I recently had a patient who came to me with depression due to infertility. The couple, both software engineers, were trying hard to conceive since the past four years with no success. They had tried soothsayers, poojas, temples, fasts and vrats along with IVF only…
This month I saw myself being more explorative about what I was reading. Different genres, a few of which I enjoyed exploring and a few which I still need convincing about. These are the honest opinions of the book I read this month. 1….
Screens are here to stay. There is no escaping the fact that they are an integral part of our lives now. A few years ago, we were trying hard to avoid our children from using our phones. Post pandemic, we have handed over gadgets to…
A survey conducted by the organization Rethink, opines that out of the 1300 mentally ill individuals they interviewed, about 93% felt that the people around them did not ‘get’ them. Another survey reports that about 3 in 5 people who live with mental illness do…
” Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body” -Joseph Addison, English poet and playwright. In the true spirit of this statement, this month, I have exercised my brain consistently enough and duly ignored the body 🙂 But it was such a…
Haven’t we all experienced the pleasure of lying in bed for longer than intended and doing nothing on a lazy sunday morning? Turns out that there is a new, if not fancy name for the same – “bed rotting”. Made viral on tiktok, proclaimed as…
According to the Oxford dictionary, Bedlam means “ a scene of uproar and confusion”. Interestingly, this is a word that has its origins in the history of psychiatric illness! In the 12th century, Simon Fitzmary, a philanthropist, donated a piece of land to the religious…
Away from the hustle and bustle of the busy life, among the sun baked plains and thorny shrubland of Tamilnadu lies the sleepy, unassuming town of Karaikudi. A place where you feel that time stands still. Narrow alleyways, huge stone temples with ornate carvings and…
The beginning of a new year brings with it an exciting vibe. Whatever has happened in the past year somehow seems forgivable and the new year promises so many varied possibilities, so many unexplored opportunities and a sense of excitement for the unknown. Anna…
Has it ever happened to you that you have binge watched something on Netflix despite knowing that there was a test the next day? Have you ever pushed going to the buy vegetables till you realised that the next day was a strike and…