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Month: March 2021

Guide to Grief

Your Stories: This is What Anxiety Can Feel Like

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Health Collective

Anxiety: One can’t always manage to express what’s going on inside…which happens to be a lot of emotions and thoughts…like a cutting tearing ripping from within…A screaming screaming screaming inside! The illustration tries to capture that cacophonic razor-edged war in the brain and body. ADWAITA DAS LATEST POSTS

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Gratitude for Patrons

Get your Art Postcards and Affirmations here

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Health Collective

Grab your own physical merch or send friends / loved ones a positive boost pretty much anywhere in India that India Post/ Speed Post delivers! Note: All proceeds are being used to keep our site and creative series going and to pay artists; this art made available by the wonderful Ishita Mehra and Adwaita Das. […]

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Left Behind: A Searing Story of Surviving Suicide Loss

March 21, 2021March 27, 2021 Health Collective

Dr Nandini Murali writes, Suicide grief is a profoundly isolating experience. The truth is that unless you have had a similar experience, you can never really know how a person bereaved by suicide loss feels. Also, no two suicide losses are alike. They may be similar, but not identical.

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Self Care by Raw Pixel

We Need to Talk: Care-Giving and Self-Care

March 20, 2021March 20, 2021 Health Collective

The very idea of self-care in a society that is founded on systemic lack of care can be a tricky one, but critical, especially for caregivers.

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Art and the Human Connection: Val Resh’s New Project

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 Health Collective

Val Resh shares she’s launching a large-scale art project Shared Consciousness: a search for human connection through art. Here’s how you can find out more and take part

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Online Dating and Your Teens: Make it About Safety First

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 Health Collective

Online dating is a reality whether parents want to acknowledge it or not. What are some tips and absolute red flags that young Indians need to know? Psychologist Pragya Lodha of OFC breaks it down in this special piece for the Health Collective.

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Mind body connection

The Mind-Body Connection: The Gut-Brain Axis and What it Means for You

March 10, 2021March 7, 2021 Health Collective

Could the latest research on the gut-brain axis be just what the doctor ordered in enhancing our model of understanding and treating mental health disorders? Somi Das explores for The Health Collective

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This Women’s Day is all about an ‘Epic Self-Love Story’

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 Health Collective

Move beyond symbolism this Women’s Day — It is time for all women to accept their immeasurable value far beyond social stereotypes; and see the spectacular star they are in their own sheroic journey.

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A Women’s Day Tribute and Message: ‘I Am Enough’

March 8, 2021March 7, 2021 Health Collective

This Women’s Day, here’s a powerful message and reminder to each of us and our allies: I am Enough.

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Emotions and Healing

A Reminder for Each of Us: I Accept Myself

March 6, 2021March 6, 2021 Health Collective

A reminder that whatever you’re feeling or going through, it’s ok.

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कोविड-19 के समय में एंग्जाइटी को कैसे संभालें- प्रोफेसर स्टीव जोर्डेंस से सीखिए खुद पर नियंत्रण करना

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Interview on the D Word: Hindi

http://www.healthcollective.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Hindi-VO-Deepa-The-D-Word-Interview.mp3

My Journey with Anxiety

http://www.healthcollective.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/VO-Anxiety-Ayushi-Khemka-25122020-18.27.mp3

Mental Health Resources

  • The World Health Organization’s Fact Sheet on Depression 
  • The WHO guidelines on Preventing Suicide: Media Resource
  • The Samaritans Media Guidelines on Reporting About Suicide
  • National Crime Records Bureau report on Suicides in India
  • Mental HealthCare Act 2017
  • The National Mental Health Survey

 

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Warning signs that you or a loved one should get immediate help

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