ADHD: Tell you what?

We have all encountered this child in our lives who always tends to disrupt the environment, which can be their school, home, or any other setting. We certainly have been annoyed or laughed off of their persistent restlessness. Such children exhibit so-called ‘externalizing’ behaviours such as aggression, impulsivity, defiance of authority, and inattention. ADHD(Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) …

Amnesia

They say thatI am an artistThey tell me that I paint with my heartMy art speaks to their heartAnd I've earned all the recognition and validationThat they keep showering on meMy hands seem to remember these things tooWhenever I pick up the brushIt takes me on a journey unknownUnknown to my eyesBut known to my …

Addiction

When you hear the word 'addiction'Doesn't it sound so familiar?Like a common friendWe have all been acquainted withAt some point in our livesLike someone we are trying to get rid of,We keep trying till the endSome of us succeedAnd some of us don't. It is a relationship of dependencyOf comfortOf denialOf deceptionAnd helplessness. We take …

The flip side of Parkinson’s Disease

When the world talks about Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disease, it's mostly about the motor dysfunction and not about the non-motor problems like cognitive and psychiatric symptoms that affect the quality of life of individuals struggling with PD to a very large extent. It is a disease which is both progressive and incurable. These …

Parkinson’s Disease

When you started getting shaky while walkingyour hands tremblingwith every morsel of food you liftedyou even forgot how old I wasyour prayers were not comprehensible anymoreyour voice turning into mumbling. Right after I left for schoolyou would start calling out my nameto make me ready for schoolsearching my bed each dayyou would search for me …

Phantom Limb

Old friend,you are nowhere.But the loss doesn't feel real.You could be sitting right beside mewatching over me,resting leisurelyand giving me a tingling sensation.Or you could be smiling at mefrom a distance far offlike you've detached yourself from my being -I'd never know. Old friend,you are nowhere.But the space you hold within me is still therewaiting …

Electrical vs Chemical Synapses: It’s all about firing!

This is an excerpt of a teasing conversation between our two information warriors of the nervous system who hold the fort at the gap points between the neurons. These little warriors make the communication between neurons possible. As we all know, their parents (aka neurons) build the fort and they keep the information supply running …

Collective emotional numbness, ft. mortality salience

As I'm writing this now, I know that a lot of you can relate to the idea that we might have been caught up in an emotional time loop. Since the past couple of months, when lockdown happened, it seems like we are living the same day over and over again. Everything just keeps on …

PERSONA ( Sweden, 1966 )

Persona is a tale told extraordinarily of a celebrated stage actress Elisabet Vogler and her nurse Alma. Elisabet goes through a psychological breakdown in the middle of her performance and loses her voice. The psychiatrist informs Alma while making her in charge of Elisabet's recovery, that she has been found to be completely sane mentally …

The Bell Jar: A story that I know will stay with me

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is a novel which has left its profound impression upon me. I have been able to relate to it to such an extent that I started to believe that I have known the author for a long time. This book is described by literary critics and scholars to be …