Mental Health
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567Every 40 seconds, a life is lost, WHO says; suicide prevention a shared duty of society
Every September 10, world marks World Suicide Prevention Day. The theme this year, ‘Changing the Narrative on Suicide,’ asks us to stop...
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1.7KFrom self-sabotage to acceptance: Learning to let yourself be happy without fear
Life can be steady, and things can be falling into place, and yet a voice in the back of our mind whispers,...
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1.8KBehind the Mask: Unveiling narcissistic abuse in Kashmiri homes
In the tranquil valleys of Kashmir, where community, family, and emotional ties often run deep, relationships are sacred. But what happens when...
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2.0KClimate change in Kashmir is now a mental health crisis: Here’s why that’s dangerous
Policymakers talk about plantation initiatives, but climate healing involves more than just planting trees—it involves repairing our mental ties to nature? In...
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1.6KScreen Overdose: How digital addiction is stealing childhoods in Kashmir
Kashmir at one point of time used to be full of life. The fields, the streets, the orchards—all alive with the sound...
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3.5KDiscarded for disorder—No takers for Kashmir’s distressed minds
‘These patients aren’t taken back despite their families being aware of their sound state. These poor souls are clearly facing violation at...
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3.3K‘Cow’, ‘Lambo’, ‘Nataraj Pencil’: Kashmir’s toxic body-shaming culture
“What people saw was a ‘fat figure’. They called her ‘darti pe boaj’, cylinder and what not. These tags became her nicknames....
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5.6K‘Situation is distressing, pathetic’: Kashmir in grip of suicides
Back-to-back lockdowns have not only affected Kashmir’s people economically, but psychologically too, resulting in more deaths by suicide. A transient thaw and...
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Dread, distress and dope: Young Kashmiris pushed to walls
As Kashmir unlock phase has begun, many lockdown-battered youngsters caught in the Covid wave are battling the new normal within weary walls....
