12 Reasons Chand Mera Dil is a Feminist Bomb
I recently watched Chand Mera Dil, a Bollywood film starring Lakshya Lalwani (of Kill and Ba**ds of Bollywood fame) and Ananya Pandey (Chunky’s daughter), under […]
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3 Ways I’m Unlearning Toxic Relationship Patterns
Pattern-finding is my superpower. Lately, I’ve been reflecting a lot about people I have intentionally let go of in my life. When I look back, […]
Continue reading »3 Ways Perfectionism Damages Relationships
I’ve been reflecting on perfectionistic people. Perfectionism can look responsible from the outside, but it’s a trauma response based on fear of failure. It can […]
Continue reading »5 Ways Traumatized People can Harm You
I’ve been reflecting a lot on how people create harm, often subconsciously, because they refuse to work on their trauma. Or perhaps because they cannot […]
Continue reading »3 Ways to Know if you’re Being Groomed for Emotional Abuse
Recently, I met a person who instantly felt like someone I had known before. I felt a sense of recognition and connection. It was a […]
Continue reading »6 Ways to Cope with Negative People
In the previous post, we looked at how negative people can cope with their own negativity. In the last episode of the Niggling Negativity series […]
Continue reading »7 Traits of Negative People
In our new series on Beyond Medicine, we are taking a look at a number of issues with negativity, such as, how and why it […]
Continue reading »6 Signs You’re Heading for a Co-Dependency
I’ve been reflecting a lot on co-dependency, and I wanted to highlight in this post, some signals that can help you figure out if you’re […]
Continue reading »How Patriarchy Harms Men
In the patriarchal system, from a very early age boys are expected to grow up to be supermen. In our recent episode on Beyond Medicine […]
Continue reading »Musings on Hypervigilance
It’s time to sleep. My body is appropriately tired from swimming. But there’s a portal in my stomach through which sleep has disappeared to another […]
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