The price of pink feet
I was raised in a typical coloured household. You don’t complain about the hand you have been dealt and you make do with what you have. Even though my parents […]
Author Archives: Ilze Gopal
Starry nights…
Does my life story, make for a good story? How many people think that their lives would make great stories? Be it through films or books. I wanted to live off […]
Vennaand
So vennaand is ons alweer op die draadloos… Listen to Smilefm Ek sit hier en ek wonder oor al die kere toe ek nie gewonder en gehoop het vir so […]
Slotsom
Dis nogal ‘n storie as jy na jou ou skryfwerk kyk en wonder… Hoekom skryf ek nie meer so nie? Hoekom klink ek nie meer so nie? Het ek so […]
Lessons from Frida
“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like […]
Have you watched ‘Inside Out’?
When I heard about the concept of this movie I was pleasantly amazed and surprised. A kiddies, animation movie about the inner workings of the mind? It is the kind […]
A symposium of similar minds – Part 2
Our first speaker was from Cape Mental Health. This organisation’s range of influence and heart blew me away. They focus on ABILITY rather than DISABILITY. They work with individuals with […]
A symposium of similar minds – Part 1
Friday the 23rd of October I had the privilege of joining in on the bipolar symposium. The attendees were sufferers, supporters and speakers of course. What was most striking upon […]
I have to take my pills now…
Antidepressants. Mood stabilizers. Epillum, Cerelift, Serdep, Seroquel, Lithium, Epitec, Fluoxetine… And so you can add and add and add. Isn’t it amazing how our eyes light up when we hear […]
Community with a purpose
What makes us different? It is not just our diagnosis, it is how we share it with the world and how we relate to each other because of it. It […]
Our Lived Experience 