This week on Call Me Hopeful, comedian Kenny Sebastian talks to us about therapy, people-pleasing and what he did to get better at setting his boundaries. Because what he was trying to avoid by saying yes, happened anyway. Now on level 27 of setting boundaries, Kenny reflects on the dynamic nature of the boundaries, the balance he has had to strike within our cultural setting and the contentment he’s achieved by embarking on this journey.

Timestamps:-

00:00 - 00:57: Intro

00:57 - 06:45: What are boundaries?

06:45 - 12:56: People pleasing and top 5 boundaries

12:56 - 17:49: Why set boundaries?

17:49 - 23:14: Cutting people off

23:14 - 33:27: How to talk about feelings

33:27 - 41:13: Why does it feel bad to set boundaries?

41:13 - 44:38: How to figure out your boundaries?

44:38 - 46:20: Pledge

If you are struggling with your mental health, remember there is help out there –

Sangath (9:30am to 5:30pm | Monday to Friday)

07887872345

https://sangath.in/well-being-centre/

Self-help resources

https://sangath.in/self-help-resource/

Agatsu's clinic (11am to 7pm | Tuesday to Sunday)

9167792077

https://www.agatsufoundation.org/therapy

Mental Health Directory

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_g1lLNBPJqqI6izUc-7lGs10RXtVCnOWlSXpjmWPNQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0

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TS Studios brings you Call Me Hopeful, a podcast where host Ira Khan attempts to make sense of the information, misinformation, oversimplifications and complications around mental health in India today.

Credits:

Host: Ira Khan

Associate Producers: Bavana Gone, Neha Shetty

Editor: Bavana Gone, Vibhav Saraf

Art Director: Neha Shekhawat

Camera Attendant: Shivam Kumar Singh

Recording Studio: Island City Studios

Social Media Strategist: Anubhooti Chouhan

Creative Producers: Mohini Chaudhuri, Abhishek Saha

Supervising Producer: Shrishti Malhotra

Executive Producer: Karla Bookman

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Where is the line between fatigue, exhaustion and burnout? How can we spot the signs of an oncoming burnout? This week, the internet's favourite neurologist Dr. Sid Warrier joins us to discuss what burnout actually is, can it kill you, and how can we build our mental resilience.

00:00 - 01:01: Intro

01:01 - 02:21: What is burnout?

02:21 - 05:19: Can burnout kill you?/Sympathetic vs parasympathetic

05:19 - 10:24: Physical manifestations

10:24 - 13:09: Threat perception

13:09 - 16:35: Empathy

16:35 - 19:46: Threat perception online

19:46 - 22:29: Mental resilience

22:29 - 28:23: How to build resilience?

28:23 - 35:51: Environmental awareness

35:51- 41:10: What does rest entail?

41:10 - 44:35: Pledge

If you are struggling with your mental health, remember there is help out there –

Sangath (9:30am to 5:30pm | Monday to Friday)

07887872345

https://sangath.in/well-being-centre/

Self-help resources

https://sangath.in/self-help-resource/

Agatsu's clinic (11am to 7pm | Tuesday to Sunday)

9167792077

https://www.agatsufoundation.org/therapy

Mental Health Directory

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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Links:

https://education.umd.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/Emotion%20and%20Stress%20Regulation%20Magic%20Tool%20Box.pdf

TS Studios brings you Call Me Hopeful, a podcast where host Ira Khan attempts to make sense of the information, misinformation, oversimplifications and complications around mental health in India today.

Credits:

Host: Ira Khan

Associate Producers: Bavana Gone, Neha Shetty

Editor: Bavana Gone, Vibhav Saraf

Art Director: Neha Shekhawat

Camera Attendant: Shivam Kumar Singh

Recording Studio: Island City Studios

Social Media Strategist: Anubhooti Chouhan

Creative Producers: Mohini Chaudhuri, Abhishek Saha

Supervising Producer: Shrishti Malhotra

Executive Producer: Karla Bookman

This week on Call Me Hopeful, comedian and actor, Mallika Dua talks to us about the barriers to asking for help despite being related to a psychologist, how it's a journey she continues to walk everyday and finding herself coming up with practical solutions to emotional problems, much like that one grumpy uncle we’ve all known.

Chapter Timestamps:-

00:00 - 00:46 - Intro

00:46 - 05:02 - Childhood

05:02 - 10:02 - Seeking therapy for the first time

10:02 -16:40 - Diagnosis for Mood disorder

16:40 - 27:50 - Choosing the right therapist

27:50 - 34:01 - Getting over grief

34:01 - 41:57 - Medication / Self Sabotage

41:57 - 47:02 - Committed to well being

47:02 - 48:21 - Pledge

If you are struggling with your mental health, remember there is help out there –

Sangath (9:30am to 5:30pm | Monday to Friday)

07887872345

https://sangath.in/well-being-centre/

Self-help resources

https://sangath.in/self-help-resource/

Agatsu's clinic (11am to 7pm | Tuesday to Sunday)

9167792077

https://www.agatsufoundation.org/therapy

Mental Health Directory

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_g1lLNBPJqqI6izUc-7lGs10RXtVCnOWlSXpjmWPNQ/edit#gid=0

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TS Studios brings you Call Me Hopeful, a podcast where host Ira Khan attempts to make sense of the information, misinformation, oversimplifications and complications around mental health in India today.

Credits:

Host: Ira Khan

Associate Producers: Bavana Gone, Neha Shetty

Editor: Bavana Gone, Vibhav Saraf

Art Director: Neha Shekhawat

Camera Attendant: Shivam Kumar Singh

Recording Studio: Island City Studios

Social Media Strategist: Anubhooti Chouhan

Creative Producers: Mohini Chaudhuri, Abhishek Saha

Supervising Producer: Shrishti Malhotra

Executive Producer: Karla Bookman

#callmehopeful #tspodcasts #tsstudios

Is mental illness purely biological? What are the different social and psychological factors that can influence depression? This week, psychiatrist Dr. Ahijit Nadkarni joins us to discuss the framework with which to view our mental health, and if there is such a thing as a cure.

If you are struggling with your mental health, remember there is help out there.

Sangath (9:30am to 5:30pm | Monday to Friday) - 07887872345 | https://sangath.in/well-being-centre/

Self-help resources - https://sangath.in/self-help-resource/

Agatsu's clinic (11am to 7pm | Tuesday to Sunday) - 9167792077 | https://www.agatsufoundation.org/therapy

Mental Health Directory - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_g1lLNBPJqqI6izUc-7lGs10RXtVCnOWlSXpjmWPNQ/edit#gid=0

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00:00 - 0:53 - Intro

0:53 - 2:19 - Ira’s experience with depression

2:19 - 4:20 - Is depression real?

4:20 - 8:40- What happens to people when they’re depressed?

8:40 -11:30 - “Faking it”

11:35 - 19:54 - Causes of depression

19:54 - 23:23 - Is it important to know why depression occurs?

23:23 - 26:50 - Scientific credibility of mental health practitioners

26:50 - 30:55 - Importance of psycho-social treatments

30:55 - 38:58 - Mindset shift towards validating your own mental illness

38:58 - 43:20- Is there a cure?

43:20 - 44:33 - Pledge

Credits:

Host: Ira Khan

Associate Producers: Bavana Gone, Neha Shetty

Editor: Bavana Gone

Social Media Strategist: Anubhooti Chouhan

Art Director: Neha Shekhawat

Camera Attendant: Shivam Kumar Singh

Recording Studio: Island City Studios

Creative Producers: Mohini Chaudhuri, Abhishek Saha

Supervising Producer: Shrishti Malhotra

Executive Producer: Karla Bookman

Why is a comedian the best person to discuss loneliness with? On this episode of Call Me Hopeful, Vir Das joins us to talk about his relationship with solitude, loneliness, and why it’s so difficult to reach out sometimes.

00:00 - 0:42-Intro

0:42 - 2:53 - Why loneliness?

2:53 - 6:33 - What does loneliness look like for Vir?

6:33 - 8:25 - Feeling disconnected while on stage

8:25 - 10:31 - Connecting via music

10:31 - 13:21 - Growing up as the outsider

13:21 - 14:40 - Accepting loneliness

14:40 - 17:55 - Chronic loneliness/pushing people away while feeling lonely

17:55 - 20:05 - Wanting to fit in

20:05 - 28:13 - Reaction to the Two Indias controversy

28:13 - 33:17 - The loneliness epidemic

33:17 - 35:43 - Reaching out

35:43 -37: 11 - Pledge

If you are struggling with your mental health, remember there is help out there.

Sangath (9:30am to 5:30pm | Monday to Friday)

07887872345

https://sangath.in/well-being-centre/

Self-help resources

https://sangath.in/self-help-resource/

Agatsu's clinic (11am to 7pm | Tuesday to Sunday)

9167792077

https://www.agatsufoundation.org/therapy

Mental Health Directory

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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Relevant links:

-'How to Practice Emotional First Aid' by Guy Winch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2hc2FLOdhI

- Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks over Two Decades -https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/000312240607100301

Credits:

Host: Ira Khan

Associate Producers: Bavana Gone, Neha Shetty

Editor: Bavana Gone

Art Director: Neha Shekhawat

Camera Attendant: Shivam Kumar Singh

Recording Studio: Island City Studios

Social Media Strategist: Anubhooti Chouhan

Creative Producers: Mohini Chaudhuri, Abhishek Saha

Supervising Producer: Shrishti Malhotra

Executive Producer: Karla Bookman

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In this episode, psychiatrist Dr. Vikram Patel and actor Imran Khan join Ira to dissect what mental health conversations used to be like before the age of the internet, how to filter the right kind of information online, why media literacy is important, and if it is possible to diagnose a serial killer just based on their fingers.

TS Studios brings you Call Me Hopeful, a podcast where host Ira Khan attempts to make sense of the information, misinformation, oversimplifications and complications around mental health in India today.

If you are struggling with your mental health, remember there is help out there.

Sangath (9:30am to 5:30pm | Monday to Friday) - 07887872345 | https://sangath.in/well-being-centre/

Self-help resources - https://sangath.in/self-help-resource/

Agatsu's clinic (11am to 7pm | Tuesday to Sunday) - 9167792077 | https://www.agatsufoundation.org/therapy

Mental Health Directory - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_g1lLNBPJqqI6izUc-7lGs10RXtVCnOWlSXpjmWPNQ/edit#gid=0

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Evidence based therapies for depression

- Cognitive behaviour therapy

- Interpersonal therapy

- Behavioural activation

- Problem solving therapy

- Mindfulness based cognitive therapy

- Psychodynamic psychotherapy

0:52 - Intro

2:59 - Mental health awareness before the internet

6:09 - Change in the language on the internet

9:35 - Radicalization through social media

13:45 - Simplification of complex concepts

18:25 - Reacting to comments

22:57 - Significant pros and cons of awareness

24:24 - Accessibility of mMental health information

25:08 - Structural issues with mMental health treatment

29:54 - Where to find accurate sources

32:48 - Media literacy

37:10 - Conclusion

38:06 - Pledge

Credits:

Host: Ira Khan

Associate Producers: Bavana Gone, Neha Shetty

Editor: Bavana Gone

Social Media Strategist: Anubhooti Chouhan

Art Director: Neha Shekhawat

Camera Attendant: Shivam Kumar Singh

Recording Studio: Island City Studios

Creative Producers: Mohini Chaudhuri, Abhishek Saha

Supervising Producer: Shrishti Malhotra

Executive Producer: Karla Bookman

TS Studios brings you Call Me Hopeful, a podcast where host Ira Khan gets together with diverse guests to discuss the information, misinformation, and everything in between about the state of mental health conversations on the Indian internet.