Sex is great! But sex without anxiety is even better. As helpful as stress can be in moderate amounts, add another person, take away the clothes and it becomes a situation that may prove a breeding ground (pun-intended) for anxiety. Especially in Indian culture, the notion of sex is attached with shame and is only …
Imagine you live in a remote area and you break your leg. It would take hours to reach medical help. Now imagine if there were emergency helicopters that could get you to a hospital within the hour. It would certainly make healing easier, right? This applies to mental health too. A system that supports mental …
Through love, all is possible. Love sustains us, it enhances us, it protects us and it pushes us to be more. What we don’t realize is that this love could be of one, for oneself. Can one of life’s greatest mysteries have such a beautifully simple answer? Why not? Self-love is another one of those …
The stigma attached to mental health in India may not be surprising to many of us. Time and again, we have heard of multiple incidents wherein seeking help is linked with shame or weakness, denying people of the professional support they need and deserve.Although more people are actively seeking support today, there still exists a …
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Imagine you have earphones in your pocket. The wire gets tangled up, like all earphones do. Try as hard as you might, you are unable to untangle the wire, but you really want to listen to music. Tired, you decide to ask for help. You go to a person who is really good at untangling …
Social Anxiety is the fear of being judged and evaluated negatively by other people, leading to feelings of inadequacy, inferiority, self-consciousness, embarrassment and humiliation. It is the third largest mental health care problem in the world. Did the first line of this paragraph sound familiar to you? Did you just relate to it like a …
Who is a Psychiatrist and what do they do? Psychiatrists are professionals with an MBBS and an MD in Psychiatry. A Psychiatrist is a medical practitioner who can prescribe medication to treat mental illnesses. Psychiatrists work with patients on a biological and psychological level. They look at factors like past traumas, family history and can …
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