Tag: #mentalhealth

• Book Review: Man’s search for meaning by Viktor Frankl

  I picked, ‘Man’s Search for Meaning at the airport in March 2022, on my way to Benaras. It felt like the perfect book to read considering the place I was visiting. For those who do not know, Benaras or Varanasi is a place of pilgrimage for Hindus, it’s where the Ganga flows and where people […]

  Smitha V

  January 18, 2023

  Book Review

  #auschwitz, #concentrationcamp, #history, #holocaust, #inspiration, #learn, #life, #logotherapy, #manssearchformeaning, #mentalhealth, #must-read, #reading, #tension, #truth, #viktorfrankl

• Art: Trust there’s someone Watching over you

  

  From Crow’s Elephant Totem Song by Ted Hughes “And the elephant sings deep in the forest-mazeAbout a star of deathless and painless peaceBut no astronomer can find where it is.” I painted this watercolor last week based on a painting by Ellen Fanan which I saw on Instagram. There was just something about it that […]

  Smitha V

  January 13, 2021

  Art

  #animalart, #artist, #blue, #elephant, #inspiration, #knowledge, #mentalhealth, #painting, #reminder, #watercolorpaper, #watercolors

• 3/3 : Tell Them. Show Them

  

  This is the third poem in the series on mental awareness. To read the previous 2, please click on the links below this poem. While its’ not easy being around someone going through depression, walking away may not be an solution. What seems like whining or cribbing may actually be something much more. So, if […]

  Smitha V

  October 17, 2019

  Poetry

  #acceptance, #bepositive, #depression, #inspiration, #life, #mentalhealth, #staystrong, #support, #truth, #westandwithyou, Poetry

• 2/3 : To You I Want to Say

  

  This is the second poem in the series of poems I have written for mental health awareness. To read the first, you can click on the link 1/3 :This Feeling The second poem in this series is titled, ‘To You I want to say‘    To you I want to say Pray each time you feel- […]

  Smitha V

  October 16, 2019

  Poetry

  #bepositive, #depression, #help, #inspiration, #life, #live, #mentalhealth, #motivation, #poem, #today, #truth, #yourenotalone, Poetry

• 1/3 :This Feeling

  

  Mental health illness affects a lot of people these days. Depression is on the rise amongst teens and adults. Depression is not a choice. It can happen to anybody. On account of the increasing number of cases and growing concern, the month of October has been earmarked to increase awareness on mental health. October 10th […]

  Smitha V

  October 15, 2019

  Experiences

  #creativewriting, #depression, #feelings, #help, #inspiration, #life, #mentalhealth, #mentalhealthawareness, #news, #poetry, #truth. #writing, Experiences