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Society and Depression | Depression in Adolescents, Adults

September 22, 2018 Ashmita Raibrokenness, daddy issues, depression, how i met your mother, kindness, love, patience, relationships, society, standards, validation1 Comment

Man is a social animal. Now, whether man is an animal or not is a latter concern, but in this post, we will talk about man and his need for society. Man cannot live in isolation. I and other people like me (Billy, et cetera et cetera) would argue that we absolutely can because we love our own company; the truth is – we cannot. Our deep fundamental need is to associate – at least to some degree. Isolation brings us some comforts but associating brings its own privileges one…

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Depression in adolescents | Parental neglect

September 20, 2018September 20, 2018 Shikha PhillipsAdolescents, depression, Depression in adolescents, Mental Health0 comment

I started self-harming because my dad was never there for me and my mum didn’t care what I was doing. “Attention seekers” is a term used by an awful lot of people who have been in a close vicinity with children. What I find the funniest in toddlers is, sometimes they make noises and cry without a tiniest teardrop trickling onto their cheek. I always assumed they do it to capture their parent’s attention and maybe they do. Stepping into adolescence, the need for attention does not gradually fade away. The…

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Where it all started – a peek into the journey of modern psychiatry as we know it

September 15, 2018September 15, 2018 Ashmita RaiBipolar, drug dependancy, evil spirits, mental illness, Psychiatry, Reason, schizophrenia, Witch hunting, witchcraft2 Comments

The seventeenth century was the Age of Enlightenment; the eighteenth – of Reason; the nineteenth – of Progress; and the twentieth – of Anxiety. Although the human race has always been headed into solving problems, somehow it has also moved in the direction of creating new ones. And hence now, in the twenty-first century, the need to talk about these problems has dawned upon us. But peculiar as it sounds, are psychological problems really that recent? Or did our understanding of them evolve with time? In this post, we shall…

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Sadness is Deep; Depression goes Deeper.

September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 Shikha Phillipsdepression, SowersOnDepression0 comment

“Why are you so depressed?” an employee asks her co-worker. She finds her sitting at her desk with her head in her hands. “Oh hey, No!” She says, looking up. “There’s just too much to do this week.” I have come across similar scenarios time and again, where depression and depressed are the words thrown around casually and in a humoristic way. At times, someone experiencing sadness is labeled “why are you being so depressed over this?” For the people who have never gone through depression, there seems to be no…

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“I watch them die” | Let’s Talk Depression

September 10, 2018 Billydepression, Mental Health, SowersOnDepression0 comment

Depression is not a “state of mind”. It is a sickness. And like every sickness, it is curable if we seek help on time. How often is depression a topic to talk about in your family evenings? How often are we willing to share our vulnerabilities with a counselor or loved ones? One can analyze for themselves. Search for #depression tags on your Instagram and you’ll find millions of people, genuine living beings dealing with depression and asking for help. In our own Facebook poll, we asked people if they had ever…

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We encourage you to come out | Let’s Talk Depression.

September 2, 2018September 10, 2018 BillySowersOnDepression0 comment

Welcome to Sowers. If you are reading this, chances are one of our posters or social media advertisement redirected you here. A warm welcome to you! Sowers is not just a website. It’s a mission. It’s a lead towards talking about things that are generally termed as a “taboo”. It is an expedition towards making documentaries that would CHANGE THE WORLD! A pledge to do honest journalism all through. As I write this, Sowers has a viewer base of more than 27K, which is increasing every day. Not just the…

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A Minority Report

August 31, 2018August 31, 2018 Pratigya Esther Ram0 comment

Funny how I never noticed the majority-minority division while growing up and now it is just too hard to ignore sometimes. Is it because of my social circle and my view of the world were much smaller and restricted, or is it because it now has a hand behind almost every other conversation, I am not sure. With time and events, not only are these divisions getting more and more noticeable, but the people who keep dragging them into issues are getting bolder, as well. Recently, when a classmate, I…

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Procrastinator? You bet! | Shikha’s Story

August 29, 2018 Shikha PhillipsProcrastination, Procrastinators, Shikha Phillips2 Comments

I think its safe to say that we all are procrastinators in some or the other way. But imagine this, you have to present the Life and work of Adolf Dassler (founder of Addidas) to an audience of more than 50 people at 9 A.M. the next day. At 00:00 – with much planning you sit down at your desk ready to start, the blank presentation file staring at your face. You have a plan in mind and your all set to go but wait, “Isn’t that movie scene where Cooper…

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America’s shame – the Guantanamo Bay

August 27, 2018 Ashmita Rai911, America, Bush, Guantanamo, Reparation, trump, USA0 comment

Anyone can become angry – that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way – this is not easy. – Aristotle, The Nicomacbean Ethics Introduction 166 inmates currently have the privilege to be in the most expensive prison on Earth – the Guantanamo military camp. Little did they know 15 years back that they’d one day be captivated and force-fed to endure such devastating facet of life with no opportunity to…

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Adage II | Emotional Intelligence and Spirituality

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 Nitin Dominic0 comment

Introduction | Prelude It’s difficult to describe emotions in words, isn’t? The first word that springs up in our head, is feelings after hearing the word – emotions. The simple reason being, emotions are intense feelings which are better felt than expressed, for which they are ineffable. Even a person who is tight-lipped will express a lot of emotions to the people across him, then a person who loves to prattle. Daniel Goleman in his book Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ states, “In a very real…