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lives away from the bodies, but also taking lives away from relationships. I have always felt that a physical presence is critical in solving issues with your partner, it helps because there is a face you recognize and love, a voice that soothes, a scent that you yearn for, a someone whom you care about. Unfortunately, I got separated from her because of all the mess that the world has been dealing with lately. I went to my hometown for a weekend but ended up getting quarantined.</p><p id="f5b1">The difference between a mental and a physical wound is that the latter is more likely to heal as time progresses. A mental wound does not follow such a linear path, it is like a symphony with extreme high and lows. When I could not take it anymore, I decided to consult a Psychologist.</p><p id="9f7b">For some reason, I thought it would be fun to talk to a female psychologist, but my mom suggested to me, someone, she knows. An old guy in his seventies, with a lot of degrees such that you need an explicit degree by itself to even pronounce those degrees that he has! Now, how do you expect to talk about your relationship issues to a face with wrinkles like sloppy cheese? All I wanted wa

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s to have a relaxed conversation with someone who understands, not someone who has hearing issues that I had to lean across the table to make a conversation, do not forget that it is not such a great idea to get close to anyone these days!</p><p id="7576">I ended up telling all my issues that bothered my mind, but he kept on asking about my gas trouble and back pain. I started crying in between, but his face was like Jason Statham’s when he acts. He gave me a medication for me to get better sleep, which I could have bought myself over-the-counter!</p><p id="37e6">It was too clinical, I bet he would have made a Rockstar General Physician. I have felt better talking to my friends and parents. Corona or No-Corona, I would keep my social distancing with him!</p><h1 id="d791">Wrapping Thoughts</h1><p id="3a43">I think we need to be able to talk more about our mental health. I am not sure about the situation in western developed countries, but I have a feeling that it is a taboo to talk about your mental state in the underdeveloped or developing economies. It is so difficult that even the qualified professionals in these countries do not know what they are doing!</p></article></body>

Psychologists Are Nothing Like They Portray in the Movies

I met one and I am disappointed

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Last week I finished watching ‘Never Have I Ever’, it was fun and I liked it. I am no Devi, I have my own issues to deal with, but she was like a brown version of ‘Depression on steroids’. I am brown, but I am a brown guy in the brown nation. I don’t have to deal with brown stereotypes. I have normal issues, like any normal guy in his own country. Brown people in the brown nation do not talk much about mental health, because if you do, you might not get accepted in the society at all. The next thing you know, you are either locked up in ‘Oolampara’, or you are looked down upon as a mental guy.

I realized that Covid-19’s capability does not limit itself to taking lives away from the bodies, but also taking lives away from relationships. I have always felt that a physical presence is critical in solving issues with your partner, it helps because there is a face you recognize and love, a voice that soothes, a scent that you yearn for, a someone whom you care about. Unfortunately, I got separated from her because of all the mess that the world has been dealing with lately. I went to my hometown for a weekend but ended up getting quarantined.

The difference between a mental and a physical wound is that the latter is more likely to heal as time progresses. A mental wound does not follow such a linear path, it is like a symphony with extreme high and lows. When I could not take it anymore, I decided to consult a Psychologist.

For some reason, I thought it would be fun to talk to a female psychologist, but my mom suggested to me, someone, she knows. An old guy in his seventies, with a lot of degrees such that you need an explicit degree by itself to even pronounce those degrees that he has! Now, how do you expect to talk about your relationship issues to a face with wrinkles like sloppy cheese? All I wanted was to have a relaxed conversation with someone who understands, not someone who has hearing issues that I had to lean across the table to make a conversation, do not forget that it is not such a great idea to get close to anyone these days!

I ended up telling all my issues that bothered my mind, but he kept on asking about my gas trouble and back pain. I started crying in between, but his face was like Jason Statham’s when he acts. He gave me a medication for me to get better sleep, which I could have bought myself over-the-counter!

It was too clinical, I bet he would have made a Rockstar General Physician. I have felt better talking to my friends and parents. Corona or No-Corona, I would keep my social distancing with him!

Wrapping Thoughts

I think we need to be able to talk more about our mental health. I am not sure about the situation in western developed countries, but I have a feeling that it is a taboo to talk about your mental state in the underdeveloped or developing economies. It is so difficult that even the qualified professionals in these countries do not know what they are doing!

Mental Health
Psychology
Self-awareness
Self Improvement
Life
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