mental health – David Haldane

March 31, 2025

Involuntarily Celibate

By David Haldane March 31, 2025 Incel. The first time I saw it was in a Singaporean newspaper. The article—”Involuntarily Celibate: Inside the […]

January 27, 2025

By David Haldane Jan. 27, 2025 Seventy-six. That’s how old I am as of last week. It’s a staggering number. And yet I feel like […]

January 13, 2025

By David Haldane January 13, 2025 He’s among the gentlest people I know. A hardworking medical professional, Jonathan obeys the law, loves his […]

December 9, 2024

By David Haldane Dec. 9, 2024 The welcome was underwhelming. Walking into the tiny terminal of Surigao Airport, I imagined a chorus of greetings […]

October 27, 2024

By David Haldane Oct. 28, 2024 I first noticed it years ago when my Filipino wife’s family moved into our house. Rising in the middle […]

September 30, 2024

By David Haldane Sept. 30, 2024 I had just finished breakfast when the phone rang. It was my wife, crying like I’d never heard […]

September 16, 2024

By David Haldane Sept. 16, 2024 Maybe I’d have felt differently before becoming a parent. As a kid myself, perhaps I would have welcomed […]

June 24, 2024

By David Haldane June 24, 2024 It was just a voice on the phone. And yet it not only made my day, but my […]

June 10, 2024

By David Haldane June 10, 2024 I woke up this morning to the kind of news no one wants to hear. “My papa […]

June 3, 2024

By David Haldane June 3, 2024 It’s no fun. As I’ve previously written, it feels like you’re falling down a dark hole. You don’t […]

February 26, 2024

By David Haldane Feb. 26, 2024 It was the worst night of my life. I had just learned that my (now-ex) Filipino wife had […]

December 19, 2023

By David Haldane Dec. 18, 2023 We were a mile off the coast of a remote Philippine Island when I realized the boat […]