#MentalHealth

Stop trying to meditate your way out of a burning building. Shivam Bhatia breaks down why the grit movement is actually hurting our mental health. I spend a lot of my time as an MA student buried in old books, specifically tracing how ancient Stoicism somehow ended up as the unofficial religion of ... Read full article.

Tired of romanticizing your life? Clinical psychologist Sonali Gupta shares why 'main character fatigue' is real and why it's okay to be un-aesthetic. I’m going to be honest with you. I’m exhausted. Not the kind of exhausted that a weekend of sleeping in can fix, but the deep, existential fatigue ... Read full article.

We are told to follow our passion, but what happens when that passion starts to feel like a chore? Here is my story of losing and finding my creative spark. I remember the exact moment I realized I did not want to pick up a paintbrush. It was a Tuesday afternoon. I had three commissions due, an ... Read full article.

Stop chasing the big life. Priyanka Dutta shares how existential minimalism and choosing fewer goals became her ultimate therapy for finding clarity and peace. I spent years convinced that my life had to be a grand narrative. Every job choice, every hobby, and even every brunch order felt like a ... Read full article.

I thought I would be a real adult by now. Instead, I am just tired and confused. Let's talk about the grief of realizing you can't be everything at once. I woke up recently with a very specific, itchy kind of dread. It is the feeling of being twenty-eight years old and realizing that I am somehow ... Read full article.

Pranav Saxena explores the paradox of Gen-Z emotional exhibitionism. Why do we livestream our breakdowns while burying the secrets that actually define us? We exist in a strange, liminal space where the private has become public and the public has become a performance. As a generation, we are often ... Read full article.

I was taught to suppress everything; but men need emotional language, not dominance. I spend my workdays teaching teenagers about empires, wars, and the men who led them. If you look at history through a certain lens, masculinity looks like a series of conquests. It is a long timeline of who held ... Read full article.

Is every bad mood a disorder? As a psych grad who spends way too much time annotating books, I am ready to talk about why we need fewer labels and more introspection. I have a messy habit. If you ever borrow one of my books, you will find it covered in scribbles, underlines, and random thoughts. To ... Read full article.

Forget the corner office. High achievers are walking away from the grind to find peace. Is quitting at the top the new symbol of success? For decades, the career ladder had one direction: up. We were told that success meant staying in the race until you reached the finish line, usually a corner ... Read full article.

Rising at 4 AM to conquer the world sounds like a dream, but is it a productivity hack or a mental health nightmare? Let’s talk about the reality of the billionaire morning routine. Imagine the alarm blaring at 4:30 AM. While the rest of the world is deep in REM sleep, the modern mogul is already ... Read full article.

Realizing you are the second choice is a universal canon event. Learn how to spot the signs of a friendship hierarchy and find the crew where you are actually the main character. We have all been there. You are part of the group chat, but you are not the one people text individually when they have ... Read full article.

Feeling anxious on your day off? You aren't alone. Even icons like Amitabh Bachchan struggle with the disorientation of rest. Here is how to break the cycle of constant busyness. Have you ever reached a long-awaited weekend only to find yourself pacing the room, checking emails, or feeling a strange ... Read full article.

Tired of ghosting? Meet its more manipulative cousin. Ghostlighting is the 2026 trend that turns dating into a psychological trap. Here is why it has to go. Dating has always been a bit of a minefield, but the latest evolution in toxic behavior feels like a final boss encounter. We all know ... Read full article.