mental-health
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The Roots pt. 2: A Winter Lamb
I recently watched the movie The Sheep Detectives with my husband. It’s about a flock of sheep who help a dim-witted local policeman solve the mystery of their shepherd’s murder. Stay with me… It was actually a joy to watch, both funny and unexpectedly tender. It introduced me to the concept of the winter lamb.… Continue reading
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The Roots pt. 1: Enmeshment
I came to my therapist with problems like extreme anxiety without a clear cause and outsized reactions to my family’s problems and opinions of me — something that had often been labeled by others as “being too sensitive.” It alarms me how common my experience seems to be: a parent-ified daughter who was told to… Continue reading
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Behind the Scenes of a Panic Attack
In December 2022, I forgot how to breathe normally. I no longer trusted my body to take in air on its own, so I would take over and try to pull in as much oxygen as possible. It turns out this is a recipe for a panic attack because you end up with too much… Continue reading
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Falling Off the Wagon (With Style)
Falling off the wagon seems like an appropriate topic as I missed my weekly writing commitment last week for the first time (this year). I ended up not liking the topic I picked and I didn’t leave myself enough time to turn the draft into something I felt good about sharing. It would be easy… Continue reading
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Learning to Help Myself
At the beginning of this year, I did an odd sort of cleanse. I got rid of every tool that I painstakingly adopted in the past half-decade to support my mental and physical health. Not quite what you’d expect from “new year, new me,” am I right? For the last several years, I started prepping… Continue reading
Mohini Kundu 