Lock down & Mental Health

Hi this is Ananya working in an MNC. I love reading articles on mental health and how to deal with it. Many of my friends ping me to ask suggestions for their problems. I have been suggesting and guiding them ever since my college days. At times I think I should pursue my career as a shrink. There are so many people who are depressed, have anxiety problems, have many things which they want to share but can’t because they don’t find the right person. I could be there secret keeper, a listener, an advisor and a guiding angel.

In the present lockdown situation, I have been reading many articles on mental health issues. The Government had also set up a call center so that one can connect if they are dealing with the depression. 

 

I got a call from my old friend who was going through the same. Let me brief you about her. She loved to meet people, make new friends, go on trekking, movies etc. in short, a complete happy go lucky person who was always surrounded by people and had never been alone. She told me how she was feeling lonely and couldn’t stay alone far from the paparazzi world. I told her that she was always lonely and running away from the reality of her life.

 

This lockdown is just a reality check on life for all those who are lost in the reel world. I gave her few exercises which she always loved and that was to pen down her inner voice. As suggested, she took 2hrs to write down with my few conditions, i.e. to be blunt enough to write anything and everything with no scribbling on the page. She had sent me 4 pages long paragraphs explained in detail what was bothering her and what she actually wanted. I asked her how many times did she genuinely tried to work out or gave in efforts express herself. And she didn’t had any answer. The very next moment she started taking few steps like baby steps you can say to deal with it. She was feeling positive and good. With this I gave her the mantra to be happy ie watching stand-up comedy, listening to music, eating healthy, pursue some passion or hobby.  

 

I asked her for my fees and that was nothing but box of chocolates. And also asked her to have one. As chocolates have that chemical which releases happy chemicals into your brain and which lifts up your mood.  

(to be honest you can write an email to me if you need any kind of help. Promise to keep it a secret.)

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