Netflix Can Help
A pack of chips, a decadent chocolate and the inevitable and unchanging solace of Netflix. For the past 365 days this has been my evening routine. The companionship of Tiger King, during the early days of lockdown, to now binging…
Vicarious Trauma
Vicarious trauma is defined as indirect trauma that can occur when we are exposed to difficult or disturbing images and stories second-hand. Usually seen among professions like the police force, fire-fighters, mental health workers, or doctors and nurses, this secondary…
Socratic Questioning
In times when uncertainty is high, it is quite common for our brains to hop onto Starship Anxiety and go at warp speed into the not so unfamiliar domain of the nebula of overthinking, and bump into the catastrophizing belt.…
Are You Doom-Scrolling?
In 2020, I caught on to a new habit. My phone became my newspaper…and for valid reasons. I believed that TV news gave me either insufficient or inaccurate information about what’s going on. So I took things into my own…
There is Strength in Seeking Help
We all need to ask for help from time to time for the little things and monumental things in our lives. Some of us seek help more readily while others really struggle with it. Our asking for help also depends…
Locked Out: Extroverts in Lockdown
For someone who is an extrovert and loves interacting with people, this lockdown has been hard. Even if it is something as trivial as missing physical interactions, hugs, the sound of a room buzzing with conversations and laughter. If lockdowns…
WandaVision & Grief
Spoilers ahead: Through the course of this post you might find a few spoilers about the Marvel show “WandaVision”. Classic old school sitcom humour mixed with Marvel Cinematic Universe magic gives us WandaVision, two super-powered beings going through ordinary American…
Just A Wave
Most of us have been able to sense the anxiety around us. Sneezing, coughing, no masks or no sanitizers are making us uneasy all over again. March and April seem to be the months of doom. If you’re saying “Stop!…
Learned Helplessness
Have you ever said to yourself “ugh not this again, I suck at this!”? Personally I’ve felt like that with a lot of situations in my life – from dealing with something as small as math to other bigger, more…
Parents in Denial
Hey! Dealing with a mental illness can be a lonely road, and at times we need the care and love of those closest to us. Depression weighs on us a like a foggy dark cloud, makes our daily functioning difficult…
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