Dear Selena Gomez, Like many others, I have grown up looking up to you. From the era of Wizards of Waverly Place to the new era of Rare, just about everything has played its part in my life. Being a timid and sincere kid, I found my solace in watching Read more…
Mental health, emotions, and feelings are hard to comprehend for the majority of Indian society. Right from getting a decent hospital for delivery to getting a job, commuting to work, buying a house and even just surviving the rains– it all can be difficult. In such an environment, few people Read more…
Do you obsessively check yourself over 50 times a day, off of any reflective surface you can find? Do you nitpick every minor — real or imaginary “flaw” and take extreme measures to get rid of them? Does this interfere with your social life? Since this is what body dysmorphia Read more…
It is a well-established fact that the world we live in is an unequal world; sad but true. Almost everybody in this world knows it. Hence to reduce its omnipresence there are people working towards making it equal as well. But “inequality” isn’t a small word. It comes with its Read more…
With growing social consciousness today, even corporations such as Disney have started to shed light on mental health issues, consequently humanizing beloved superheroes. The intersection of mental health and heroism has been explored by the MCU brilliantly, placing the conversation around it at the forefront with shows like Wandavision, Loki Read more…
A Peek into The Artist Of The Decade and The First Female and Non-English Global Icon Award (BRITS 2021) Recipient’s rise from the ashes. We are living in 2021: the “golden” age of social media. In the past decade, the rising potency of social media and journalism has become apparent. Read more…
TRIGGER WARNING: Rape, sexual assault, harassment, victim-blaming, depression, PTSD, anxiety. Sexual Assault. Rape. Sexual Harassment. So many individuals all over this world go through these traumatic and horrible experiences, and even though many survivors try to stay strong through it all and bravely come forward to talk about their experiences, Read more…
I finally broke. As you know, I have a habit of putting all my feelings into a tiny box and locking it uptight. Both of us knew that it was bound to break open one day. This was that day. No, it wasn’t planned, but yes, it was fated. Over Read more…
The recently concluded Summer Olympics and Paralympics were great for India. India achieved its best-ever medal tally in both events. The successful campaigns were everything to celebrate until we heard about the unfavorable mental experience wrestling sensation Vinesh Phogat had to go through during the games and after her loss Read more…
Thread: Depression affects 1 in 20 Indians. Yet, it is surrounded by enormous misconceptions and widespread prejudice. Read on for some common myths regarding depression and the reason for its falsity. Depression is perhaps the most profound mental illness, affecting 1 in 20 Indians: about 75 million Indians. Yet, unfortunately, Read more…
INTRO: About 62% of adults worldwide feel that they don’t get enough sleep. Inadequate sleep has severe repercussions on mental health, ranging from lack of focus, laziness, fatigue and stress to diabetes, hypertension and neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Here is an article on the connection between sleep deprivation Read more…
Wherever I went, I always felt like I was putting on a mask. I hid away and faked a huge part of me from everyone around me, and I wanted that to stop. I was inside a cocoon, but instead of growing within it, I felt like my wings were Read more…
Neurodiversity refers to the idea that, just like human fingerprints, every human brain is different from each other. The concept of neurodiversity emerged from the Autism Movement, wherein people explained that people with autism were not ‘sick’ or ‘broken’ but different from others. Neurotypical (NT) refers to what the world Read more…
Thread – Happiness, a mental state of bliss, is almost as complicated as studying food. Unsurprisingly, the relationship between the two remains one of the most widely disputed and speculated associations. So, why does food make you happy if it does? Are we what we eat? Why do comfort foods Read more…