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Relationship

Understanding and Overcoming Fear of Intimacy

Fear of intimacy is a subconscious fear of proximity that regularly disrupts people’s intimate relationships. This fear of physical and/or emotional intimacy frequently manifests in people’s closest and most meaningful relationships. While we may be conscious of our apprehension and

Social

“Risk hai to ishq hai”- Decoding the financial risks and how to stay safe!

A couple of months back we had a 20-year-old boy come to us in our outpatient department who was feeling very distressed, had difficulty sleeping and remained very anxious for the last week. When we interviewed him, we got to

Self Help

Forgiveness – The Golden Virtue 

Great beings in the past have said that forgiveness is not for someone else but rather for yourself. Harboring anger and hurt is like holding a piece of charcoal in your own hand and expecting the other person to burn.

Health Positive

The psychological & physiological health benefits of spiritual practices

From time immemorial religion, spirituality, philosophy, psychology and related subjects are of great concern to all people all over the world. About 80% of research in relation to religion and spirituality includes the study of mental health also. Spirituality can

Awareness

Violence against women Mental health consequences and Rehabilitation strategies

Violence against women is highly prevalent, yet we all try to steer clear from the discourse about the same. Most of us also perceive it to be a personal issue and remain ignorant about the global nature of this social

Awareness Social

Noise: A disturbing movie about Displaced Anger

Your anger will pass. But your mean words can scar a person for life. Sandhya Ram Mahindra’s short movie Noise foregrounds the ill effects of displaced aggression and illustrates how anger pollutes the emotional environment. A poignant, disturbing movie portraying

Positive Self Help

Gratitude: A Key to Happiness

Gratitude has been understood from multiple perspectives. According to the state view, gratitude can be defined as the state of thankfulness for all. That is important to an individual. From the trait perspective, it can be understood as the disposition

Awareness Positive

Ageing Paradigms in India: Navigating Challenges, Envisioning Futures

Demographic Shifting: A Glimpse into Ageing Patterns Across the globe, the phenomenon of population ageing is unfolding, spurred by the convergence of declining mortality and fertility rates and a surge in life expectancy. Within this international panorama, India stands as

Awareness

Frozen No More: Conquer Mood Freezing, Find Peace

The phrase “mood freezing” refers to an experiment conducted in 1984 using “mood-freezing pills.” To fix the respondents’ current moods, the researchers in the study purposely irritated the participants and gave them placebos, or tablets that freeze emotions. The respondents’

Therapy

Polyvagal Theory: A Breakdown of the Autonomic Nervous System and Social Behavior

The Polyvagal Theory, created by Dr. Stephen Porges, distinguishes 3 stages of evolution within the development of the mammalian autonomic nervous system. The theory gives a framework for understanding how our autonomic nervous system, impacts our psychological and behavioral experiences,

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