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Ankhee’s writing for help to overcoming depression, anxiety and related illnesses.
Gender issues in counselling – Things that can help budding counsellors
A counsellor gets to resolve various issues, in his or her career comes across different people. While conducting sessions, the gender of the counsellee might create barriers for the preconceived notion carried by the counsellor. This is volatile, the counselling process gets stagnant and narrows the horizons of the [...]
What is ‘S.A.D.’?
MENTAL health issues can occur in any form. Most of us think that it covers depression and anxiety related disorders only. Mental health issues covers a broader spectrum and each feature is distinct where the cause may vary but the symptoms might match. Amidst the cacophony, rat race, phone notifications [...]
Why Therapy
In a fast moving, uber connected world our minds are somehow unmasked. The pandemic has indeed taught us many things. We now know about uncertainty and insecurity . 'Covid hit' people also often complain about brain fog. The phase did not us take to office but brought office home through [...]
Mental Health Life
We all have been reading about mental health care almost everywhere . The problem is, we hardly apply it in our daily lives. Hence, a reminder. About 56 million Indian have depression and about 38 million Indians have other mental health issues. Earning well, travelling, an established career where we [...]
Nature and mental health
'Nature heals from within'. This is a true saying since Nature has a deep impact on one's mental health. Call it a saviour or man's good friend, it has the capacity to work on stressed minds and heal them. The problem is, being a part of the concrete jungle and [...]
‘Bad times’ are important
For all those who were attacked by some kind of crisis at some point of their lives, they must have realized that tough times bring out the best in us. The modified version of the better us are active when days are hard to deal with. Be it pandemic which [...]
Post LOCKDOWN phase
Covid anxiety has encompassed our mind and many a times we feel anxious for things that have no relevance to us. Our lifestyle has undergone a change, so has the mental set-up. As estimated, 2.6 billion people across the globe (which is one-third of the world population) are facing some [...]
Handling stress during LOCKDOWN:
A sudden change in life pattern has a strong impact on us- physically, mentally, emotionally and socially. During this lockdown, physical boundaries and lack of mental ventilation has kept us brooding and everything might appear boring. Hovering negative thoughts might be normal. But we tend to forget that these days [...]
How are we so different?
Our reactions depend on various reasons. There are a few cases where we take up generalized issues and see that most of us react in the same way. Let's say when it is too hot, most of us prefer staying at home but professional commitments overshadow our wishes. There are [...]