“India sees more than two lakh suicides each year, many of them by young adults aged 15 to 39 years, according to the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2016. Additionally, more women die as a result of suicide in India than men. WHO data also show that the rate of suicide in India is 16.3 …
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It’s a given: life is hard. And when you have a mental illness or two, it’s infinitely harder. How can I say this with so much conviction? Well, that’s because I have been diagnosed with clinical depression, generalized anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and traits of borderline personality disorder. I am pretty sure I am borderline …
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It’s been a few months since I started writing for HealthyPlace on depression at work, and there’s this topic that I thought needed to be discussed here too. I am talking about the coping mechanism called depression naps, which I define differently from the rest of the Internet. For me, a depression nap is not …
Isn’t it amazing how social media connects people from all over the world for free? What’s more, it gives every single one of us a public platform to voice our concerns and opinions. But like everything in life, it isn’t perfect and comes with a price. Turns out that for all its pros, it has …
Today, September 10, is World Suicide Prevention Day. As someone who has been on the brink of suicide and almost lost her life a couple of times, this day is extremely significant to me. I don’t want anyone to suffer the way I have, so when my blogger friend Shilpa Gupte asked me to write …
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“Loneliness is always looking for a friend It found me once and it has been around since then Loneliness is never waiting by the door It sweeps right through and it will never be ignored…” The song ‘Loneliness Knows Me By Name’ by Westlife has been a part of my playlist ever since I heard …
Smartphones have become indispensable for our generation – we rely on them for work, entertainment, and everything in between. But that does not mean we should bring them to bed as well. It’s common for most of us to snuggle up in the sheets with the phone in our hands, chatting with friends, playing games, …
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Do you remember the good old days when you were a kid? You had very little responsibilities and believed in truth, beauty, and justice. Everyone got what they deserved and the saddest stories had happy endings. Life was simple back then and you couldn’t wait to grow up and conquer the world. But now that …
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Just like anything else in this world, a woman’s body also needs a strong foundation to withstand all the metal tensions, pressure and agony along with the environmental assaults that she has to go through in her lifetime. So what is it that she should be aided with for a strong foundation for her psychological …
You are a reasonably sane person So you can’t figure out why Every now and then, you get certain thoughts That shock/surprise/disgust you out of your mind Did you know they are called intrusive thoughts? And people with OCD get them very often? But here’s the twist: no one’s immune, you get them too Everyone …
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