by Maria Kalinowska | Mar 8, 2021 | Poetry
How can you want to kiss me Every second of every day Even when My face doesn’t feel like my own: Stained with the water that leaked from my eyes A broken faucet; But also, with the ones I somehow held back They’re responsible For the pipes bursting inside my veins. I... 
by Tia | Feb 19, 2020 | Change your ways, Cough up, Insane, People, Stay sitting
Insane in The Membrane: 12 The changing faces of depression by Tia Image by @juliaveldmanc What is depression? I get asked this a lot. All I know is that it’s never the same. Each depression is multi-faceted and hard. It can be one emotion. Sometimes it... 
by Vivek Rajkhowa | May 9, 2019 | Cough up, Join a movement, People, Sex
I have a small confession to make. I only just watched Gillette’s ‘The Best A Man Can Be’. After one too many arguments with online Social Justice Warriors, I have an aversion to anything telling me what a man should be. Are there men who are animals,... 
by Tia | Feb 5, 2019 | Change your ways, Insane, People, Stay sitting
DISTRACTION Hi, I’m back. These past few months have been a distracting time. I’ve experienced exulting highs and bottomless lows, which just continues to show me how conflicting this disease can be. I won’t bore you with the details but, in short, I’ve... 
by Lucas Galley-Greenwood | May 1, 2018 | Change your ways, Join a movement, People
a guide Being guided into therapy by my Mum at 15 is something I’ll be eternally grateful for. It gave me the chance to receive the help I needed as well as the early resources to learn how to help myself at a critical time in my life. However, is it the most... 
by Tia | Apr 21, 2018 | Change your ways, Cough up, Insane, Join a movement, People, Stay sitting
Approaching therapy My name is Tia, and I have depression. This weekly column will discuss the little bumps in the road, the lows, the highs, and the mundane existence of living with depression. ‘Insane in the Membrane’ will not pretend to have all, if any,...