Be strong, speak up and stop suffering in silence When you come from a South Asian background, the way you see things and the way your family see things can be very different. The older generation have been brought up in a mentality in which asking for help means you are weak or it’s a […]
You are enough (and always have been) The answer to long-lasting, soul-fulfilling contentment. (Credits to Cynthia Marikinos) How often do you feel there must be so many other, more qualified, more experienced, more talented people than you? ‘My main problem is over-saturation in the blogosphere. I read blog after blog with gorgeously designed websites and […]
DIVORCE IS NOT A TRAGEDY! Divorce in most South Asian communities, even those in more liberal countries, is still considered taboo. Many South Asians, like other traditional ethnic groups, stay in toxic marriages for the sake of finances, duty, children, fear or pride. Getting divorced seems impossible and often couples stay together to avoid the […]
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry today released ten films as part of the Heads Together mental health campaign. The films feature people from all walks of life talking, often with the person that they first opened up to, about the life changing conversation that helped them cope with their mental health […]
When one of the funniest, most beloved, resourceful, and generous human beings on the planet, actor and comedian Robin Williams, commits suicide after a long battle with depression, you know there’s something wrong. Yes, something’s wrong, not with the man, but with the rest of the planet. Like millions of individuals, I was stunned by […]
Source: Rupal Patel – Mental Health and the Gujarati Communities: Exploring the Reasons Behind Low Rates of Mental Illness Prevalence
Let’s cut to the chase. I’m going to recklessly throw my personal out there because I vehemently believe in the deepest part of my heart that we don’t talk enough about any of this, because those of us caught in the struggle are clothed in a toxic cloak of shame. And I’m sick of being […]
Broken. Shattered. Hopeless. Damaged I’ve thought these thoughts and identified myself as these things once or twice over my lifetime. I thought that my situations would never get better, my heart would never be healed, and I would live a broken life. I believed the lie that my torn up heart would carry into future […]
Don’t baby her. Don’t look at her with a worrying gaze every time she reaches her hand out to you. She isn’t broken. She isn’t mental. She’s only human. When she has a panic attack, don’t assume she’s faking it. Trust me, she isn’t. Hold her through her shaking, and tell her she is […]
“Cheer up you have nothing to be depressed about, some people have It worse than you” A sentence I am used to hearing time and time again. People view depression like you are just really sad about something, so they automatically say things like “It will get better don’t worry” or “you’ll be fine”. Now I […]
