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Who am I?

Who am I?

On January 1, 2023, I woke up feeling mildly depressed. But there was another unfamiliar accompanying feeling. After going through my repertoire of complicated feelings and emotions, I was able to identify it as fear. Real fear of 2023. Fear of what I want to do, need to do, am expected to do and fear of losing people. 2021-2022 really did a number on that one.  What is normal? I went through everything that had happened in my life in…

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COVID, my teacher – Part I

COVID, my teacher – Part I

My family and I are eternally grateful to the doctors of Deenanath Hospital for saving my father. To really understand how difficult it has been for me as a daughter, an individual and a person with bipolar II disorder, I must burden you with some details of what happened over the past couple of months.  I came to Pune to visit my parents on August 19. The plan was to stay here for three weeks and head back to Bangalore….

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