Best Wishes for 2019 Ups and downs this year but we rode it out — as did you. Here’s hoping for a great 2019 for all of us! Hoping to make the most of it while it’s shiny and new,…
Year: 2018
Seasonal Depression and the Need for Self Care
By Scherezade Siobhan I am a psychologist who has a love-hate relationship with major holidays for several reasons. I love holidays because, well, who doesn’t enjoy a timeout from work, delicious food and a good sale on gadgetry? On the…
Understanding Dementia
A common complaint from the elderly is forgetfulness — whether it’s something they’ve misplaced, or a thing they’ve forgotten. Usually no one bothers to take it seriously, putting the ‘condition’ if we can call it that, down to old age.…
Solo’s Sadventures: Episode 08
Also Read: More Sadventures by Solo Solo is a writer and cartoonist from Bangalore. She likes reading, playing video games and binge-watching Netflix. Her life would have been rather unremarkable had it not been for her BPD fuelled imagination. She also has 4…
Emotional Abuse: Conversation and Closure
By Scherezade Siobhan As I wrote in my previous column, emotional abuse is incredibly dissonant to process on several levels both psychologically and physically and at the onset of healing from it, the journey can feel a little like steering…
Creating Art: From Self-Expression to Healing
By Jerin Jacob “This is SO overwhelming. I need my book! and my colours! I need to switch off, right now!” We all have times when we absolutely, completely zone out and need a break, or rather, some me-time. ‘Me-time’…
Heart Mothers: Adoption and Maternal Mental Health
By Swarnima Bhattacharya There are as many motherhoods as there are mothers. Their subjectivity, journeys and experiences all mould and galvanise, defining the experience of motherhood in a multiplicity of ways. Despite being an intensely personal, fluid experience, motherhood is…
Emotional Abuse: Move Past Commentary to Compassion
By Scherezade Siobhan My client H is a bright-eyed software engineer with an envious fountain of noodle curls for hair. In her first session, we actually bond over the implicit politicisation of women’s hair as she declares she would do…
Solo’s Sadventures: Episode 07
As a young girl navigating through mental illness, I had a rather vivid imagination. Years later, I also realise how morbid it was. Also Read: More Sadventures by Solo Solo is a writer and cartoonist from Bangalore. She likes reading,…
Know Your Rights: Mental Healthcare Act 2017
By Arjun Kapoor This series will explore the rights of Persons with Mental Illness under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 [“MHCA”]. This article looks at the MHCA, the lens of a rights-based approach, and your right to access mental healthcare…