Class XII student and mental health advocate Manvi Tiwari addresses some myths on Mental Health that she would like to bust, and a message to her younger self.
Category: Your Stories
An 18 Year Old Anxiety Survivor and ‘Badass’ Tells It Like It Is
By Manvi Tiwari I am 18 years old right now. In the previous lockdown, I started to feel very anxious, often I would cry and wouldn’t even know the reason why I was crying. I couldn’t attend classes and my…
New book ‘Age of Anxiety’ is now available
Do book your copy now if you can! Also check out our first two books in the Mindscape series: Real Stories of Dealing with Depression and Young Mental Health ALSO READ
Health Collective Talks: It’s All in your Head M and No Straight Thing was Ever Made
What is it like to write a personal memoir on living with a mental illness, and what kind of reactions have readers been sharing? We ask authors Manjiri Indurkar and Urvashi Bahugana.
The Negative Spiral: A Comic Strip on Cognitive Distortions
Tsuki’s Cognitive Distortions by Shoili Kanungo is a sharp look at the negative spiralling that can occur and how we can often internalise criticism
Your Stories: This is What Anxiety Can Feel Like
Anxiety: One can’t always manage to express what’s going on inside…which happens to be a lot of emotions and thoughts…like a cutting tearing ripping from within…A screaming screaming screaming inside! The illustration tries to capture that cacophonic razor-edged war in…
Left Behind: A Searing Story of Surviving Suicide Loss
Dr Nandini Murali writes, Suicide grief is a profoundly isolating experience. The truth is that unless you have had a similar experience, you can never really know how a person bereaved by suicide loss feels. Also, no two suicide losses are alike. They may be similar, but not identical.
Art and the Human Connection: Val Resh’s New Project
Val Resh shares she’s launching a large-scale art project Shared Consciousness: a search for human connection through art. Here’s how you can find out more and take part
A Women’s Day Tribute and Message: ‘I Am Enough’
This Women’s Day, here’s a powerful message and reminder to each of us and our allies: I am Enough.
We Write What we Cannot Speak: A Review of ‘No Straight Thing Was Ever Made’
Tanmoy Goswami reviews No Straight Thing Was Ever Made for The Health Collective and finds it a work of considerable quality.