Conversations between passionate friends working in related fields, on psycho-social issues in Maldives and Asia
You Can Tell Us
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Conversations between passionate friends working in related fields, on psycho-social issues in Maldives and Asia
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March 29, 2024
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From skincare to mindfulness apps, the market for self-care products and services has exploded, reflecting a cultural shift towards prioritising personal well-being. Yet amidst the allure of trendy self-care, there is a growing importance of authentic self-care practices that go beyond superficial trends and address individual needs. In this week's episode, Raya (biomedicine graduate working in public health) and Saba (psychology graduate) discuss this important topic through shared personal experiences and acquired knowledge on the subject. (00:00) - Introduction (01:00) - What is Self-care? (02:00) - Self-care looks different for everybody (03:30) - Self-care doesn't need to done alone (04:11) - Self-care needs to a priority (06:20) - Self-care may take different forms (07:10) - Mundane tasks can be therapeutic (08:50) - To be your best self, self-care is a necessity (09:30) - Self-care can give you a sense of fullfilment (11:00) - Self-care won't change your life in one day - consistency is key (12:40) - Seeking help when needed is a form of self-care (14:00) - Self-care might look different in different phases of life for a single person as it might for different people (21:00) - If constant exposure to something is affacting your mental health, its important to take a break (22:00) - The current global situation is anything but ideal, and it's all confoundingly distressing (23:00) - Pririotising yourself is not selfish (23:40) - Feeling guilty and low about things out of your control is normal - it just means you are human (25:00) - You can't pour from an empty glass (27:00) - Using 'self-care' for selfish reasons isn't self-care (30:00) - Summarising and wrapping up
March 22, 2024
Self Harm Awareness
Trigger Warning: freuquent mentions of Self harm/Self injury March is globally observed as self-harm awareness month. For this reason, we have dedicated this week's episode to this cause. The purpose of dedicating a month to self-harm awareness is to emphasize its prevalence within society, create awareness about it, and provide support to those who struggle with it. In this episode, Leen (trainee clinical psychologist) and Saba (psychology graduate) discuss what entails self-harm or self-injury, the reasons leading up to this, some ways self-harm can show up, how to recognize it, how to seek and offer help. This episode highlights the importance of normalising such difficult conversations as a means to reach out to people suffering silently wthout receiving the care that they need, hushed by the judgment of society. (00:47) - Trigger Warning: Frequent mentions of self-harm (01:45) - What is self-harm (02:18) - Myth: Everyone who self-harms wants to die (03:01) - Correlation between MH disorders and self-harm (03:50) - Why do people self-harm (07:50) - A desire to get rid of emotions and emotional distress (08:25) - Trying to get rid of emotions usually cause the emotions to become stronger (09:36) - Risky coping mechanism (10:18) - How others can help when someone they love self-harms: difficult to understand the intensity of emotional distress (11:12) - Subjectivity of emotions as individuals (12:45) - How you react to someone you love self-harming (13:50) - Stigma motivates hiding self-harm (14:21) - How should we react: coming from a place of understanding and spotting patterns (16:11) - People who self-harm don’t want to be self-harming (16:48) - Finding the right time to talk about (17:27) - Being curious and non-judgemental (18:25) - Be on the lookout for difficult things happening in a loved one’s life (19:05) - Being non-judgemental of one’s owns feelings if you have self-harm habits/urges (20:29) - Acknowledging the urge to self-harm as a feeling (22:10) - Recognizing your own strength, and not running away from your own emotions through self-harm (23:16) - Listing alternative coping methods as a replacement (24:35) - Making spaces that you are in safer by removing access to methods of self-harm (25:27) - Seeking professional help (26:00) - Normalize going to therapy before things get unbearable (28:00) - You don’t need to see evidence of self-harm to be there for people you love (29:02) - The importance of a support system (29:30) - Becoming open to emotions and their functions (30:21) - Final thoughts
March 15, 2024
Procastination
<p>In this week's episode, Raya and Saba talked about procrastination, a topic that a lot of us can relate to at some level. Even though the term procrastination is casually thrown around a lot in today's conversations, it is an action with many devastating consequences. </p> <p>This episode covers prominent reasons why we procrastinate, why procrastination is so hard to stop, and some effective methods to combat it.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Our podcast is available on Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, and Spotify.</p> <p><br></p> <p>(00:19) - Introduction </p> <p>(00:50) - What is procrastination?</p> <p>(01:40) - Root causes of procrastination </p> <p>(03:40) - What does procrastination leads to..?</p> <p>(04:30) - Result of procrastination can itself be reinforcing it</p> <p>(07:47) - Procrastination can lead to a vicious cycle that's hard to escape from </p> <p>(08:16) - Effects of procrastination can be different for different people </p> <p>(08:30) - More on the reasons behind procrastination </p> <p>(12:17) - In hindsight things could be very different from reality</p> <p>(13:40) - Procrastination can give a false sense gratification or relief </p> <p>(14:38) - Procrastination is an easy decision to make </p> <p>(15:18) - Using 'mental health breaks"/"self-care" as an excuse to procrastinate</p> <p>(15:50) - It can be very hard to escape the cycle of procrastination </p> <p>(16:40) - Personality can be a contributing factor </p> <p>(17:53) - Symptoms of some mental health conditions can be almost indistinguishable from procrastination</p> <p>(18:40) - Seek help if it's affecting functioning</p> <p>(21:10) - ways to work around procrastination </p> <p>(25:00) - discipline and creating habits </p> <p>(28:30) - giving yourself space and time to procrastinate </p> <p>(30:00) - being mindful of your actions and progress </p> <p>(31:35) - being kind to yourself</p> <p>(33:00) - wrap up and final thoughts</p>
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