A Dose of Cath

កាល​ពី​ម្សិល​មិញ «សារ​ព័ត៌មាន​អេឡិចត្រូនិក​ថ្មីៗ» បាន​ចុះ​ផ្សាយ​ព័ត៌មាន​មួយ​ដែល​មាន​ចំណង​ជើង​ថា៖ « រោគ​សញ្ញា​ប្លែកៗ មុន​ក្លាយ​ជា «មនុស្ស​ឆ្កួត» ។» ប្រទេស​ខ្មែរ​យើង​មាន​មនុស្ស​ដែល​មាន​បញ្ហា​ផ្លូវ​ចិត្ត​ជា​ច្រើន តែ​មក​ដល់​ពេល​នេះ​ហើយ មនុស្ស​ភាគ​ច្រើន​នៅ​តែ​មិន​យល់​ថា ជំងឺ​ផ្លូវ​ចិត្ត​ជា​អ្វី​ ហើយ​ចេះ​តែ​នាំ​គ្នា​ហៅ​ថា​ជា «មនុស្ស​ឆ្កួត»។ 

បន្ទាប់​ពី​ខ្ញុំ​បាន​សរសេរ​ពី​បទ «អា​មុំ​ពុំ​ពីត» កាល​ពី​ប៉ុន្មាន​អាទិត្យ​មុន អ្នក​អាន​ក៏​បាន​ឲ្យ​គំនិត​ថា​ខ្ញុំគួរ​សរសេរ​ពី​បទ « First Lady » របស់ Tena ។ និយាយ​តាម​ត្រង់​ទៅ បើ​ប្រៀប​ធៀប​បទ​នេះ ជាមួយ​នឹង បទ​របស់​លោក ពាក់​មី បទ​របស់​លោក ពាក់មី គឺ​បទ​លោក ពាក់មី ល្អ​ជាង​ឆ្ងាយ​ណាស់។ បទ « First Lady » នេះ ស្ទើរ​តែ​គ្រប់​ម៉ាត់ គឺ​សុទ្ធ​តែ​ទាញ​ទម្លាក់​មនុស្ស​ស្រី​ឲ្យ​សឹង​តែ​ស្មើ​នឹង​ទាសករ​របស់​មនុស្ស​ប្រុស​ទៅ​ហើយ។ ខ្ញុំ​នឹង​លើក​យកតែ​ចំណុច​សំខាន់ៗ​មួយ​ចំនួន​ដើម្បី​វិភាគ​មើល។

This will be a very short update just to thank you guys for all the support that I've received. A friend of mine wrote an article about me, which was published earlier this week on the KhmerTimes. What happened afterwards still brings a huge grin on my face. After sharing the articles, both Khmer and English, on my Facebook, I did not imagine the amount of support that I received from all of you. I can never thank you enough to being on this journey with me. And of course, I wish that I could thank each and every one of you personally, but I can't. 

I'm going to do something crazy right now. I am going to dive head first off the cliff by telling everyone a story that I have never ever told anyone before. You might've thought that just because I talk about sex and reproductive health all the time, there's pretty much nothing that I can't talk about, right? Well, this is going to feel like I ripped a page off of my diary. I'm going to tell you about my coming out story. It's not the kind of coming out that you're thinking about, but it's going to leave me naked and vulnerable just like an LGBT coming out. And at the end of this post, I'm sure I'll have people labeling me as a freak and stigmatizing me. I know the risks, but I'm doing this anyway.

It has certainly been such a hard week for me and my circle of friends. I found out that one of my friends passed away on Sunday night, while another one of my friends' friend also passed away tragically a few days prior. We have all been rendered speechless by so many tragedies in such a short period of time. We hear news and tragedies on the news all the time, but rarely do we ever stop to think that it would actually happen to us or any of our loved ones. The ultimate truth is that something like that could happen to any one of us. We're not invincible, nor are our loved ones. We are only humans.

It wasn’t until the early 1950s that bipolar disorder was fully recognized as a mental disorder of its own. Prior to that, bipolar disorder had always been confused with mental disorders like schizophrenia or psychosis. In bphope.com, it is stated that "German psychiatrist Karl Leonhard and colleagues initiated the classification system that led to the term “bipolar,” differentiating between unipolar and bipolar depression."

Last week, we were discussing about how our mind (especially our unconscious mind) works . In this post, we're going to talk about the connection between our unconscious mind, social interaction, and love. I have always been fascinated by science and psychology, so researching for this was like leaving a kid in a candy store for me. I can only hope that you guys will be as excited about this as I am, but then again, aren't we all excited about love? Well, your brain might has something to do with that excitement. 

One of my friends asked me the other day if I could cover the topic of the unconscious mind because she'd been having this strange recurring dream. Having always been interested in psychology (and a huge fan of Dr. Phil), I told her I could most certainly do that. As I indulged in the research for this topic, I got the chance to uncover as well as absorb fascinating new information about how our brain works. As I'm writing this post at this moment, it still baffles me how limited our conscious minds are -- how much we're actually missing. In addition to that, I never thought about how our unconscious mind is directed connected to falling in love. Well, today, we're going to unveil all of that.