The PsyCreative Column

Jenna’s Ordeal Jenna sits quietly on a chair, clutching the teddy bear in her hand as tightly as possible. The brightly lit room, with big glass windows does little to offer her comfort. As she sits patiently, waiting for someone to arrive, she is startled by a sudden hand being placed on her shoulder, accompanied by a sweet, gentle voice.  She turns around to find a middle aged woman, slightly tall, with long brown hair and jet black eyes staring back at her. She introduces herself as Emma, and asks Jenna her name in return. As Jenna whispers softly, Emma takes the chair opposite her and sits down. She studies Jenna carefully, trying to gauge what is going on in the 12 year old girl’s mind. A few minutes pass by and Emma notices that the young girl frequently puts her hands into her pockets and pats something. Curious to know what it is, she proceeds to ask the girl if she may know what is inside her pocket. In response, the child takes out a faded and half torn photograph of a wo...

                   An Insight On The Plight Of Lower Classes      In the last 2 years, the Covid-19 pandemic has quite naturally brought about disastrous consequences globally and has challenged the most basic aspects of our lifestyles, no matter where we are from or what we may have already been through. Unlike previous challenges faced by mankind, the coronavirus has unprecedentedly and almost uncontrollably grown to be the most tempestuous one in our lives.   It is obvious that everyone, all over the world has been affected by the pandemic, but to what extent? There is a whole sector of people that have  a stable economic and social support system to soften the blow of the pandemic for them. However, there are a lot of the lower classes that have been hit hardest. In India, the pandemic and lockdown restrictions have been hard on everyone. Many lost their jobs, while others have had to face the challenge of ma...

Your Struggle Is Valid  TW – Mention of Sexual Abuse   Trauma? What is trauma? The emotional response to a problem that shatters your security? The feeling that you have completely lost control and dived into a never-ending array of helplessness? Or is it something that makes you feel entirely too much or way too little? Filled with confusion so exasperating, you can barely make sense of anything anymore? Trauma is such a complex concept, it’s hard to accurately define or even cover it’s aspects in merely a few sentences. How do you seek to explain something that is so subjective? Something that impacts everyone differently and something that has so many facets, you could spend a lifetime understanding them and that still wouldn’t be enough. Each and every human being that has ever walked the face of the Earth is unique and so inevitably, the way we perceive things and react to situations are inherently different. However, just like society has preconceived notions about anyth...

  Productive Coping with A Pandemic 101 Our history is a testament to the fact that we have and will overcome any hurdles we face. Presently we battle the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has impacted every aspect of our lives physically, mentally, emotionally, financially and socially. we fared through this somehow and now each of us have our own ways of dealing with it, consequently bringing us to the question where do we stand in coping with th e pandemic?  Psychologically, coping refers to consciously adopting thoughts or behaviors ailing to demands of internal or external situations that are perceived to be stressful. The said behaviors may help but are not necessarily positive in their outcomes. This is evident from happenings around us: by the end of march, 2020 an increase of 262% in the online sales of alcohol was reported in the U.S as compared to 2019 [1], 47 % of adults from a study by a healthcare cover provider giant said the pandemic stress and anxiety is makin...

  The New Normal   The Coronavirus pandemic has brought about dramatic changes in all of our lives. The pandemic has changed how we live, work, comprehend and communicate. In less than a year the virus has compelled us to adapt to the new lifestyle it has built for us. The virus has led to a drastic destruction of mankind, economic recession, extreme poverty, scarcity of resources and unemployment. The rise in unemployment was caused due to the rapid spread of the virus worldwide. The coronavirus exposed the world’s fragile food supply chain and could endanger millions of people’s lives. Some people who had the access to food couldn’t afford it due to unemployment or how hard poverty had struck them.  The future being so uncertain has created stress and fear among people. The significant changes to our daily lives because of the pandemic have a huge impact on our mental health. Social distance limits our freedom of movement which has forced us to adapt to the new normal ...

  Living Life Through The Screen  About two years ago the world changed forever. The COVID-19 virus not only caused terrible loss of human life but it also transformed the structure and functioning of our society as we know it. For the longest time the only preventive solution for the  Corona Virus was isolation and quarantine. But the world adapted to the new normal, as  students we experienced a whole new mode of schooling, as professionals we applied different methods to get the job done and as social creatures we found alternatives to real life interaction. And all of this was truly possible because of the internet.   Even though it doesn’t feel like it, the internet is a fairly new entity but it has completely taken over our lives. Before the pandemic, its prevalence though significant wasn’t universal but now, there is no alternative to the internet. Without the net the world would have no leg to stand on. As an overview, the advantages of the interne...