I couldn’t speak in front of an audience, no matter how prepared I was.
I still remember being a scared 10-year-old girl in front of an audience. I was told to perform a small poem for annual day, and I was petrified. I had practised the whole week for
I used to think that my co-worker hated me.
I had started working for an IT firm 2 years ago. It was my first job and I was overjoyed about getting the opportunity to work in the area of my interest. We were a team of seven
My child would get excessively tensed on the day of his exam.
My son was a bright child. He was good in studies, and performed well at school. But he was overly afraid of taking exams. We first noticed that something was wrong when he
I had a miscarriage six months back, but I couldn’t stop thinking about the baby I lost.
I am a woman in my late thirties and have recently gone through a very traumatic incident. I was pregnant last year, and three months into the pregnancy, I had a miscarriage. &nb
I might be gay, but I was too scared to talk about it.
Growing up as a boy, I was always aware that I was different. In school, people usually form friendships by making connections and finding mutual interests with one another. Howeve
I wasn’t confident about my body.
I remember attending a workshop on body positivity where everyone was asked to write the part of their bodies they liked. And I remember not being able to think of any such area of
I didn’t think I would get through the Coronavirus pandemic.
Ever since the ‘Janta curfew’ was announced, reading newspapers and watching television had started becoming stressful for me. After a point, the increase in the number of deat
I hated my younger brother.
I have a brother, who is four years younger than me. I remember how happy my family was the time he was born. My parents had dropped me at my grandparents’ house, where I kept as
I was losing motivation in things I used to once love.
I remember those days when I used to paint ardently. It was therapeutic for me. There wouldn’t be a single day when I wouldn’t paint. I was so sure that it was meant for me. Pa
I didn’t understand when people said “take care of your mental health”.
One week in winter, I found myself sick in bed. My mother prepared warm bowls of soup, and offered to run to the store if I needed anything. Friends and family told me to “take i