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  1. what i can identify and highly recommend is to ‘love yourself’.
    without hurting others, it is good to be a little selfish and think of you first. dont worry what others think.
    what is good for you or makes you happy is important for you to feel good about yourself and about your surroundings.
    when you dress, dress to impress yourself. dont dress to please others. they will envy you because of the way you carry yourself.
    dont forget to lend others a helping hand and take time to listen to their problems. your experiences can help them to cope, just as their experiences can help you.
    we all have problems and we are all suffer from some kind of sickness or pain. that makes us humans.
    having a positive outlook helps.smile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. Thanks a lot for this article. 🙂 Especially liked the “Don’t over-commit at work” point.

  3. As I read the obituaries for Aaron Swartz today, I thought of your post. This in particular:

    http://boingboing.net/2013/01/12/rip-aaron-swartz.html

    “I don’t know if it’s productive to speculate about that, but here’s a thing that I do wonder about this morning, and that I hope you’ll think about, too. I don’t know for sure whether Aaron understood that any of us, any of his friends, would have taken a call from him at any hour of the day or night. I don’t know if he understood that wherever he was, there were people who cared about him, who admired him, who would get on a plane or a bus or on a video-call and talk to him.

    “Because whatever problems Aaron was facing, killing himself didn’t solve them. Whatever problems Aaron was facing, they will go unsolved forever. If he was lonely, he will never again be embraced by his friends. If he was despairing of the fight, he will never again rally his comrades with brilliant strategies and leadership. If he was sorrowing, he will never again be lifted from it.

    “Depression strikes so many of us. I’ve struggled with it, been so low I couldn’t see the sky, and found my way back again, though I never thought I would. Talking to people, doing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, seeking out a counsellor or a Samaritan — all of these have a chance of bringing you back from those depths. Where there’s life, there’s hope. Living people can change things, dead people cannot.”

  4. Hi Vinodhan,

    I’ve read and recommended your articles to people. You write very well. You’re honest. You’re lucid. You’re doing great service for a community that pushes all mental/emotional issues under a concrete rug. Do you mind pointing me to psychiatrists (both child/adult) and psychotherapists in Chennai? Can you send me the info by email? Really appreciate it!
    Wishing you the very best!

    Kalpana Mohan