Mental Health Archives - Gaylaxy Magazine

How ready is India to Provide Inclusive Healthcare and Legal Aid with Queer Citizens being Decriminalized by the Supreme Court?

November 9, 2018

The need of the hour is to ensure access to inclusive health services to enable the LGBTIQA+ communities to recuperate and also prevent future discrimination.

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Mental Health Resource for LGBTQ South Asians

February 26, 2018

In January 2018, the Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention launched a mental health resource for LGBTQ identified South Asians. The resource was created to a... Read More...

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7 Ways to Identify if You are Depressed

February 2, 2018

If either you or someone you know is experiencing at least 5 out these 7 symptoms of depression, over a duration of 2 weeks or longer, then please contact your local mental health expert immediately.

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Are You Faking it?

October 10, 2017

Inter- and intra-community dialogue and team building activity can be considered to enhance communication and supportive relationship in the LGBTQ community.

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Gay Men and Emotions : Behind the Mask of Strength are Vulnerable People Looking for Love

September 9, 2017

All these men, I see, "talk" like they own up their emotions. They claim to be "strong" and "happy", but the pain, ache that I see in their eyes, and how they fall so easily for a man made me wonder if they are actually ever emotionally strong.

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Child Abuse and Molestation : How it Affects You and Your Relationships

July 17, 2017

Most of us live our lives saying that I am like this, because it's my nature. May be it could have been something that happened in your childhood that is still stopping you from living the romance you want to.

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A Brief “How To” and 101 on Therapy and Psychiatry (Part 2)

March 17, 2017

Mental health medication can restore one’s sense of grounding and self, rather than altering it. Moreover, even if small shifts occur, the benefits of psychiatric medication can be enormous

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The Politics of Shame and Mental Health

March 8, 2017

The lack of discussions around the politics of social interactions between multiple forces and the mentally ill person at the intersection of these forces needs to be broken, because existence cannot be free of politics, and any non-conforming act or condition will be met with the weapon of shame.

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A Brief “How To” and 101 on Therapy and Psychiatry (Part 1)

February 28, 2017

Working with a mental health professional (MHP) can help you process issues you are dealing with and find ways to help reduce and manage stress, depression—or whatever you are feeling

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Leap of Faith: Destigmatizing Mental Health

November 2, 2016

Nervous about broaching the topics of mental health, mental illness, and sometimes of intense or unpleasant emotions generally, we further proscribe discussion of these topics and the challenges that we all face.

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I Have Been Fighting Depression And This is the Story of Many People like Me

April 25, 2016

Mood swings, depression, anxiety, all of these affect you in an invisible way. I am yet to accept myself this way, to be comfortable with being a psychologically ill patient requiring treatment. But yes, I am consciously trying.

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Lots To Fix

January 28, 2016

Drama, plays a crucial part in how we are formed, so why can’t meeting a guy be about sharing that drama, understanding it, helping each other?

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