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Aug 8, 2020
3 min

IMPORTANCE OF SEEKING HELP: DEALING WITH AUTISM

Throughout our old lives, we were conditioned to ‘just get on with it‘, whether it was a sore throat or if you simply didn't feel you could face that Monday slog to work/school (in my case). Enter 2020. The year of hand sanitizer, furlough, and face masks. All our lives have changed. That mild cough has now forced you into isolation, and going back to work or school for many became impossible. For the first time in decades, the world felt what it was like to not be able to g

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Jul 13, 2020
3 min

HEALTHY EATING FOR A HEALTHY MIND

What you eat affects your mood. What you eat affects your performance. What you eat affects your behavior & perception. What you eat affects your overall cognitive function. Balanced nutrition plays an important role in our mode of thinking and behavior, as the intake of foods affects our cognition, memory capacity, and emotions. Researches have proved that the food we eat affects the chemical composition of our brain, thus changing our mood. Dietary nutrition, as the primary

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Jun 22, 2020
3 min

IS SECOND-HAND ANXIETY A THING? A Personal Story

I have always been intrigued by the term psychology. The curiosity about understanding the human mind has often led me to read various articles & books. A month back though, I tried to study & understand a part of the subject through a different medium i.e., by enrolling myself in an online course. The course was on 'Psychology & Mental Health: Beyond Nature & Nurture' by MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses). The name was highly fascinating and I had already started thinking ab

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Jun 17, 2020
5 min

A FAIRY-TALE IN PROGRESS

“You are starting your college life, isn’t that exciting?!” they said. “No more uniforms. Only freedom and enjoyment”, they told me. “It’s going to be the best time of your life, you’ll see”, they promised. And yet, my welcome-to-college-life gift was months of panic attacks. My day would start at 5 in the morning. The first event of the day would be fighting the growing dread in the pit of my stomach. Eventually, I would lose the fight and break down. I would miss my usual t

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Jun 12, 2020
4 min

beYOUtiful: HARMONIZING YOUR SELF ESTEEM & MENTAL HEALTH

Twelve. Age twelve was the first time that I was bullied for the color of my skin. I clearly remember running back home from the bus stop evening after evening and crying to my mother until all of the energy was drained out of my body. Even though I do not have many memories of my middle and high school years anymore, the ones that I do never tug at my happy heartstrings. Instead, they bring back daunting memories of the racial trauma that I constantly faced back then. That’s

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Jun 10, 2020
3 min

CULTURE SENSITIVE THERAPY

Culture sensitive therapy is psychotherapy where different multicultural aspects like caste, sex, religion, race, beliefs and customs are kept in mind and acknowledged by the therapist while administering therapy. Therapists who specialize in culturally sensitive therapy respect the difference in opinions, traditions, thinking and mindsets because they understand the importance of your culture in your daily life and well-being. This leads to more positive therapeutic outcomes

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Jun 10, 2020
7 min

RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD - OVEREATING & PREVENTION

Are you indulging in overeating even without realising you are doing so? Overeating is a normal tendency for many individuals, such as having an extra helping at a meal even when they are already full or eating beyond satiety at a special holiday meal or a celebratory occasion. People who chronically overeat may have a common eating disorder called a compulsive overeating. It is also known as binge eating. This eating disorder is marked by eating large amounts of food, quickl

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Jun 9, 2020
4 min

FOOD & MOOD: LINKING NUTRITION WITH MENTAL HEALTH

The human mind is the strongest weapon you can ever possess as well as the most fragile one. As paradoxical as it may seem, there’s no denying the fact that it is the most complex and intricate thing in existence. So it is but natural that this super-engine requires constant and superior quality nourishment. And that nourishment can be derived from the food we eat. Studies are being conducted since the past decade to understand the relation between food and mental health and

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Jun 7, 2020
5 min

DEMYSTIFYING THERAPY: DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY

I have been devoting all my time towards studying different aspects of Psychology including the different forms of therapies that are now used to treat clients struggling with any form of mental illness. We all are aware of the most common form of therapy known as cognitive behavioural therapy which is solely focused on restructuring the client’s negative thought patterns to make them feel less depressed and more positive. CBT is used to treat almost every disorder or illness

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Jun 4, 2020
2 min

LET'S TALK MENTAL HEALTH - THE MOOD SPACE CONSULTATION

Hello all, Hope you all are fine and staying safe. In this blog, I want to talk about Mental Health. In our country, we have all kinds of conversations. We talk about so many things, yet the majority of you will agree that we find it difficult to talk about mental health concerns. I understand that sometimes we aren't really aware of what is happening in our body. We just tend to ignore overthinking, stress, anxiety and other disorders, not realising that they might be pointi

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Jun 3, 2020
5 min

MY FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE WITH THERAPY

I started counseling in school in the 9th grade and after 10th, I shifted to therapy. It has been 3 years now since I started to go for therapy. Therapy has made me grow as a person. It has made me come face to face with so many things that I subconsciously avoided or ran away from. It has given me a safe space and a safe person to talk to. My emotions are being released and a lot of toxicity has been released, too! When in therapy, my opinions are valued, my thoughts are gai

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Jun 2, 2020
2 min

SOCIAL PRESSURE: ARE WE MURDERERS?

We are all living in a society where a person's opinion on our lifestyle matters. These opinions are killing each one of us daily. Those hypocrites are roaming around 'gossiping' and ruining lives. And because of their so called 'opinion' that's being manipulated are reached ears of people in the corners of the world have pushed are generation to suffer from serious mental illnesses; depression, anxiety etc are few of those! Only if these hypocrites knew how they are damaging

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May 30, 2020
3 min

NURTURE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH

Mental health in India is still surrounded with stigma and lack of awareness along with limited access to professional help which does little to dispel or end the same. It led me to think around the idea of how the need of the hour was to sensitize and educate individuals globally about the signs and symptoms while normalizing the idea of seeking support for themselves and their loved ones – this led me to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. Back in the 1960s, there was

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May 22, 2020
5 min

A STEP TOWARDS BETTER MENTAL WELL-BEING

"Force yourself to come to college and sit in class, attend lectures and take deep breaths." Said my psychology teacher in college when I told her that I was suffering from mental health concerns. I needed rest because I had been a fighter of depression and other mental health illnesses for the past 2 years, back then. I explained to her how difficult it was for me to even get up from my bed and take a bath, how my panic and anxiety attacks had increased in both number and in

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May 15, 2020
3 min

YOGA & MENTAL HEALTH

“Yoga doesn’t transform the way we see things. It transforms the person who sees.” -B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga means the unison of the mind and body, leading to peace and serenity. Yoga has always been a great companion for a healthy life with a plethora of benefits for both, physical and mental health. It incorporates two of the three activities that professionals recommend for a healthy life i.e. meditation and physical exercise in one activity itself. Here are the Top 4 Benefit

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May 4, 2020
5 min

GUIDE TO SAYING 'YOU NEED THERAPY'

You: “Listen I need to talk to you. Do you have a minute?” Friend: “Umm..can I…” You: “Okay, so I’m really upset with how my manager spoke to me today and it’s not only about today, I just feel like she keeps demeaning my work and humiliating me in front of other colleagues. Even things at home aren’t that great, my parents have such high expectations of me, I just can’t deal with everything anymore.” Friend: “I’m really sorry, I’m in the middle of something, can I call you b

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Apr 15, 2020
4 min

6 REASONS TO SEEK E-THERAPY DURING SOCIAL DISTANCING

The Coronavirus pandemic has made it essential for all of us to stay quarantined and take necessary precautions such as social distancing. Social distancing has deprived us of ‘in-person’ interactions from our close ones, too. In difficult times like these, it is normal for us to feel fearful, isolated, panicky, disturbed and overwhelmed. Social distancing, if not handled carefully, can blow-back on us as social isolation. These feelings, if not dealt with, can force us to go

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Apr 6, 2020
5 min

UNDERSTANDING STRESS & ITS EFFECTS

Stiff backs, aching heads, drooping energy levels, ‘down’ feelings and feeling out of focus. These states majorly describe how a lot of us would feel at the end of a typical day, whether in college, office or even at home. Why does this happen? The answer is the 6-letter word that we’ve been using for the past many years- STRESS! Fight or Flight Response A stressful situation can trigger a host of events. You can even think of these as chain reactions. When stressed, your bod

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Mar 22, 2020
3 min

IT'S OKAY TO SAY NO

"Do what makes you happy without having to explain it to people, because those who really matter will understand anyway." Amrin Vadsaria

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Mar 18, 2020
4 min

WHY YOU MUST SEEK HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT

Poor mental health can take any form, ranging from the inability to manage stress, overthinking, excessive worry to more serious conditions like depression, schizophrenia or others. Taking care of our mental health as much as we would, of our body’s physical health, is of prime importance. Everything that we do in our day-to-day lives is inextricably linked with several cognitive and behavioural processes. Emotional and mental health is important because it directly impacts o

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