depression Archives

He Was Depressed, I Needed Therapy. How Was Our Marriage Going to Survive?

My husband couldn’t get out of bed and spent most of his waking hours in silence or crying. He experienced panic attacks. Soon my empathy for him began morphing into a dark affirmation – I didn’t deserve this. Then I realised I needed therapy too.

Sangeetha Bhaskaran July 18, 2016

Health

Defying Depression: How I Mastered the Art of Numbness

My depression takes away my power of rational thinking. But I have words to hide behind, to make the most bleak day a thing of beauty. And in the absence of words, I have music.

Deepanwita De July 9, 2016

Health

I Slept with Depression…

Sleeping with depression was the biggest mistake, and also the best decision of my life. I know he’s not in love with me. He’s just using me. I’m that crazy girl who keeps sleeping with the guy she’s in love with and then cries about it but then repeats the process again.

Sehaj K June 24, 2016

Vice

How My Prescription Drug Abuse Chained Me to Self-Harm

There’s no stigma around prescription medication; it isn’t considered a vice like alcohol, cigarettes, or marijuana. Still, refusing to recognise the demon of addiction doesn’t mean it isn’t perched on your back. I lost sleep, gained weight, and intentionally started hurting myself, leading to a spiral of self-loathing.

Sukrit Koul June 15, 2016

Health

How I Convinced My Middle-Class Mind to Seek Therapy

The only reason it took me five years and 52 hours to get myself into a psychiatrist’s office was simple. I’m a middle-class Indian girl from a small town. Where I live, depression doesn’t exist. And therapy is expensive.

Dark Shark June 8, 2016

People

DIY Happiness

The internet made me think that with enough pig-headedness, I could crack depression like a mathematical equation. But after a few hundred articles, I'm more miserable than ever.

Piyush Tainguriya May 28, 2016

POV

Does December Make You Blue? Or Is It Just Me?

Decembers and I just don’t get along. While you’re giving thanks for all the silver linings of the year, I’m hypnotised by the dark clouds. Like a show reel of the lowest points of my year — an almost debilitating heartbreak, every missed opportunity, and my most acute failures — that’re playing on loop in my mind.

Sonali Kokra May 25, 2016

Health

Depression, the Heaviest Weight I’ve Lifted Yet

When bestselling author Krishna Udayasankar broke her arms, she was held aloft only by the thought of getting back to weightlifting – her life raft in fighting clinical depression.

Author||ila ananya May 17, 2016

Health

I am Depressed But my Partner is Happy. I Hate Him For It

I’m in a relationship where my partner’s happiness is a constant reminder that they have something that I don’t. There are two ways this could go: Either I can feel inspired, and try to walk down the same path. Or I can start hating him for it.

Sehaj K May 11, 2016

Pop Culture

Dear Zindagi, Are You Mad?

Touted as a film on mental health, Dear Zindagi carried a pretty heavy responsibility. But what it did with that responsibility is, dressed it up in chic clothes and clichés.

Sharan Saikumar May 3, 2016