💭 What Are Hallucinations and Delusions? When someone starts hearing voices that others can’t hear, or seeing things that others can’t see, doctors call it a hallucination. When someone firmly believes something untrue — such as “people are plotting against me” or “I have special powers” — we call that a delusion. These experiences feel …
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Have you ever walked into a room full of people and suddenly felt your heart racing, palms sweating, and thoughts screaming — “What if I say something stupid?”“What if they laugh at me?”“What if I look nervous?” If yes, you’re not alone.This isn’t just “shyness” — it could be Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), one of …
😰 “What If They’re Judging Me?” — The Silent Struggle of Social Anxiety Read More »
A mother recently sat across from me in my clinic, her voice trembling with worry: “Doctor, my son just stays locked in his room all day. He doesn’t study, doesn’t work, barely eats, and when we ask him to do something, he gets irritated or angry. Is this just laziness or something else?” If you’ve …
He’s Always Alone, Not Studying, Not Working — Is It Laziness or Something Deeper? Read More »
Introduction You might expect children or young adults to be the most at risk of mobile-phone addiction. But increasingly, older adults—our parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles—are becoming just as (or more) glued to their phones. They spend hours scrolling, watching videos, clicking links. They believe messages on WhatsApp, forward every ‘urgent’ note, and then fall …
Today, we’re diving deep into a topic that is probably the single most painful and secretive emotion I encounter in my consulting room: shame. Now, I don’t mean a quick flush of embarrassment when you trip on the stairs. I’m talking about a pervasive, deep-seated conviction that you are fundamentally, irreversibly bad or broken. When …