Coping

An Inspiring Story Of Overcoming Adversity Against All Odds
An Inspiring Story Of Overcoming Adversity Against All Odds

An Inspiring Story Of Overcoming Adversity Against All Odds

My name is Prakash. My age is 68. I am fighting bipolar disorder for the last 48 years. At age 20 while studying  inter-science in college, I got my first episode of severe depression. As my mother also suffered from…

Creativity As Selfcare For The Helping Professional
Creativity As Selfcare For The Helping Professional

Creativity As Selfcare For The Helping Professional

Fenichel, a psychoanalyst said, “the patient’s wish to be cured by a magician may be equalled by the therapist’s wish to be a magician”. People in the helping profession are often expected to be such magicians, immune to the kind…

Importance of Stable Relationships in Mental Illness
Importance of Stable Relationships in Mental Illness

Importance of Stable Relationships in Mental Illness

We talk about diagnosis and treatment for those struggling with Mental Illness. The nature of the affliction affects the hapless person on even more fronts: earning a living and at a more personal level, it hits the stability of his…