MENTAL HEALTH GUIDES, WRITTEN BY PSYCHOLOGISTS
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Essays, stories and reflections
Essays, stories and reflections on mental health and everyday life in India, written by psychologists.
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Out Of Sight Doesn't Mean Out Of Mind |Mental Health Awareness In India|
This excerpt highlights the need for mental health awareness in India. The author describes witnessing a man judged for talking to himself, unlike someone...
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Is Our Free Time Really 'Free'? |Understanding The Pressure To Be Productive|
This excerpt critiques the pressure to be productive in free time. Early beliefs about maximizing everything led the author to limit reading for enjoyment....
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Travel Anxiety Tips For A Socially Anxious Mind
Pre-pandemic vacations were a breeze, but now travel anxiety casts a shadow. This excerpt offers tips to manage it. Acknowledge your worries about hygiene...
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Happiness is a key part of well-being, and studies show it's more contagious than you think! This excerpt explores how happiness spreads through social...
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Speak Before You (Over)think |Learning How To Be Present In The Moment|
This excerpt tackles overthinking and offers tips for staying present. Overthinking, excessive and unproductive thought, manifests as dwelling on the past or catastrophizing the...
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Mental Health Journey with Covid-19 |Coping With Grief|
This excerpt recounts the author's harrowing experience with COVID's impact on their family. They detail their father's hospitalization and the heartbreaking loss of their...
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Paritosh's Mental Health Journey And On Finding The Right Therapist
This excerpt explores the challenges of finding the right therapist. The author, a restaurant owner, battled mental health issues after a brutal attack and...
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Mental Health Journey with Therapy |Overcoming Stigma About Therapy|
This excerpt challenges the stigma around therapy. Social media opened the author's eyes to therapy's broader role in mental health. Group workshops on body...
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Social Media and Mental Health
This excerpt explores social media's impact on mental health. During the pandemic, social media initially connected us, fostering a sense of community through shared...
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Mental Health Journeys: Astha Anand |Benefits Of Therapy For Mental Health|
This excerpt explores the benefits of therapy for mental health. Once a skeptic, the author, now a therapist themself, describes their personal journey. Negative...
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Gargi's Mental Health Journey | Overcoming Loneliness
This excerpt tackles overcoming loneliness. As a single child, the author felt misunderstood and built walls to avoid getting hurt. A toxic relationship at...
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Mental Health Journeys: Oh no! Could I have A, Disorder? |Raising Awareness About OCD|
This excerpt aims to raise awareness about OCD. Childhood rituals seen as harmless were actually OCD, but dismissed as "quirks." Though self-diagnosis explained the...