Self talk is that internal dialogue that goes on continuously and throughout our waking hours. The power of words has immense control over our lives, whether spoken loud or quietly inside. They could be supportive and affirming, or they could be critical and harsh. The words that we speak to ourselves matter. They can direct our thoughts,actions,beliefs, intentions and ultimately the outcomes in our life. While external communication  plays an important role in developing social connections,internal communication with self plays mindtrib

‘Inequalities can have an impact on mental health and can even cause it.’ Socioeconomic status is a broad term with no universal definition. It has to do with social class, social status, occupational status, educational attainment, income, wealth, and living standards of individuals. People who come from a poorer social background and have a lower socioeconomic level are more prone to suffer from psychiatric illness. Depression and anxiety disorders are significantly connected with socioeconomic disadvantage.  Those who are poor or mindtrib

Growing up most of us have known only one store-bought brand of sexuality. As children, a majority of us have been brought up in overtly heterosexual households, where the norm is that a man is meant to be with a woman and a woman with a man. It’s the only reality people grow up believing and becomes the only reality they end up, unfortunately, accepting. Sexual identity is pretty easy to define in words; it refers to how one thinks mindtrib

Gender inequality in help-seeking behavior in the field of mental health Help-seeking behavior is termed as someone seeking help readily based on their problem. It shows in some studies that some individuals feel comfortable in seeking help from close people around them while others feel the need to take help from mental health professionals.  As we know many individuals do not seek help or feel uncomfortable when thinking of seeking help when it comes to mental health especially when it mindtrib

A historic existence of social hierarchy in India, namely the caste system, has challenged the basic human rights of over 200 million individuals. These individuals being the Dalits. The caste system incorporates the following: Brahmins, Ksyatriyas, Vaisyas and Shudras. The avarna or those left outside the caste system such as the Dalits have experienced years of abuse, neglect and violence. For generations they were referred to as the ‘untouchables’ and deprived of basic human rights and excluded from the upper-caste mindtrib

Transgender people refer to those who identify with a different gender than the one they are assigned to at birth. This is an umbrella term that includes those individuals beyond the gender binary (gender fluid, non-binary, genderqueer, etc.). Transgender people do have higher rates of mental health concerns, not because of their gender identity, but because of the unequal resources provided to them. This includes the refusal to care, violence, unfair governmental policies, and ignorance on the part of healthcare mindtrib

The first things that spring to mind when we think of culture are various languages, diverse foods, and different dress. The culture of a civilization, on the other hand, has an impact on a person’s thoughts, norms, and values. It has an impact on how you see certain concepts or behaviors. In the case of mental health, it can have an impact on whether you seek therapy, what kind of care you seek, and how much assistance you receive. To mindtrib