How to make anxious-avoidant relationships work
You reap what you Sow This idiom makes sense to me now when I talk about how I attach myself to people in relationships. When I first met my partner some 5 years ago, we hit it off well upon initial meeting. I had always been someone who desired constant reassurance and intimacy from my […]
Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder is a mental health disorder that impacts the way you think and feel about yourself and others, causing problems functioning in everyday life. It affects how you feel about yourself, how you relate to others and how you behave. It includes self-image issues, difficulty managing emotions and behavior and a pattern of […]
My sister was struggling with her studies after her breakup.
My sister and I have always shared a great bond. We share everything with each other. Interestingly, we are both academically smart but emotionally weak. I have been noticing her for a while, and she’s not herself lately. She’s one of the most active people you’ll ever meet. She excels at almost everything and gives […]
I would avoid staring at stray dogs whenever I walked down the path.
The fear started at the age of 10. It was a chilly Sunday morning. I woke up while everyone else in the neighborhood slept. My sister and I decided to go play outside, with my parents believing that we were fast asleep. After a while, I got bored, but my sister insisted on continuing to […]
Can anxiety cause chest pain?
Is it a heart attack or an anxiety episode? For the majority of people, experiencing occasional worry, or nervousness is very natural. These are typical reactions to atypical moments in everyday life. However, anxiety affects certain people regularly. Symptoms can include everything from anxiety or stress to physical reactions. These symptoms are sometimes w
HOW TO DEAL WITH A NEUROTIC PERSON
Have you ever come across a person who frequently behaves in an irrational manner? Do they have an overall tendency to lean towards negative emotions? Such individuals are usually believed to have neurotic tendencies. Neurotic people are those who have been afflicted by neurosis, a psychological condition in which a person experiences various mental, emotion
I was body shamed at family gatherings.
Growing up, I hadn’t really been ‘fat’ or ‘chubby’. But as soon as I hit puberty, my lifestyle and eating habits changed drastically. And these bad eating habits led to excessive weight gain. Originally, no one at home pointed out these weight gain problems to me, perhaps because they are more sensitive as parents to […]
My parents’ regular conflicts at home affected me in ways I couldn’t imagine.
I still remember when I was in 7th grade, I came home running joyfully to my parents with a silver medal swinging in my hand, to tell them how fast I ran in the race and came second in the school. I was very happy that day. But as soon as I reached home, I […]
I would avoid talking to my father about my career choices.
It was a regular Sunday afternoon for us; my father was at home on Sundays like most working parents, and I wanted to have a serious talk with my father about my career choices. But somehow, I could not gather the courage to speak up. I had been struggling to express my feelings to my […]
I had heard many a times that people who went to therapy were crazy. Was I crazy?
At the age of 18, I experienced anxiety for the first time. It was my first year of college, I was entrusted with the task of introducing the chief guest of an event. As someone who participated in performances on stage from a fairly young age, this seemed like a simple task. However, the task […]