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When the stigma is from within: A story of my feminist values and a narcissistic mother

I’ve seen my mother face domestic violence since I was a child. Growing up in an environment where individual liberty and self expression had no space for existence, I soon learnt to survive by making myself invisible. But in my… Continue Reading →

You are empowered within and without by knowing, feeling and accepting yourself. Do it for the sake of you.

Mental stigma is prevalent and prominent enough to address. My social and individual hemisphere was fabricated with this stigma and its connecting lies for a very long time with much pervasivity. I remember as a literature student we were given… Continue Reading →

It took a lot of Unlearning and Relearing, applying what I learnt in therapy to my life and the difference baffled me.

I am a doctor. I was working day in and day out during my internship and taking care of my body. I was having good number of friends, had enough money to go out and buy things that give me… Continue Reading →

The strongest stigma sometimes is the one in your head. 

“Come on, there are real problems in the real world. When you forget how to be grateful and stop taking your duty seriously is when you get all these stupid notions about being depressed or anxious or whatever the hell… Continue Reading →

Finding Therapy

The first instance when I should have realized that I needed to consult a therapist was back in 2017. In the midst of a tough summer, I began encountering frequent bouts of nausea. It was a time when I realized… Continue Reading →

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