From Gifted Child to a Mediocre Student
Top of my semi-urban school, I was presumed to be what they call a gifted child; the ones with higher than average IQ (though in my case it was mostly memorisation skills and a knack for math). Scoring a GPA-5…
My Precious Days in Kashmir: The Paradise of The Earth
“Beauty is an enormous, unmerited gift, given randomly”- And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini) Suddenly, I thought about escaping from the clamor, hustle, and cacophony of my mundane city life into the warm, wildering heavens. As the clock kept ticking…
Negative Self Talk: One of the Biggest Barriers to Sound Mental Health
We all know we as human beings tend to focus more on the negatives than positives when it comes to our own issues. That’s our natural habitat. But just stop and think for a moment. Are all your negative thoughts…
Toxic Relationships: Understanding Why People Stay and How to Move Forward
How often do we hear the terms “toxic relationship” or “abusive partner” ? Unfortunately, the answer is more often than we’d like. It's as if every day we hear more and more about abusive relationships and the numbers agree. A…
Understanding Anxiety (and How You Can Deal With it)
How to cope with anxiety? As a millennial, this must have been a consistent question for days if not years. In simple terms, anxiety is a feeling of worry or uneasiness caused by fear of danger etc. This can be…
Introverts Can Speak for Themselves
Let's take a look back at something that happened a few months ago. The occurrence might have been trivial, but it gave me perspective. One of my faculties (who just happens to be an introvert) assumed it would be nice…
How to Be More Antisocial
“I know you have to get out of your house, so you are invited some place and you go and as soon as you walk in the door, oh my God. It’s death. It’s death. I can’t believe it, oh…
The State of Status Anxiety
We know it by many names. Keeping up with the Joneses. Fear of Missing Out. Status Anxiety is as old as civilization itself. For us to understand what Status Anxiety is, we have to first ask ourselves, “When was the last…
