Thoughts — Psychologist

Literally, everybody around me, and the current trend is to go and have an education abroad. We have this notion of the west and how the quality of education is better from what we have in India.  Don't get me wrong, some of the short term courses can be really insightful as well. But intersectionality and privilege are two things that cannot be isolated from mental health. The culture and the background that a person comes from play a large role in how their mental health is affected. When we see people from marginalized communities we also see that they...

If you’ve watched the Netflix drama series The Haunting The Hill House or Bly Manor (the second series), by the end of the show, you might have already figured out that the show is more than just horror. Mental health concerns, family attachments, and if you go a little deeper, trauma.  This show has very few jumpscares, but what actually moves you (or in some cases, scares you) is the past of each person and how it affects them in the present. I mean, yes, of course there are ghosts and scary people and supernatural instances in those houses, and...