I was body shamed at family gatherings.
Growing up, I hadn’t really been ‘fat’ or ‘chubby’. But as soon as I hit puberty, my lifestyle and eating habits changed drastically. And these bad ea
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My parents’ regular conflicts at home affected me in ways I couldn’t imagine.
I still remember when I was in 7th grade, I came home running joyfully to my parents with a silver medal swinging in my hand, to tell them how fast I ran in the race and came secon
How you can cope with gossip?
In our everyday lives, we hear a lot of gossip, whether it is at our workplace, home, school or college, or on television about renowned personalities. We usually enjoy listening
I would avoid talking to my father about my career choices.
It was a regular Sunday afternoon for us; my father was at home on Sundays like most working parents, and I wanted to have a serious talk with my father about my career choices. Bu
I had heard many a times that people who went to therapy were crazy. Was I crazy?
At the age of 18, I experienced anxiety for the first time. It was my first year of college, I was entrusted with the task of introducing the chief guest of an event. As someone wh
How Marriage Counselling in India Can Reinforce Unequal Gender Roles?
Uneven treatment or perceptions of people based on their gender is a phenomenon of gender inequality. It stems from the gender roles that have been socially created. Cultural stere
Overthinking Leads to Negative Thoughts
The act of overthinking creates extraordinary thoughts which are mostly excessive and negative in nature. Overthinking is capable of creating multiple ‘pop ups’ in our brains,