Journals

Grief is not Linear: Cumulative Grief Even More Complex

By Sartaj Singh I stepped out of my house for the first time in 36 days to buy some new notebooks. I got one with a pink hard top, a blue hard top and 2 packs of ball pens with…

Art for Mental Health: Social Distancing and ‘Skin Hunger’

Touch Deprivation or Skin Hunger is a very real phenomenon which can cause you to feel stressed or anxious. Artist Shoili Kanungo shares her art work and video to depict what 100 d

Loneliness Series

The Pandemic is still Going Strong: Are you Suffering from Loneliness?

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and physical distancing has led to an increase in isolation and loneliness. How can you learn to cope if you or your loved ones are feeling loneliness and other triggers?

Loneliness Series

COVID19: Redefining Loneliness, One Story at a Time

Writer and Poet Jayshree Misra Tripathi talks about redefining loneliness and the need to cope with being solitary, during COVID-19 lockdowns and more, as a senior citizen.

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Why You Might Want to Try Dance Movement Therapy

The third part in the Mind-Body Connection series looks at Dance Movement Therapy and how dance, in the form of unstructured movements, when stripped of its ornamental and performative elements, has surprising healing effects.  By Somi Das I have always been…

Young Mental Health India

Why young Indians Swear by Self-Care during Covid-19

Self-care is not a luxury, but a necessity, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Learn what some young Indians are doing to care for themselves, and some helpful tips from a clinical psychologist in a special series on The Health Collective in association with One Future Collective

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Health Collective Talks: The Death of an Office and other Covid-19 stories

What is the biggest change going to be to your work-life in the after (Covid-19) times? We speak to Anindita Chatterjee, a senior content director at Radio Mirchi, speaking here in her personal capacity as a Mental Health Advocate, on…

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How Patients With Mental Illness and Hospitals in India are Coping with COVID-19

This story is reported as part of the India for Mental Health Fellowship launched in 2020 by Indiaspend in partnership with The Health Collective By Riddhi Dastidar New Delhi: For 14 years, Meenakshi Raman (name changed) had been taking her…

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Let’s Talk Mental Health: A Series of Conversations

We curated a 4-part series to Talk about Mental Health for Roli Pulse, featuring some wonderful speakers, looking to demystify Mental Health and explore various important themes. You can watch each of the four episodes here or bookmark, and keep…

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Your Stories: What It’s Like to Deal With an Anxiety Disorder

What does it feel like to have Anxiety? Is it any easier to talk to friends and loved ones about Anxiety these days, or has the popular use of the words anxiety and depression made things a bit more complicated?…