Addiction is a divisive subject in the world of mental health care. Some people consider it a mental illness and others think it is the conscious decision of a person. There are countries where someone who has substance addiction is allowed to get treatment at the same level as any Read more…
April ends and with it ends the A to Z challenge, 2018. It was a great experience where I met and interacted with a lot of different blogs and bloggers. The month started with bright optimism and ended with the dexterity of an owl hunting in the day. It was Read more…
Statistics say that almost every person in the world, at some point in their life, experiences… the act of… sleeping. It is something that might seem very common and simple. After all, we spend one-third of our life doing it. In reality, sleep is very complex. We are still not Read more…
Have you ever been on a roller coaster? You must have heard of the simile comparing life to a roller coaster. Both of them have their ups and downs and both cost a surprisingly large amount of money. One main thing that they differ on is what it feels like Read more…
What is Self Harm? Self harm is a difficult topic to talk or write about. It is hard to write in words what goes on in the mind of a person who harms him/herself. It is hard to not make the victim seem crazy while not promoting or glorifying self Read more…
NIMHANS. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, or NIMHANS for short, is a name that people in India are familiar with. It is the apex centre for mental illnesses’ treatment and studying about neurological sciences. It is located in Bengaluru, Karnataka. History. Charles Irving Smith, a surgeon from England Read more…
Whenever we come across someone dealing with mental health issues, we often find ourselves in a deadlock. The sufferer finds it hard to open up to another person and the listener simply cannot figure out what the right thing to say is. For any conversation, it is important that both Read more…
Exercise. “Go out and have a walk mate. It will be fine.” People who have had depression in the past would be familiar with this sentence. It is right up there with “Just cheer up” and “Stop being so lazy.” People think that depression is something that can simply be Read more…
What is Faith Healing? Faith healing is healing achieved by religious prayers and belief rather than by medical treatments. It is rampant and commonly found in almost every continent of earth with the exception of Antarctica (It would be funny though to see penguins worshipping a pebble). The way faith Read more…
Depression is something that has existed among humans for centuries. Of course, it is often asked why people didn’t have these problems in the 19th or 20th century but that isn’t so. In previous centuries, Depression was called ‘Melancholia’ in the west. It was only around the 18th century that Read more…