MENTAL HEALTH GUIDES, WRITTEN BY PSYCHOLOGISTS
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Essays, stories and reflections on mental health and everyday life in India, written by psychologists.
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boundaries with parents
Working in a Family Business in India: When the Boss Is Also Your Parent
Your title says Director. Your father says beta. Working in a family business in India folds boss and parent into one relationship. A psychologist...
affairs
How to Stop Being the Other Woman (When You Never Meant to Become Her)
You did not set out to become the other woman. You drifted in, and now leaving a married man feels impossible. Here is the...
affairs and mental health
Too Ashamed to Tell Your Therapist the Whole Truth
She has a good therapist she trusts. She has never once mentioned the affair. Why the truest thing about your life is the one...
anxious attachment
What Are the Signs of Anxious Attachment? (And Why You Keep Choosing Men Who Can't Choose Back)
He texts at 1am, vanishes for four days, and you spend those four days deciding what you did wrong. The steady one bores you....
ADHD
Does Journaling Change The Way You Live?
There is a certain kind of mental clutter that accumulates without announcement. You are not in crisis. You are not falling apart. But something...
Boundaries
What Counts as Cheating When Nobody Agreed on the Rules?
Before anything happened, Riya and Nikhil had one fight about a 1am emoji and never finished it. On micro cheating, loyalty tests, and the...
Affair Recovery
How Do Couples Actually Rebuild Trust After Cheating?
Four years in, one phone, one Sunday afternoon. What the Gottman method actually asks of a couple trying to rebuild trust after cheating, in...
anxious attachment
The Real Reason You're Drawn to People Who Don't Choose You
If you’ve wondered why you’re drawn to people who don’t choose you, this piece unpacks the real drivers—nervous-system triggers, familiar chaos, scarcity, projection, and...
Anxiety
Gaslighting Isn't in Your Head—It's in the Pattern
Gaslighting isn’t in your head—it’s in the pattern. This article explores how gaslighting erodes self-trust, how trauma bonds keep you stuck, and why healing...
am i in a toxic relationship
Am I in a Toxic Relationship? An Honest Guide
The question almost never arrives as a question. It arrives as a small, tired thought at the end of an argument: is it me?...
Break-up Support
How to Stop Thinking About Someone After a Breakup (Your Memory Is Not Helping)
You can't stop thinking about them partly because your memory is editing what happened. A psychologist on rosy retrospection, hindsight bias, and what helps...