By Chitra Thakore, Trauma and Attachment-informed Counsellor, Founder of Liminal Mind Counselling, Singapore Key takeaways Overthinking is often a nervous system response rather than a personality flaw. The mind tries to create safety by predicting what might go wrong. It often begins in childhood, especially when care was inconsistent (anxious attachment) or when a child took on adult responsibilities (parentification). Eldest daughters are especially likely to be parentifi

You've left the job but haven't started the next one. The relationship ended, but you haven't figured out who you are without it. The diagnosis came back unclear. The move is decided but hasn't happened. You're waiting on the results, the offer, the decision, the sign. You are, in the truest sense of the word, in between. Psychologists and anthropologists have a name for this territory: liminal space (which is where the name for my practice comes from!) from the Latin limen,

A 15 year old me with some of my closest friends in school. Feeling lonely even with people around? This article explores why adult connection gets harder - and shares practical, low-pressure ways to rebuild it. You can have a packed calendar, a group chat that never goes quiet, a partner asleep beside you - and still feel completely alone. That gap between how full your life looks and how disconnected it feels is one of the most common things people bring into the room with