Men’s Mental Health in Kerala: Why So Many Men Stay Silent International Men’s Day falls on 19 November. It’s a good moment to ask a question that Kerala rarely asks out loud: how are the men around us really doing? Men’s mental health in Kerala is often invisible. Many men are expected to be steady,
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Why Smart People Fall for Digital Arrest Scams, and How to Recover A Kerala Kaumudi editorial recently described a woman in Kozhikode who lost Rs 1.35 crore after a video call from fraudsters posing as Mumbai Crime Branch officers. Stories like this raise one question: how could anyone fall for it? The answer says a
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Sleep and Mental Health in Kerala: Why a Bad Night Is Never Just a Bad Night Almost everyone has had a night of poor sleep. Most of us shrug it off. However, when poor sleep continues for weeks, it starts to shape mood, patience and focus. Sleep and mental health are closely linked, and the
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Mental Health Statistics in Kerala: What the Numbers Say After World Mental Health Day World Mental Health Day came and went on 10 October. Posts were shared, and the day moved on. The numbers behind it deserve a longer look. Mental health statistics in Kerala show a state with good literacy and health services, and
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Postpartum Depression in India: Why the Numbers Run So High New motherhood is supposed to feel like joy. For a striking number of Indian mothers, it quietly does not. A pooled analysis of Indian studies, published in the WHO Bulletin, found that postpartum depression affects roughly 22% of Indian mothers, well above global pooled estimates
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Growing Up in the 90s vs Now: How Childhood Shaped Millennials and Gen Z Many Malayalees remember the 90s in the same way. School ended, bags hit the floor, and everyone ran outside until the light faded. One TV served the whole household, and a landline handled every call. Children today grow up very differently,
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The Psychology of Political Hero Worship: Why We Excuse Our Favourite Leaders Few conversations get as heated, as personal, or as passionate as ones about politics. In Kerala especially, political loyalty often runs deep enough to feel almost like a personal relationship. Understanding the psychology of political hero worship helps explain why, and why it
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Why We’re Harsher on the People We Love Most Something strange happens at the end of a hard day. A stranger cuts you off in traffic, and you let it go. A colleague makes an odd comment, and you shrug it off. Then you walk through the front door, and the smallest thing, a dish
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Financial Anxiety and Mental Health: Why Money Stress Feels Different Money worries rarely stay in one place. They creep into sleep, conversations, and even physical health. This is the link between financial anxiety and mental health: money stress does not stay confined to a bank balance. It spreads. How Common Is Financial Anxiety Right Now?
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What a Name Change Tells Us About Mental Health Stigma: A Licensed Psychologist in Trivandrum Speaks A licensed psychologist in Trivandrum notices something consistent across years of practice. People often delay seeking help not because they do not need it, but because of what they fear seeking help will say about them. On August 21,