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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acceptance
How A 300 piece Jigsaw Puzzle Help Me Find My Flow State and The Power of Presence
One restless Saturday night, I sought solace in an unlikely activity - a forgotten 300-piece puzzle. What began as a means to escape my...
acceptance
An Optimist's Guide To Tackling Loneliness : Addressing the Epidemic of Loneliness
A pervasive sense of loneliness hangs heavy in my therapy space. Clients, though not always vocal about it, seem to echo this sentiment....
acceptance
Hectic Holiday Blues And How To Deal With Them : Recovery from Travel Emotional Exhaustion
After a perfect vacation, I felt strangely drained. Excitement and constant activity caught up to me, causing emotional exhaustion. It wasn't just physical tiredness,...
acceptance
Why Attention Seeking Is The Defining Need Of Our Times
Society frowns on attention seeking, but this blog argues it's natural. We cry to signal distress, a basic attention-seeking behavior. Ignoring someone seeking attention...
ADHD
My Therapist Ruined Therapy For Me: How Can I Move On? |Finding The Right Therapist For You|
Finding the right therapist can be a bumpy road. The author compares it to finding a puzzle piece - you might try a few...
ADHD
What Your Boredom Is Trying To Tell You |Psychology Of Boredom|
Ever stare at the ceiling, endlessly bored? Psychologists delve into boredom's why. It's the lack of stimulation and purpose we crave. The author uses...
acceptance
What You Need To Do When You Feel Blah |Languishing VS Depression|
This excerpt tackles languishing, a state of feeling blah and unmotivated. It's different from depression - you're not down, but not thriving either. Languishing...
ADHD
What Defines Accessibility Of Mental Health Care
Mental health isn't just a concern for the privileged, but access to help is. This excerpt explores therapy in marginalized communities. For many, violence...
Attachment
Can a Relationship Cause PTSD? What a Breakup Does, and What Abuse Does
She asked for the pill from Homecoming, the one that makes you forget. There is not one. Here is what a breakup does to...
ADHD
Therapy & Internal Growth
Having one too many clients allude to the movie “Dear Zindagi” insisting that I watch it, finally got me in front of the screen,...
ADHD
The Haunting of ... the Past
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,...
ADHD
The Privilege of Hustle
If you have seen motivational speakers talking about hustling and thought to yourself “Wow, their life is so great!”, you are not alone. We...