Recovery is the return to a normal state of health and mind. When the healing process starts, recovery finds its way. Recovery is a slow process because our mind is a machine and by the word machine we mean that…
Reel Vs Real Life Healing – How It Is Depicted In Both
The meaning of disturbances in life and their path for healing can differ from one person to another. Healing simply means overcoming the disturbances or obstacles of life in a way in which we become more aware of the self…
Riding The Depression Roller Coaster
Let’s begin by reflecting on the idea of how mental illness is not visible. We as a society fail to recognize that, we fail to acknowledge how even the happiest person in front of us can be the loneliest person…
Anxiety – Its Causes, Stages And How to Cope With It
Anxiety can be defined as an intense feeling of excessive and persistent worry characterized by rapid breathing, fast heart rate, sweating, etc. It is our body’s natural response to stress. The feeling of worry and nervousness before examinations, performing on…
Understanding Mental Health And Well-being
A healthy person will be disease free, but a disease free person may or may not be healthy. Likewise, mental well-being will always ensure a person’s mental health but absence of mental illnesses may or may not determine disturbed mental…
It’s Okay To Change Your Therapist
There are times when you just do not click with a certain someone. This could happen with your therapist too and you might get a sign that it’s time to change your therapist. Sometimes when you feel like you’re treading…
Impact Of Distressing News On Your Mental Health
The increasing influence of journalism these days has forced us to give a thought about the fluctuating standards of journalism. Along with the disastrous spread of Covid-19 and increasing death rates every day, a lot has happened in the last…
Is Expressive Art Therapy Helpful?
Expressive arts therapy combines psychology and the creative process to promote emotional growth and healing. This multi-arts, or intermodal approach to psychotherapy and counseling uses our inborn desire to create—be it music, theatre, poetry, dance, or other artistic forms—as a…
Warning Signs Of Suicidal Behavior
Did you know that every 40 seconds someone dies due to suicide? They leave behind family and friends, who are absolutely oblivious of what went wrong. When the person is gone, we tend to ponder over questions like, “How can…
Developing Emotional Intelligence For Stronger Resilience
The term Emotional Intelligence was coined by Peter Salovey and John Mayer in 1990. They defined Emotional Intelligence as “a form of intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one’s own and others feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them…