It was the year 2003, I had still not recovered from the Manic episode that had landed me in Hospital a few months earlier. The drugs and the initial inability to cope with Bipolar had bamboozled my mind. Extremely high…
Renewal follows turmoil
Renewal follows turmoil Change comes after much toil Whenever I have been through one my darkest phases of life, at that particular time it seems that this is the end of the world. Surely it can’t get worse than this.…
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‘Normal is Boring’ Laughing away the Blues!
A few months ago had met my Psychiatrist. (Let us call him Doc hereafter). As usual, our Q & A session began.. ‘How are you feeling?’ Doc asked me. Fine, normal. He just raised his eyebrows. Well, you know, I’m…
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Stress: The Bane Of Modern Life.
Stress is THE big bane of the rushed lives we just zip through each day. Where does it arise from? Deadlines and targets to meet at work, working mothers (especially in India) have to deal with the challenge that fulfilling…
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Family plays a crucial role
Before I was diagnosed and hospitalised for Bipolar, the symptoms had already surfaced. I’ve come to learn that typically cases go undetected for long periods, sometimes years before diagnosis. In my case even our family physician failed to spot anything…
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The beginning of it all
It all began when I started blogging. What started as a medium of creative expression, a platform to motivate others led to something unexpected. I’d been posting about how I switched between radically different careers. One of the posts in…
