Wellbeing and Sexuality

“You Will Never Learn!” – Conversations Between a 17 Year Old and a 53 Year Old
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As if the challenges of parents bringing up adolescents in a world dominated by social media is not enough, the addition of teaching these parents to accept different sexual orientations and the fluidity of gender in a gender-binary world can be daunting.

By Dr Jai Ranjan Ram
June 15, 2018
“You Will Never Learn!” – Conversations Between a 17 Year Old and a 53 Year Old
स्वयं की देखभाल एवं खुशहाली के बारे में मेरी सीख

घरेलु हिंसा विषय पर काम कर रही एक नारीवादी संस्था के साथ सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता के रूप में अपने करियर के…

By Arpita Das
June 15, 2018
स्वयं की देखभाल एवं खुशहाली के बारे में मेरी सीख
द आर्ट ऑफ़ एक्सट्रीम सेल्फ-केयर – कुछ विचार
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इन प्लेनस्पीक के लिए ये लेख लिखना मेरे लिए एक तीर से तीन निशाने जैसा रहा, पहला, संस्करण के लिए समीक्षा…

By Dipika Srivastava
January 22, 2018
द आर्ट ऑफ़ एक्सट्रीम सेल्फ-केयर – कुछ विचार
क्विअर लोगों की मानसिक देखभाल – मुझसे बात करें
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मेरे यह पूछने पर कि, “जब आप दुखी होते हैं तो किससे बात करते हैं”, जोगप्पा ने ने कहा “देवी…

By Vinay Chandran
June 15, 2018
क्विअर लोगों की मानसिक देखभाल – मुझसे बात करें
एक अदृश्य विकलांगता के साथ जीते हुए खुशहाली की चाह
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पिछले साल के जुलाई महीने में मुझे बताया गया कि मुझे फ़ाइब्रोमायल्जिआ नाम की बीमारी है। आप में से जिनको…

By Rituparna Borah
June 15, 2018
एक अदृश्य विकलांगता के साथ जीते हुए खुशहाली की चाह
इंटरव्यू – रत्नाबोली रे 

रत्नाबोली रे – रत्नाबोली मानसिक स्वास्थ्य विषय पर काम करने वाली ऐक्टिविस्ट, एक प्रशिक्षित मनोविज्ञानी, और अंजलि मानसिक स्वास्थ्य अधिकार…

By Shikha Aleya
March 16, 2019
इंटरव्यू – रत्नाबोली रे 
What I learned about Self-Care and Wellbeing as a Sexuality Rights Activist
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Working as a sexuality rights activist in a repressive environment can take a huge toll on people’s wellbeing. It is therefore important that we as social workers, activists, advocates and everyone else involved in this work take care, take care of ourselves and each other, be supportive, give that extra push to someone who needs it, and allow ourselves to make mistakes.

By Arpita Das
June 1, 2018
What I learned about Self-Care and Wellbeing as a Sexuality Rights Activist
Video Page: How Emotionally Healthy Are You?
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The video “How Emotionally Healthy Are You?” by The School Of Life leads us through a series of questions to look at various aspects like self-love, trust, communication and letting go

By Curated Content
June 1, 2018
Video Page: How Emotionally Healthy Are You?
The Indian Beta
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While we have come a long way from the singular Freudian focus on sexual energies and reducing most mental health disturbances to sexuality, there is no doubting its significance for an individual’s wellbeing.

By Mahesh Natarajan
June 1, 2018
The Indian Beta
Talk to Me – Queer Mental Healthcare
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It was, however, the community’s consistent refrain of having “no one” to talk to, that made the problem of mental health crises stand out during my conversations.

By Vinay Chandran
June 1, 2018
Talk to Me – Queer Mental Healthcare
Postpartum Depression: Deromanticising Motherhood
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As depicted in various forms of media, society has unrealistic expectations of how mothers and motherhood should be – enamoured by their babies, to feel only happiness at being a mother, being completely focused on their babies, living in the ‘glow of motherhood’. Being depressed is simply not seen as an acceptable response.

By Curated Content
June 15, 2018
Postpartum Depression: Deromanticising Motherhood
Mental Wellbeing and LGBT*QIA Identities
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To us, these sessions illustrated a few of the ways in which wellbeing is tied to sexuality; experiencing or being a part of queer/LGBT*QIA+ spaces by itself leads to reflection, healing, catharsis, and empathy.

By Nazariya QFRG
June 1, 2018
Mental Wellbeing and LGBT*QIA Identities
Living with an invisible disability and seeking wellbeing
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I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia around July last year. For those of you who do not know what Fibromyalgia is, it is a condition characterised by chronic pain spread over some tender points across the entire body.

By Rituparna Borah
June 1, 2018
Living with an invisible disability and seeking wellbeing
Issue in Focus: Of Webs and Wellbeing
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Is seeking wellbeing selfish and individualistic? Does it imply placing one’s own interests above those of others? In the context of sexuality, does it mean prioritising one’s pursuit and attainment of pleasure above all else?

By Radhika Chandiramani
June 1, 2018
Issue in Focus: Of Webs and Wellbeing
Interview – Ratnaboli Ray
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See, whenever people speak about sexuality, they speak of violence; that seems to be the only recognised form of sexuality in the lives of people with mental health conditions. But there are so many happy, sexy, lovely, delicious stories in there.

By Shikha Aleya
June 1, 2018
Interview – Ratnaboli Ray
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