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It’s Ok To Talk is a safe space to share your experiences with mental health, mental illness and wellbeing.

We believe that talking about mental health is the first step to breaking the stigma.

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Our podcast features young people’s first-hand experiences of living through COVID-19, highlighting the routes to healing and recovery, and how we can look to the future with hope.

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Bullied As A Teenager, I Felt The Need To Talk About Mental Health. This Is How I Started My Own Youth Organization

January 17, 2021 • Vidhi Yadav • Female • 19 • Mumbai

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Dealing With Psychosis

This is a form of confessional writing on my experiences with psychotic episodes ...

January 15, 2021 • Anuradha Sridhar • Female • 39 • Mumbai

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I lost my brother to suicide. This is my journey of moving forward from grief, loss and guilt.

Once you accept that many, if not most, of your questions, will never be answered, you can start to move forward. ...

December 22, 2020 • Raashi Thakran • Female • 22 • Bengaluru

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I am special, and you are special too

The story of another average Indian girl who needs to believe in herself. ...

August 11, 2020 • Raushni Khanna • Female • 25 • Chennai

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My Struggle with Bipolar Disorder

My experiences with mania, depression, and life’s challenges ...

June 3, 2020 • Anonymous • Male • 35 • Delhi

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My Learnings From Dealing With Anxiety And Depression

Nobody facing a mental health challenge willingly makes life difficult for their near and dear ones, yet almost inevitably, it happens. ...

February 12, 2020 • Nikhil Ramankutty • Male • 37 • Bangalore

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Thoughts From The Psychiatry Ward

Excerpt from my new book, Sanely Insane. ...

October 21, 2019 • Sunaina Awasthi • Other • 21 • New Delhi

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If laughter nourished us

This poem is a reflection on my experience battling bulimia. ...

July 13, 2019 • Sanaya Shikari • Female • 20 • Mumbai

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The Pill Story

A person can seem functional on the outside and be dying on the inside, and not a soul will know otherwise. ...

April 15, 2019 • Sanchana Krishnan • Female • 25 • Delhi

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The Argument For Making Mental Health Mainstream

I wish we could talk about mental health in the same way that we discuss a sprain. ...

October 30, 2018 • Abhilasha Sinha • Female • 28 • New Delhi

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