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Essays, stories and reflections on mental health and everyday life in India, written by psychologists.
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behavioural change
The Most Annoying Man on Suits Understood Growth Better Than Anyone
Louis Litt's journey in Suits offers one of television's most honest portrayals of emotional growth. Through therapy, setbacks, shame, repair, and self-awareness, his story...
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....
Online Therapy in India: What It Costs, How It Works, and How to Choose Well
Image Source: AI Generated Quick answer: Online therapy in India connects people to licensed psychologists over video, audio, or chat, and for most concerns...
anxiety in relationships
Stop Interrogating Your Relationship. Here's What's Actually Happening.
Relationship OCD (ROCD) can make love feel like an endless investigation, where reassurance, checking, and overthinking never bring lasting relief. This article explains how...
Why Your Mind Keeps Replaying That One Pause
If your mind keeps replaying conversations, especially awkward pauses or uncertain moments, this article explains why. It explores rumination, social anxiety, and post-event processing,...
Why Do I Overthink Everything? A Therapist Explains
It is 2am and your mind will not stop. Overthinking is not a thinking problem. It is what a feeling does when it was...
burnout
Why High Performers Burn Out First in Indian Tech?
She called her breakdown a stomach bug and her exhaustion "being type A." In Indian tech, the people who look most fine are often...
burnout
I Watched The Odyssey and It Made Me Angrier Than I Expected
Watching The Odyssey and Penelope's confrontation with Telemachus opened a deeper question about women's rage, invisible labour, and the exhaustion of being essential yet...
adult children
You Can Be Angry at Your Parents and Still Love Them
Meera calls her mother every day and sits in the car park some evenings, too angry to go up. Both are true. On why...
anticipatory anxiety
Why Do the Sunday Scaries Feel Worse in India?
That heaviness that lands around 4pm on a Sunday, before anything has actually happened. Why the dread comes, why it feels heavier in India,...