lekhika

A story to be told… It has been almost 6 years since I have been fighting it, and the worst that’s been said to me is: “You’re overthinking.” “Is that all you’re depressed about?” “Stop overreacting all the time.” This is not me overreacting or overthinking my thoughts over and over again. This is me dealing and suffering with depression. This is my demon running its black toxins through my head, poisoning my thoughts and feelings. It is not an emotion, it is an illness. A completely illogical illness. From everyone else’s point, they see the most positive thing going in my life. But when it strikes, at least for me, it makes me feel as if a part of my mind has turned off the switch to be able to enjoy or feel things. It makes me feel as if my brain has sniffed off my personality and misplaced it somewhere else. I am there but not there at the same time. I didn’t choose it. It came to me and the worst thing is that it is still hard to ...

  According to WHO 800,000 people die of suicide every year. That equates to one every 40 seconds. A person’s mind has a lot to do with it. We go for our body check-ups very often. But what about our minds? What about mental health? Do we even bother to care for our minds? Why mental health is yet not a priority for any Indian? “Why talking about mental health is still a taboo in this great country of ours?”   When living with depression, we feel the need to keep distance from other people. We may also feel that we don’t have anyone to talk to. And we end up spending time worrying about how to cope up with it alone. Depression can cause many people to feel lonely. It results in people withdrawing from relationships and new interactions as they don’t have power to maintain them. This withdrawal can then sustain the thought of worthlessness and hopelessness and leads in worsening of the situation. Sadness, anxiety, guilt, self-loathing just ...