The Space Between Being Fine

The Space Between Being Fine is a reflective, observational work of nonfiction that explores mental health, quiet struggle, and the subtle ways distress can go unnoticed until it is too late.

Written from the perspective of someone watching from the edges, the book follows the gradual realisation that coping, politeness, and reliability can mask profound inner pain. Through close attention to silence, repetition, exhaustion, and withdrawal, it examines how suffering can exist without obvious signs — and how easily it can be misunderstood.

Inspired by real events, this book is not a biography or a clinical account. Certain details have been deliberately changed to protect family and loved ones and to allow the story to speak to mental health as a wider human experience rather than one individual life.

As the narrative unfolds, the focus shifts from observation to aftermath — grief without drama, questions without answers, and the lasting impact of noticing too late. The book also reflects on responsibility, silence, and what it means to carry awareness forward when nothing can be undone.

The Space Between Being Fine offers no solutions and no neat conclusions. Instead, it invites the reader to slow down, to listen more carefully, and to reconsider what “being okay” can look like — in others, and in themselves.

All net royalties from this book are intended to be donated to United for Global Mental Health.