I really wanna seek help and visit my school therapist. My classmate went to talk to her once and I really wanna ask her when she has time so I can go to the therapist too but I am scared that they are going judge me. Should I send the text? 

No one is going to judge you turst me going to therapy will be the best experience you will have 

Anxiety

A happy Tuesday to you all!
I often come across people here who are not quite sure what to expect out of me being a psychotherapist. So , a post here dedicated for some psychoeducation-
What a therapist is not:
1.A therapist is not your friend, not a recreational activity and definitely not a life coach.
2. A therapist is not a know-it-all person.
Your life and emotional difficulties are unique and therapy is a process of making sense of it together.
3. A therapist is not just for a crisis. Therapy is a process that helps us work on layers of issues, something can fundamentally happen when you're 'outside' of a crisis.
4. A therapist has the required training and qualifications and is empathetic and non-judgemental.
5.A therapist is always unimpressed. Harsh but what a therapist can do for you is to free you from performative presence and a calculative narrative. You can try to be anyone but for therapists, you're someone who is willing to be really seen.
~ A. Bhatnagar

Mental Health

Anyone here a therapist? 

Anger Issues

**Ask Me Anything with Bhavika Mehta on August 16, 2020**

@bhavika is an undergrad student at Delhi University and the founder of The Happy Company which is a volunteer-based organisation that provides a free platform for anyone to vent out. 

*Feel free to take her opinion and advice on talking-it-out. It is an open discussion!*

You can post your questions below by August 15, 2020 (Saturday).

@bhavika would be answering them right here on this thread on August 16, 2020 (Sunday).

Asking questions shows strength, not weakness.

🧡  Ask away and stay informed! 🧡

Can someone suggest best breakup online counselling in india ? 

Breakup

I don’t know how to find a psychiatrist.

Hi! Hope y'all are doing okay. Sharing below a few lists of mental health professionals offering services free of cost or at a nominal rate. During such times it's completely okay to want to seek help for even the slightest distress one must be feeling. Take care. Love.

SPIF List: https://www.spif.in/mental-health-professionals-directory/ 



Free therapy during Covid-19: https://bit.ly/3dIIaN7



Mental Health Practitioners for Young Adults at Nominal Fee/Free: 

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iCall List: https://bit.ly/3ao6zEG



LGBTQ+ Friendly List: https://bit.ly/3eBJSQH

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Mental Wellbeing

Today I posted a status specifically of the topic that i am talking to a therapist... None of my so called best friends hyped me.That made me sad. 

Affirmations

Some takeaways from my therapy desk relevant to the last few days-
"Therapist respect clutter. Clutter is not madness, it's a method to remember and to repeat.
Clutter has a psychic purpose. It cannot be expelled. It has to be digested but nothing can be chewed, processed and digested if it is judged and fated to be taken away.
We need to change the way we use this word. We need to see clutter of objects ,clothes and thoughts as unsymbolised (unchewed) pieces of our being that await us and maybe if we begin to chew slowly and deliberately, the clutter within and without can find other ways of reorganisation and making sense.
The difficulty is not in having clutter it is in embodying one."
~A. Bhatnagar
The inconsistency in showing up for the sessions and the mess and disorganisation that you might be facing is not necessarily dissed at by the therapists. 
P.S. - please reach out, show up and still continue to show up despite the breaks. Don't be inhibited by the structureof therapy. The structure is in place 



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