tianya Zheng

Sep. 2025: Creativity and pain

My Fringe show, dealing with stress, and writing a novel

Oct 1, 2025 • Margin Tianya Zheng

How do beliefs about death shape life?

Aug 16, 2025 • Margin Tianya Zheng

Aug 2025: Trusting myself

Come see my Fringe show!

Aug 11, 2025 • Margin Tianya Zheng

The obligation to inform

Must extended family know about mental health history?

Aug 5, 2025 • Margin Tianya Zheng

Jun. 2025: Alternatives to hospital

Developing new strategies to survive

Jul 2, 2025 • Margin Tianya Zheng

Apr. 2025: Slow burn

May 1, 2025 • Margin Tianya Zheng

Peace among distress

More reflections from my Buddhist/Daoist meditation course

Feb 22, 2025 • Margin Tianya Zheng

Jan. 2025: Mindful and mad

Grad school, realistic fears, and meditation

Jan 31, 2025 • Margin Tianya Zheng

This is not clinical depression

It’s been a rough few days

Jan 11, 2025 • Margin Tianya Zheng

An (ab)normal response

A personal example of the hypomanic defense

Oct 17, 2024 • Margin Tianya Zheng

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts