Onica Kgatle

I like exploring, experiencing and asking questions about the world around me!

  • The curse of mediocrity

    Jan 17, 2025

    Intro I have never felt particularly special. I have never felt like I was part of something bigger or unimaginably beautiful. I have always thought of other people being more deserving of big achievements. I am just in the background. Not part of the conversation. I have no authority over…

  • My Eternal Sense of Impending Doom

    Jan 22, 2024

    Intro I have become too aware of the evil that's happening all around the world. I am anxious all the time and I cannot relax and enjoy each day as it comes. I walk around with a sense of impending doom all the time. Every day feels like my last in the worst way possible. There are a lot of things…

  • Whinny The Poo squinting at paper

    Explaining My Overexplaining

    Dec 22, 2023

    Intro There is something about not doing a story justice that really upsets me. Like really wanting to tell a joke to someone but it isn't funny to them because of missing context, but explaining the context does not do it justice either because the person did not experience the series of events…

  • My predictable cycle of emotional dysregulation.

    Sep 4, 2024

    Intro I have noticed a pattern in my emotional cycle. I have predictable periods of highs and lows which I understand the reasons behind. Even then, I never see it coming until I'm deep in my lows. By that time it's too late to prevent a further steep decline into emotional despair. Trying to…