Category: India Blog

Night shift mental health is an issue that affects millions of working Indians — from nurses and factory workers to BPO employees and security guards — yet it rarely gets the attention it deserves. Working through the night disrupts your body's circadian rhythm, the internal clock that regulates sleep, mood, hormones, and even digestion. Research…

Losing your temper only at home — staying patient through a brutal workday, nodding through a difficult meeting, holding it together on the metro — and then snapping at your mother the moment you walk through the door is one of the most confusing and guilt-producing patterns in adult life. This article explains the psychology…

Safety behaviours are the small, often invisible habits people use to manage anxiety in the moment — checking, avoiding, over-preparing, seeking reassurance — and they are one of the main reasons anxiety does not go away on its own. This article explains what safety behaviours are, why they feel so necessary, how they quietly keep…

A relapse prevention plan is a personalised, practical guide that helps you recognise early warning signs and respond to difficult periods before they pull you under. This article walks you through what a relapse prevention plan actually looks like, why difficult weeks are a normal — not shameful — part of recovery, and how to…

CBT homework between sessions is not busywork — it is the part of cognitive behavioural therapy where lasting change actually begins to take hold. This article explains what between-session tasks look like in practice, why they are considered one of the most evidence-backed components of CBT, and how you can approach them without feeling overwhelmed.…

This article explores the real potential — and the genuine CBT self help limits — of trying cognitive behavioural therapy on your own. Self-guided CBT using workbooks, apps, and online resources can be genuinely useful for mild anxiety, low mood, and unhelpful thinking patterns. Research shows it can reduce symptoms in some people, especially when…

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy — CBT — has become almost synonymous with "going to therapy" in popular conversation. But CBT is one approach among many, and for a significant number of people, it genuinely isn’t the best starting point. This article explores when CBT is not the right fit, why that happens, and what other evidence-based…

DBT emotion regulation skills are a set of research-backed techniques from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy that help you experience intense emotions without letting them drive your behaviour. This article explains what these skills are, why they matter, and how to use them in real situations — whether you are snapping at a family member after a…

If you are considering cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for the first time, one of the most practical questions on your mind is probably: how many CBT sessions are needed before things actually get better? This article breaks down what the research says, what factors influence the number of sessions for different concerns, and what you…