Trust. Isn’t it so difficult to trust someone these days? Especially someone you do not know sufficiently well. Now you have to believe this! Strangers open up and reveal deep secrets which they wouldn’t share with their best friends or even with…
And One Day I Too Was Among The Mentally Ill
Being an introvert from childhood, I always had only one or two friends. I was teased by other children in school and the neighborhood, which made me more introvert. I became more and more engrossed in my studies. I always…
Fitness, Good Health and Me
“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.” ~ John F Kennedy Mine is a love and hate relationship with fitness and health.…
How to Overcome Work Depression with Ease
Modern people spend around a half of life at work, and we face challenges daily that can lead to work depression. Although your failures can be minor, you need to cope with depression once it appears. Believe it or not,…
Bipolar Disorder- Demystifying a Serious Mental Illness
So many people have raised queries about Bipolar Disorder, how one could identify it and so on, that I thought a presentation would do justice to this important topic. Let us remember, 15 million Indians (60 million globally) are Bipolar…
3 Cheers to us on our 3rd Anniversary!!!
From May 23, 2013 when this community site was born, to today..what an exhilarating journey it has been!! It does appear now that it has been longer than just 36 months. The initial year had been the nursery equivalent~ a baby feeling its…
Of Mind, Body and Soul
My relationship with the world and the relationship I have with myself are interdependent. For, one fuels the other. We spend the better part of our lives trying to understand how the world works: its machinations, plans and mysteries. Only the wise…
An Unlikely Love Story
Mental Health Awareness Week 2016 (May 16 – 22) is on and this time the theme is Relationships. So let’s kick it off with a Story on a relationship. One that is excerpted from my Book~ …
The 5 Step Mind Shift to Mental Wellness
The recovery process in any troublesome, chronic illness/disease involves the body, mind as well as spirit. This is true for both physical and mental illnesses. We have enough shining examples in real life of courage amidst great adversity. Yuvraj Singh,…
A Story Of Upheaval
Hi! I am Venugopal. I was a brilliant student since my childhood and I always topped the class. I did my B Tech from NIT Warangal, one of the top engineering institutes in India. During my 3rd year of my…