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Our Therapy Experience with COVID-19 Anxiety

“As a person dealing with years-long Health anxiety, I used to visit my family physician almost 3-4 times a month before I started therapy. This long period of relief ended …

Covid 19 – What Does Your Reaction To Pandemic Tell?

As the news of the Covid-19 pandemic spread like wildfire, the general public’s reactions were divided into two types: There were people who started going out with masks, stocked on …

Coronavirus And Quarantine – Can Online Therapy (Telehealth) Help?

Kevin, had been trying to cope with his breakup by visiting gym and his friends. But after the lockdown he spoke to his therapist over call, expressing his fear that …

How to cope with Coronavirus Anxiety, according to Psychologists?

With the media flooding us with the constant updates about every case being reported in any nook or corner of the country, it is very natural to feel restless and …

Covid-19 Panic – Why Are We Hoarding?

Hoarding is a behavioral pattern where a person is unable or unwilling to discard possessions regardless of their value. They accumulate a large number of possessions that often fill up …

Dealing With Uncertainty In The Time Of Corona

Should we reschedule all travel plans? Shall we cancel the function? Do we postpone the wedding? Would it get better or worse? Within a few days, the increasing death toll …

Worsening Effect of Coronavirus Panic on Anxious Individuals

Repeatedly washing your hands, avoid coming in contact with people who are sick, obsessively reading about undiagnosed medical conditions, etc is common for people who are diagnosed with any form …

How To Practice Social Distance In The Time of Coronavirus

WHO recently declared coronavirus as Pandemic (prevalent over a whole country or the world), this has to lead to anxiety in worldwide. Recent updates on citizens hoarding on tissue roles …

Where To Draw The Line In Relationships?

How do you ensure self-care? In the world of Psychology, it is called- healthy boundaries. When we talk about having boundaries in our lives and relationships, we are talking about …

Coronavirus Anxiety- How To Deal With It

Fear thrives on uncertainty. The longstanding principle of fear has thrived off our population for decades and seen surges with unexpected outbreaks such as the Coronavirus.

Dissociation – When Your Mind Takes A Break

We all at some point in time have wished to escape our reality. The moments right after a brutal mistake, a betrayal, an embarrassment or a heartbreaking incident. We wish …

New Age Stressors

Binge Eating Have you ever gulped down a whole tub of ice-cream before an exam or ravaged a chocolate cake in the throes of a heartbreak Stress eating is a …

Is It Possible To Be Kind Every Day?

“No act of kindness – however small – is ever wasted” One thing that this increasingly competitive and fast-paced age requires the most, is kindness. But how exactly do we …

How NOT To Be Lonely In Diwali

“May this Diwali brighten up you and your family and may all be blessed with happiness” This is how we usually offer our heartful greetings to others offering them happiness …

Pessimism Is linked To Heart Disease, 5 Ways To Cultivate Optimism

Optimism means being positive and hopeful about the present and the future. Winston Churchill once said, “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” …

“There Was A Pain But No Diagnosis” Shraddha Kapoor On Struggling with Anxiety

Anxiety being disguised as a physical illness and usually Misdiagnosed. Actress Shraddha Kapoor has revealed that just after Aashiqui 2 she started having “physical manifestation of anxiety”, stating, “There was …

Drug Addiction | Steps To Overcome Drug Addiction

“I have been using melatonin (sleeping pill) to sleep, without it I am not able to sleep. I am doing since long and I think without it I won’t be …

Depression Movies | Beat The Anxiety and Depression

Movies can help one learn, share insights, and reflect on life and our relationships. They can move to us to the point of transforming our feelings and thoughts or bring …

How Anxiety Feels

What is Anxiety? The word “Anxiety” evokes so many emotions at one go that is probably impossible to explain. For some it’s the cliched feeling of nervousness, palpations, excessive worrying, …

What Is Asperger Syndrome? Identifying Asperger’s Characteristics

Asperger syndrome (AS) is a developmental disorder, a mild version of autism. It is a form of syndrome where a person faces communication challenges and sensory reception. It is likely …

Melancholy- The Valleys and Peaks

“She dwells with Beauty—Beauty that must die; And Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips “ – John Keats, Ode to Melancholy Melancholy, popularly thought of as something that must …

Experiencing Grief And Understanding The Five Stages of Grief

Grief is a sorrow experienced by someone who has lost something significant in their life. Grief meaning, It is a multidimensional emotion encountered when we suffer a major loss such …

Smoking Cessation | Quit Smoking and Chewing Tobacco But How?

“Cigarette smoking is injurious to health.” How often do we hear this, yet continue to light up our favorite cancer sticks at every given a chance? Ever wondered why? Cigarette …

Lucid Dreaming… Reality Or Myth?

Lucid dreaming has always baffled the minds of many and debated as a myth of mythology. A topic left behind for the geeks to debate over, until Christopher Nolan’s Inception …

Working Mother And Exhausted? Time To Unload The Stress

“The door is not bolted, the lights are on, the food is not warm, the geyser is not working, the AC is not cooling….seniors not keeping well, child not performing …

Trypophobia- Amazing Facts, Characteristics of Trypophobia

Fear vs Phobia– Fear is the normal response to danger, while phobias are characterised by excessive, unconscious, and persistent fear that constantly triggers anxiety. Therefore, in the Diagnostic and Statistical …

Need To Talk To Someone? How It Can Help

Have you ever felt the need to talk to someone? But couldn’t because- They might be judging me They may misunderstand me I might bore them What if I say …

How To Spot A Sociopath and A Psychopath

There is a general misconception about a Sociopath and a Psychopath. Many times, they are used interchangeably to define a person who breaks law. There are few common traits shared by both …

Trypophobia- Do You Have This Phobia?

“If the sight of holes makes you panic, you may suffer from the most common phobia you have never heard of- Trypophobia.” -Geoff Cole A peer-reviewed study published in the …

Trypophobia- How To Deal With This Phobia?

Fear could be a natural response to a threatening object or situation. But when that fear becomes irrational and excessive it takes a shape of phobia. There are many kinds …

How To Focus On Things In Your Control

A man has been trying to cut down a tree in the rain for hours, after a while his neighbor seeing that the man is facing some difficulty goes …

How To Deal With Regrets?

We all have that buried feelings of giving up our dream job, not conveying our true feelings to someone we loved, not taking that risk in life, not spending time …

How to Support a loved one when they are dealing with Depression?

If you have a friend or a loved one who is diagnosed with depression. You may be clueless as to how to help them. The person may not voice out …

Therapy Helped Me Accept Myself The Way I Was

Client P, 22 years, was feeling depressed, anxious which was triggered from smoking, drinking and consumption of marijuana, had a disturbed sleep cycle. He was struggling with various concerns like experiencing …

Why you could be feeling lonely

It only takes one sleepless night to ruin social interactions and make people feel lonely, a new study showed. -originally appeared on abcnews.go.com “Mother nature took millions of years to …

How to make the most mundane things more enjoyable?

“A new study from Ohio State University in Columbus and the University of Chicago at Illinois argues that by doing the same activities in unusual ways, we can enjoy them …

One Proven Way To Make Others Happy

New research showed the recipients of an emailed expression of gratitude (thank you mail) felt much more “ecstatic” than writers expected. Two psychologists- Dr Amit Kumar and Nicholas Epley attempted …

When the Fear of Death was Killing Me – Thanatophobia

“I had seen this movie, where the main protagonist had passed away and the life of the family he had left behind was shown. His parents, the love of his …

Am I Stressed or Anxious?

While it can be difficult to differentiate between stress and anxiety due to similarities in how they both may manifest themselves (physical symptoms), it can be important to understand whether …

8 steps to overcome our feelings of Hurt

It’s natural to think and want to always be happy and fulfilled, but unfortunately, no matter how hard we try, things won’t entirely turn out as we expected them to …

When the pressure to be perfect hits you

“My brain feels like it’s been punched and punched and nothing comes out” -Kirsty Schafer Earlier this year, research involving 40,000 students at universities in the UK, the US and …

How Change In Beliefs Can Make You Happy

We approach our life situations and take a decision based on certain core values and beliefs that we have developed based on our past experiences. Our belief systems play an …

Master The Art of Self Compassion

In order to survive in this high-pressure world, we must accustom ourselves to the practice of what is called Self Compassion. We often learn to blame ourselves for not …

How Change In Attitude Can Bring Happiness

One of the life’s sharpest paradoxe is that your brightest future hinges on your ability to pay attention to the present. ‘Living here and now’, ‘living in the moment’, ‘living …

How To Unpack Your Emotional Baggage

It is our baggage that keeps us viewing life through the same narrow lens. Are you ready to unpack? Letting go of baggage can be scary. It will require you …

Talking To My Daughter But Looking At My Phone

There are many times that I have even noticed myself nodding my head at my daughter with my eyes fixed on the mobile phone screen. It startles me and soon after which, I consciously put the device aside and establish eye contact.

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Do You Need A Psychiatrist, A Counselor or A Psychologist?

So if you have mental health concerns, you should seek help. But where do you go? How do you know what type of doctor you should talk to? Do you …

Honey Singh’s Revelation About Being Bipolar

There is a reason why you have been missing his peppy songs for a while. During that time, Yo Yo Honey Singh was suffering from bipolar disorder. It was scary. …

I’m A New Father. And No one Told Me I Could Be Depressed Too.

I have a lot of responsibilities now whether it’s financial, emotional or mental support, I’m expected to stand tall and “man-up”.

What Does Depression Feel Like?

Sinking yet floating Together yet apart Living a sleep paralysis- I want to move But I can’t I smile I weep At the void so deep Yet, at …

How to Deal with an Identity Crisis

“The deepest bond that you will ever share, is the one that you share with yourself.” – Anon At some point in our lives, we must have had people tell … Read More

How to Step out of Comfort Zones

A situation where one feels safe or at ease. Be it a job that we are stuck in, a dead end relationship that we are holding on to or a … Read More

How To Deal With Loneliness

The desire to be around people, being heard and understood is a very natural one and when unfulfilled, it results in a feeling of loneliness. Loneliness is an emotional response … Read More

4 Tips To Care Less On How Others Judge You

FEAR OF JUDGEMENT As children we used to be free in the true sense of the word- free from the pressures of society, free from inhibitions and judgment and we … Read More

Men Dont Cry

Men in our society are portrayed as physically strong, dominant, stoic, and always in control. Women on the other hand are considered to be fragile, sensitive and expressive. Throughout the … Read More

Ways to be Happy

“Wealth can be found in its most natural form inside the heart and mind of a happy person.”- Anon The concept of ‘happiness’ finds its roots … Read More

How to overcome negative aspects of Perfectionism

Perfectionism is defined as a personality trait characterized by a person's striving for flawlessness and setting excessively high performance standards. Perfectionism is accompanied by overly critical self-evaluations and concerns regarding others' evaluations. … Read More

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