By Scherezade Siobhan The prominent writer Clarice Lispector once wrote, “Many were they who abandoned all they had and went in search of the greater hunger.” The emergence of #MeToo across India’s digital landscape has created a new social climate…
Year: 2018
Legends of Tomorrow: Talking Mental Health and Queer Lives through Sci Fi and Fantasy
By Ilina Acharya There is something about the show Legends of Tomorrow that has left me captivated. Maybe it is the revelation that there are TV shows such as this that are queer, have kickass female leads as well as fun and…
Once Upon a Time: The Keys to Romance
By Tanya Vasunia It is through our relationships that we evolve and thrive as human beings. The last ten years have seen considerable changes in the inter-personal relationship landscape, with the boom of telecommunication services and internet connectivity. As such, the…
Me Too and Mental Health
ACJ Student Pritha Mallick reached out to us with some questions around Mental Health and #MeToo. Here are some edited excerpts of an interview with psychologist and Health Collective contributor, Kamna Chhibber. 1. One of the first reaction to women’s…
Your Stories: Healing after Rape and Avoiding Triggers
By Anonymous I had suppressed every shred of memory I have of being raped, deep in some dusty corner of (my) mind, so that I could live a life where I could pretend it never happened. I only told the…
How To Cope With Your Brand New BPD Diagnosis: Part II
Coping with a new diagnosis of any sort isn’t easy. It is especially difficult when it is BPD. Because being BPD means a lot of things. It means dealing with intense, unstable emotions, uncontrollable rage, paranoia, delusions and being an…
Wheelchair Cricket: Go Team India!
By Sukanya Sharma It is double the celebration — India just won the Asia Cup, just over a week after Team India won the Wheelchair Cricket Asia cup. Here are excerpts of an interview with the coach of the team,…
Your Stories: Living with Panic Attacks, Anxiety and Depression
By Anonymous Life events in my early twenties triggered the first onslaught of panic attacks and anxiety. And no, anxiety and panic attacks are not just (an) over reaction to nervousness. They can be severely debilitating, capturing your mind and…
Motherhood: The Roller Coaster Ride
By Vanita Singh Fernandes Here’s an exercise. Imagine a few changes in your life (in a matter of months). Imagine your body about ten kilos heavier (and on a heady cocktail of hormones). Your skin coarse, covered with marks, bumps…
Alzheimer’s: The Need for Compassion, Care
By Kamna Chhibber In my work as a therapist I come across people who struggle with caring for someone who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The changes in life expectancy having altered the age to which human beings live has…