Mental Health & Indian Society

We are born and we naturally keep growing day by day. As we grow, we are made to fit in a society and it's so-called social rules, maybe by our parents or by other members of society. But isn't it important for all of us to understand that this is 'our' life and is precious than anything else in this world! I don't really know the answers to many of the questions in our social system, as many of them are baseless.

Mental Health is a sort of TABOO for the Indian Society, a stigma that has not sought approval from members of the Society. Many people in our society are unaware of what mental health and well being actually is. Boys are told right from childhood that "LADKE NAI ROTE (Boys don't cry)" But why? Boys aren't robots. They have emotions too. It's nothing wrong if men feel shy or cry. Crying is not a sign of weakness as our society has portrayed it. Indian society lacks awareness and sensitivity on the topic of Mental Health which is why 7.5% of the Indian population suffers from some form of mental disorder (source: A WHO report 2019). The worries of "LOG KYA KAHENGE" should end.

According to a research, it is clear that social media is the biggest reason for mental health issues everywhere around the world. WHO predicts that by the end of 2020 the 7.5% mark of India will rise to 20% which is really alarming. We need to be social in real life. Social media is just an asset. We need to understand that social media is for our betterment and not to shift our lives from real to virtual. In other words, social media is "fakest" and a dangerous place and one of the primary venues for mental health issues. Day by day it seems that social media is becoming the new "real" world and the real world is turning "fake". It does not matter how many followers you have or how many likes you get, but it does matter as to how many real people are there to lend you an ear when you need to have a quality conversation which is not possible virtually. 

Our society and we all as a part of it need to ponder on how it has changed so much; the same society which worships Gurus and the first Counselor - Lord Sri Krishna and the same society which has the best life counseling books - The Bhagavad Gita, the Bible, the holy Quran and so on as its religious scriptures.

Our World is colorful. We just need to have a "KALEIDOSCOPIC" view to see it's true beauty.

LOVE YOURSELF. LOVE OTHERS. BE LOVED

EVERYTHING INITIALLY STARTS FROM WITHIN.