# thementality.org


## Posts

- [Sudden flooding in historically drought-prone Marathwada stunned farmers and pushed more towards suicides](https://thementality.org/sudden-flooding-in-historically-drought-prone-marathwada-stunned-farmers-and-pushed-more-towards-suicides/): Hospitals in Marathwada district have seen about 15% increase in patients seeking counselling since the September 2025 floods washed out standing crops, cattle and their homes. The region also saw a significant rise in attempted suicides and alcohol abuse.
- [Kashmiri youth find it cathartic to talk on community radio, a perfect medium to voice shared struggles](https://thementality.org/kashmiri-youth-find-it-cathartic-to-talk-on-community-radio-a-perfect-medium-to-voice-shared-struggles/): Anxiety, stress, and frustration run high among Kashmiri youth because of alarmingly high rates of drug abuse and unemployment in the region. Community radio talk shows have become an unusual but effective medium to share their experiences and challenges.
- [Image-based violence leads to lifelong trauma. The only thing that helps is to change the narrative.](https://thementality.org/image-based-violence-leads-to-lifelong-trauma-the-only-thing-that-helps-is-to-change-the-narrative/): Shame and fear resulting from compromising images shared without consent leads to trauma, which cannot be overcome without community and institutional support.
- [Three minor rape victims we met had unimaginable mental health impacts, when they heard their perpetrators were freed from prison](https://thementality.org/three-minor-rape-victims-we-met-had-unimaginable-mental-health-impacts-when-they-heard-their-perpetrators-were-freed-from-prison/): When victims see their perpetrators moving freely, even years after the incident, the victims often experience panic attacks, intrusive memories, breathlessness, and trembling.
- [It took me twenty years to find a suitable therapist. Don’t stress if you haven’t found yours yet.](https://thementality.org/it-took-me-twenty-years-to-find-a-suitable-therapist-dont-stress-if-you-havent-found-yours-yet/): More often than not, the right mental health expert is found through trial and error.  When I found mine, I realised I was on the path to finding myself.
- [Living independently in your sunset years: seniors in this Kerala town signal changing attitudes](https://thementality.org/living-independently-in-your-sunset-years-seniors-in-this-kerala-town-signal-changing-attitudes/): Pathanamthitta district in central Kerala has the highest number of senior citizens in the state. In Kumbanad town, many seniors are choosing community living to overcome loneliness and depression.
- [Although acknowledged by law, connections between domestic violence and mental health are not recognised in practice](https://thementality.org/although-acknowledged-by-law-connections-between-domestic-violence-and-mental-health-are-not-recognised-in-practice/): Society has not kept up with the law against domestic violence, as gender discrimination ensures that systems that are meant to protect a victim of domestic violence are inefficient.
- [Living with HIV is tough even without social stigma burdening survivors with mental illnesses](https://thementality.org/living-with-hiv-is-tough-even-without-social-stigma-burdening-survivors-with-mental-illnesses/): For many in Assam, mental illnesses caused by stigma and discrimination add to the burden of living with HIV. Some are coping, thanks to mental health professionals stepping in at the right time.
- [Dear Media, don’t do the following while covering suicides](https://thementality.org/dear-media-dont-do-the-following-while-covering-suicides/): The news of three minor girls dying by suicide in Ghaziabad received incessant updates and constant speculation on TV channels and other media. If journalism is supposed to service the public, here’s what the media should not while covering suicides.
- [In this Rajasthan village plagued by unemployment, young men mourn the lack of community spaces to connect and share](https://thementality.org/in-this-rajasthan-village-plagued-by-unemployment-young-men-mourn-the-lack-of-community-spaces-to-connect-and-share/): In the past, community spaces in villages offered informal emotional support systems to people. With increased individualised screen usage, young men in this Rajasthan village carry the burden of unemployment but have no one to share it with.
- [Knowing one is not alone goes a long way in treating trauma from domestic violence in Assam’s Chirang](https://thementality.org/knowing-one-is-not-alone-goes-a-long-way-in-treating-trauma-from-domestic-violence-in-assams-chirang/): A conflict-torn region of Assam is experimenting with a new way of raising awareness on mental health impacts of domestic violence: using survivors as community workers in villages.
- [Every winter, migrant workers in India’s capital are victims of a polycrisis, ensuring mental health is a luxury they cannot afford](https://thementality.org/every-winter-migrant-workers-in-indias-capital-are-victims-of-a-polycrisis-ensuring-mental-health-is-a-luxury-they-cannot-afford/): As Delhi’s air quality dips, a temporary ban on construction work affects migrant construction workers, living in precarious housing, without healthcare benefits and under extreme stress. But they have no avenues to address their mental health.
- [Women in Kolkata feel more fearful after the RG Kar rape case, here’s what they did about it](https://thementality.org/women-in-kolkata-feel-more-fearful-after-the-rg-kar-rape-case-heres-what-they-did-about-it/): Kolkata went from being perceived as one of the safest Indian cities to one of the most unsafe after a high-profile rape case in August 2024. Women who felt their streets were unsafe did something they said was like group therapy.
- [“Even when nothing happens, my body stays alert,” the mental toll of being a journalist in a country where blasphemy is a crime](https://thementality.org/even-when-nothing-happens-my-body-stays-alert-the-mental-toll-of-being-a-journalist-in-a-country-where-blasphemy-is-a-crime/): Journalists in Pakistan often become the story, because it doesn’t end at publication. Online harassment, threats, and constant scrutiny are commonplace, putting immense pressure on their mental health.
- [Impacts of high-rise buildings on children’s mental health and the desperate need for ‘neurourbanism’](https://thementality.org/impacts-of-high-rise-buildings-on-childrens-mental-health-and-the-desperate-need-for-neurourbanism/): As cities grow vertically, more and more children are growing up with fewer spaces to play outdoors. Lack of group play severely impacts their social skills, increasing their screen time.
- [The colossal weight of Kashmir’s mental health crises rests on a few professionals](https://thementality.org/the-colossal-weight-of-kashmirs-mental-health-crises-rests-on-a-few-professionals/): While the shortage of mental health professionals is severe across the country, Kashmir is disproportionately affected given its exposure to prolonged conflict, a weak economy, and very high unemployment rates. Professionals struggle to carry the burden.
- [Guwahati’s unplanned expansion causes annual floods and fills its inhabitants with “anticipatory anxiety”](https://thementality.org/guwahatis-unplanned-expansion-causes-annual-floods-and-fills-its-inhabitants-with-anticipatory-anxiety/): When cities grow into spaces reserved for rivers and lakes, floods are an obvious outcome. This means a lot of people spend time anticipating the next torrential rainfall or flooding and always planning for the worst. What is needed: the mental-health equivalent of first aid.
- [‘How do you know you are gay?’ and other questions queer individuals regularly encounter when they seek therapy](https://thementality.org/how-do-you-know-you-are-gay-and-other-questions-queer-individuals-regularly-encounter-when-they-seek-therapy/): Lack of queer-affirming training, fewer queer counsellors, and unequal legal rights keep LGBTQ+ communities from seeking crucial mental health care.
- [When being a ‘Kashmiri’ is forced to override all other identities, a community feels targeted](https://thementality.org/when-being-a-kashmiri-is-forced-to-override-all-other-identities-a-community-feels-targeted/): Hundreds of Kashmiri youth complained of immense stress, uncertainty over their studies or career after they were harassed and forced to leave their universities and workplaces from different cities of northern India after the Red Fort Blast.
- [Victims of man-made disasters: flood-affected in the Himalayas struggle to make sense of annual floods, cloud busts and landlines](https://thementality.org/victims-of-man-made-disasters-flood-affected-in-the-himalayas-struggle-to-make-sense-of-annual-floods-cloud-busts-and-landlines/): Due to over-construction in the Himalayas, the frequency of floods, cloudbursts, and landslides have become an annual occurrence. While the victims battle uncertainty, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress, lack of questions on mental health care allows for authorities’ inaction. 

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- [Personal Essays](https://thementality.org/personal-essays/)
- [Home Page](https://thementality.org/)
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- [How to Pitch Mentality](https://thementality.org/how-to-pitch-mentality/)
- [Our Story](https://thementality.org/our-story/)
- [Meet the Team](https://thementality.org/meet-the-team/)


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