Your Stories: Mental Health Myths and Facts (Hindi)
By Ishika Bansal Mansik Swasthya: Mera Anubhav, Kuch Galatfahmiyon ke Paar Mansik swasthya. Sunne mein hi kitna bhari shabd lagta hai.
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Depression
Lighten the Load: How the Joy and Rhythm of Dance Helps me Combat Depression
Can dance and movement help bring back joy? The Health Collective guest contributor addresses her journey with depression and dealing with questions of identity in this heart-warming piece that seizes on the moment that a dance circle and the guiding principles behind it helped her deal with feelings of unease, and embrace joy.
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How to Help Someone with Depression (Even When They Push You Away)
Have you ever tried helping someone with depression, only to encounter reluctance? It’s painful to see someone struggle, but is
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Four-Legged Love: How My Basset Hounds Help Ease my Depression
Discovering the Unseen Emotional Support of Pets in Mental Health Journeys By Sumana Bhoothalingam It has been said many times,
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Dealing with Life during COVID-19: My Journey Through Depression
Depression can leave you feeling wrecked, worthless and entirely alone – an invisible illness, it can be hard for loved ones to pick up on what you are going through. In this post, a university student shares some of her journey on dealing with Depression during Covid-19.
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Lonely and Depressed? We Need to Talk About Care Networks
This pandemic, many people are dealing with the double whammy of Depression and Loneliness. Depression comes with a feeling that makes you think that nobody gets it, nobody gets you, writes Ayushi Khemka.
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My Journey with Anxiety: No, It’s Not Nervousness
By Ayushi Khemka A year or two ago, I remember seeing a popular “women-centric digital platform in India” selling their
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Your Stories: How I’ve Lived with Depression, Panic Attacks and Anxiety Disorder
By Girish Iyer This is a story of a 12-year-old boy who was blessed to have been born to into
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Your Stories: An Existential Crisis or Cause for Concern?
By @gulzaarzindagi I was on vacation at one of the most beautiful places on Earth, that is Kerala, back in
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Your Stories: Battling Stigma, Expectations and other Burdens as a Young Adult with Depression
By Ishita Mehra I used to think that the inability to work was an excuse most people would make to
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