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Couples Therapy for Indian Marriages — Why It Is Not a Sign of Failure | Bharosa
Couples Therapy for Indian Marriages — Why It Is Not a Sign of Failure | Bharosa They have been married for twelve years. They have two children. On the surface, their life looks fine. But between them, something has slowly died. They do not really talk anymore except about…
14 Apr 2026
Divorce, Separation, and the Mental Health Aftermath Nobody Prepared You For | Bharosa
Divorce, Separation, and the Mental Health Aftermath Nobody Prepared You For | Bharosa Her divorce was finalised eleven months ago. By most measures, she is doing well. She has a good job. She has her own apartment. She has her son on weekends. Her friends say she is stronger…
14 Apr 2026
The Mental Health Cost of Infertility — What Couples Carry in Silence | Bharosa
The Mental Health Cost of Infertility — What Couples Carry in Silence | Bharosa They have been trying for a child for five years. They have done three rounds of IVF. Two failed. One ended in an early miscarriage. They have spent more money than they can easily afford. They have…
14 Apr 2026
What PTSD Really Looks Like in Everyday Indian Life | Bharosa
What PTSD Really Looks Like in Everyday Indian Life | Bharosa Four years ago, she had a scooter accident at a busy traffic signal. It was not a big crash. She sprained her wrist, her scooter had a few dents, and for about thirty seconds, she really believed she was going to die.…
14 Apr 2026
Complex PTSD vs PTSD — Why the Difference Changes Everything About Your Healing | Bharosa
Complex PTSD vs PTSD — Why the Difference Changes Everything About Your Healing | Bharosa Two women go to a psychiatrist in the same week. Both have trauma in their past. The first one survived a car accident six months ago. She has nightmares, avoids the road where the accident…
14 Apr 2026
The Survivor Who Cannot Remember — Dissociation as a Trauma Response | Bharosa
The Survivor Who Cannot Remember — Dissociation as a Trauma Response | Bharosa She cannot remember the year she was eleven. She knows that year happened. She has photographs from it. She can see herself in a school uniform, at a birthday party, standing next to her cousins at a…
14 Apr 2026
EMDR, Trauma-Focused CBT, and Medication — How PTSD Is Actually Treated | Bharosa
EMDR, Trauma-Focused CBT, and Medication — How PTSD Is Actually Treated | Bharosa Her uncle told her to stop dwelling on it. Her mother-in-law told her to pray more. Her friend told her that time heals everything, and she just needed to give it more time. Her yoga teacher told…
14 Apr 2026
When Your Child’s Behaviour Is Not Naughtiness But a Mental Health Signal | Bharosa
When Your Child’s Behaviour Is Not Naughtiness But a Mental Health Signal | Bharosa The teacher called for the third time this month. Her son had hit another child during recess. Before that, he had torn up his workbook. Before that, he had refused to come out from under his…
14 Apr 2026
ADHD in Indian Children — Beyond “He Just Cannot Sit Still” | Bharosa
ADHD in Indian Children — Beyond “He Just Cannot Sit Still” | Bharosa He is eight years old. His parents have been called to school four times this term. He cannot sit still during class. He blurts out answers before the teacher has finished the question. He forgets his lunchbox…
14 Apr 2026
Childhood Anxiety — The Quiet Child Who Is Silently Suffering | Bharosa
Childhood Anxiety — The Quiet Child Who Is Silently Suffering | Bharosa She is nine years old. She is the quietest child in her class. She sits in the front row. Her homework is always done. Her uniform is always ironed. Her notebooks are always neat. Her teachers love her. Her…
14 Apr 2026
Autism Spectrum in Indian Children — Early Signs and Why Early Intervention Changes Everything | Bharosa
Autism Spectrum in Indian Children — Early Signs and Why Early Intervention Changes Everything | Bharosa He was two years old when his mother first began to worry. He did not look at her the way her older child had. He did not point at things. He did not say words she expected…
14 Apr 2026
Bipolar Disorder Explained — It Is Not Just Mood Swings | Bharosa
Bipolar Disorder Explained — It Is Not Just Mood Swings | Bharosa Her family calls her moody. They say she is dramatic. They say she has her ups and downs like everyone else — only bigger. What they do not see is that her ups are not just good moods. For a week in March, […]
14 Apr 2026
Schizophrenia in India — Separating the Myths from the Medicine | Bharosa
Schizophrenia in India — Separating the Myths from the Medicine | Bharosa When her brother started hearing voices at twenty-three, the family kept it a secret. They consulted religious figures. They tried traditional remedies. They believed he was possessed. They believed the…
14 Apr 2026
OCD Is Not About Being Tidy — What Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Really Is | Bharosa
OCD Is Not About Being Tidy — What Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Really Is | Bharosa He is twenty-eight years old. He works in IT. His colleagues think he is a bit eccentric — a little too careful about his desk, a little too precise about his schedule, a little too particular…
14 Apr 2026
Borderline Personality Disorder — The Most Misunderstood Mental Illness | Bharosa
Borderline Personality Disorder — The Most Misunderstood Mental Illness | Bharosa She has been called difficult. She has been called dramatic. She has been called too much. She has been called manipulative. She has been called crazy. She has been called, in moments of real…
14 Apr 2026
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) — The Condition Dismissed as “Just PMS” | Bharosa
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) — The Condition Dismissed as “Just PMS” | Bharosa For one week every month, she becomes a different person. It starts about seven days before her period. She wakes up in tears for no reason. She snaps at her husband and children over small…
14 Apr 2026
Postpartum Depression vs Baby Blues — How to Tell the Difference | Bharosa
Postpartum Depression vs Baby Blues — How to Tell the Difference | Bharosa Her baby is two months old. She loves her baby. She would give her life for her baby. But every morning, she wakes up crying. Every afternoon, she wonders if her baby would be better off with someone…
14 Apr 2026
Perimenopause and the Mental Health Crisis Nobody Warned You About | Bharosa
Perimenopause and the Mental Health Crisis Nobody Warned You About | Bharosa She is forty-three years old. For the last two years, she has slowly been becoming a person she does not recognise. Her sleep is broken. She wakes up sweating at 3 AM. She cannot remember names she has…
14 Apr 2026
PCOS and Mental Health — The Hormonal Link to Depression and Anxiety | Bharosa
PCOS and Mental Health — The Hormonal Link to Depression and Anxiety | Bharosa She was diagnosed with PCOS at nineteen. Her gynaecologist gave her some pills and told her to lose weight. For ten years, she has been trying to manage her periods, her weight, her acne, and her…
14 Apr 2026
The Warning Signs of Suicide Risk That Families Miss in Loved Ones | Bharosa
The Warning Signs of Suicide Risk That Families Miss in Loved Ones | Bharosa After her son died, she looked back at the last few weeks of his life and found the signs everywhere. He had given away his favourite jacket. He had called his childhood friend for the first time in…
14 Apr 2026
When a Loved One Is in Crisis — A Family’s Practical Guide to Psychiatric Emergency | Bharosa
When a Loved One Is in Crisis — A Family’s Practical Guide to Psychiatric Emergency | Bharosa At 11 PM on a Tuesday, her brother began saying things that did not make sense. He was convinced that people were watching him through the television. He had not slept properly for four…
14 Apr 2026
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Teenagers — Why They Cut, and What to Do | Bharosa
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Teenagers — Why They Cut, and What to Do | Bharosa She is fifteen years old. Her mother found the cuts on her thigh last week while folding her laundry. The shock was immediate. The anger came next. The accusations followed — are you doing this for…
14 Apr 2026
Life After a Suicide Attempt — Recovery, Safety Planning, and Hope | Bharosa
Life After a Suicide Attempt — Recovery, Safety Planning, and Hope | Bharosa He woke up in a hospital bed three days after his attempt. His first feeling was not relief. It was not gratitude. It was shame, embarrassment, and an overwhelming sense of having failed at the last…
14 Apr 2026
When a Mother Measures Her Worth by Her Child’s Marks | Bharosa
When a Mother Measures Her Worth by Her Child’s Marks | Bharosa The results came out at 10 AM. By 10:15, she had read his report card three times. By 10:30, she had cried in the bathroom. Not because his marks were bad — they were good, actually, better than most of his class.…
10 Apr 2026