Therapize | Mental Health in South Asia

✨Therapist match-making across India to help you find the right culturally competent, trust-worthy therapist for yourself:

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mental health is not something you can think about once a year. but mental healthcare doesn't have to look how it does in the media we consume either. progress> perfection and the idea of daily self-care is to create little rituals that can support us when things get bad.

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if you can't afford therapy right now, that's totally understandable. make a plan to make it a priority though- contact helplines, therapists who have flexible payment plans, and save up for therapy like you would for any other investment.

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self care IS community care, check in on your loved ones, share your deepest fears with them and build safe intimate spaces so you don't start believing that it's your job to heal all alone. that burden of 'fixing yourself' was never yours, you're allowed to ask for help!

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caring for yourself doesn't need to look aesthetic or be expensive. if you can't afford a therapist right now, reach out to therapists who offer a sliding scale or NGOs offering free support. start where you are, no matter what that looks like.

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if you're seeing all the mental wellness, self care content all across your feed today and feeling triggered remember: working on your mental health is slow and not linear. there will be good and bad days, self care is the work of a lifetime.

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5 things we'd like to say to everyone struggling with their mental health on world mental health day, today.

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Soo..#ElonMusk didn't overthink buying Twitter but you're still out here overthinking booking that first therapy session?

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here's your regular reminder that healing is not a linear journey that happens in isolation. we live in a society & culture that told many of us that self-betrayal = winning. don't blame yourself if it's taking longer than you thought to unlearn that.

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share this with someone you love that keeps saying they will find a therapist and then doesn't

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diwali is almost here and with the joy, excitement, and celebration can also come loneliness, anxiety, grief and FOMO. all your feelings are valid and deserve space, festive season or not. tag someone who celebrates you even when you're not feeling so festive.

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send this to someone you love that you've been thinking of but have been too tired to catch up with. i miss you, i love you, but i'm just too burnt out to call you right now!!

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so many of us have lost people we love in the last two weeks. there is no quick fix to grief, and grief can look different for all of us. you do not have to get over it, right now it's okay to just sit with it.

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moving from hating your body to loving your body overnight is not realistic. the pressure to love your body is also sometimes a toxic response to hating it. your relationship with your body can be gloriously messy, painful, and might not look like "body positivity" at all.

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how old were you when you first heard someone say "girls are just more drama than boys"? whats one lie you believed about having girlfriends that you are now trying to unlearn?

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south asian parents might not tell you they love you everyday, but they will work tirelessly their whole lives to fund your education and put your favourite food on the table, and that's a form of love we don't talk about enough

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Just because no one around you shares their big feelings, doesn't mean they don't have any. We weren't raised to always self regulate, asking for help is not a weakness even though so many South Asian families teach us that it's a failure.

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Did you grow up believing love=no boundaries and constantly giving? From parents checking your phone to seeing them working 24/7 to the point of exhaustion in the name of love: its natural to then think that allowing love in=losing+betraying yourself because that is what you saw.

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if you grew up in a South Asian family that never openly showed love, it is understandable if adult you struggles with accepting love and depending on other people. know that you can love your parents, and choose to show up differently than they did without betraying them.

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"I can't say no to things, I'm constantly comparing myself to everyone around me, and seeking validation. What's wrong with me?" Maybe a better question to ask is "What were the beliefs passed down to me from my culture at an early age that still haunt me?"