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Charl Mijnhardt

Charl Mijnhardt

Worship Thyself

From an early age, we are indoctrinated with what I like to call a “collective mind-set”.

May 10, 2019

Worship Thyself

May 10, 2019

Charl Mijnhardt

The Liminality of Borderline Personality Disorder

Recently, I wrote a poem called “The Big Empty” about the chronic emptiness and volatile identity that I experience as a result of living…

Sep 16, 2018

The Liminality of Borderline Personality Disorder

Sep 16, 2018

Charl Mijnhardt

How To Let Go Of The Past (While Still Learning From It)

I’ve always viewed the past as being the enemy of growth and progress. After all, what good could it possibly do to fixate on past failures…

Jun 25, 2018

How To Let Go Of The Past (While Still Learning From It)

Jun 25, 2018

Charl Mijnhardt

5 Heavy Songs That Are Helping Me Deal With Depression

When it comes to tending to a wounded heart or mind, there is perhaps no ointment more universal than that of music. Music offers us an…

Jan 31, 2018

5 Heavy Songs That Are Helping Me Deal With Depression

Jan 31, 2018

Charl Mijnhardt

Sailing Into The Black or, A Requiem for Joy

South Africa is a famously sunny country, but today everything is completely grey and devoid of warmth. The sky is the colour of old, dirty…

Dec 7, 2017

Sailing Into The Black or, A Requiem for Joy

Dec 7, 2017

Charl Mijnhardt

A Letter of Remembrance to the Friend I Lost to Suicide

In retrospect, I suppose I always knew that you were not meant for this world. Even your features — the perfect locks, the imperial…

Nov 28, 2017

A Letter of Remembrance to the Friend I Lost to Suicide

Nov 28, 2017

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Withdrawal Hell Part 2: What I Learned and New Perspective

When my dad — with whom I’d been exceptionally close — died in 2014, I took two days’ family responsibility leave and I went back to work…

Nov 13, 2017

Withdrawal Hell Part 2: What I Learned and New Perspective

Nov 13, 2017

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Life is Fiction

The Difficult Conversations Depression Forces Me To Have With Myself

It’s 9p.m. Saturday night.

Nov 11, 2017

The Difficult Conversations Depression Forces Me To Have With Myself

Nov 11, 2017

Charl Mijnhardt

4 Subtle Signs That You’ve Made It

Success is a subtle thing.

Nov 10, 2017

4 Subtle Signs That You’ve Made It

Nov 10, 2017

Charl Mijnhardt

What Pennywise the Clown Taught Me About My Depression

As a lifelong fan of horror fiction writer Stephen King, going to watch the cinematic reimagining of the prolific author’s 1986 novel It…

Nov 10, 2017

What Pennywise the Clown Taught Me About My Depression

Nov 10, 2017

Charl Mijnhardt

Charl Mijnhardt

My name’s Charl F. Mijnhardt (the “F” is very important) and I’m a freelance writer, published poet, content marketer, blogger and mental health activist.

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