Category: Mental Health
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I am more than the sum of my parts… living with behavioral addiction
“What are you here for? “ Asked the receptionist at the counter in the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience (NIMHANS) Centre for Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. “Reading addiction,” I said. He lifted his eyes from some report he was looking at and repeated after me in wonder. “ Reading addiction!! “” Yes”,…
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How feminist friendships became my safe spaces and helped me grow
Recently, a dear friend of mine nicknamed me as ‘safe space’, saying I am obsessed with the idea of safe spaces. She was, of course, not too far from the truth. As someone highly sensitive, I am extremely careful about the people I surround myself with as even the smallest things can leave me emotionally…