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What Are We Really Asking For When We Say We Want To Be Touched? An Interview with Ratnaboli Ray
Psychologist and mental health activist Ratnaboli Ray discusses skin hunger, touch and mental health.
Jul 21, 2022
My Clients Celebrate Relationships With Me That They Can’t Even Mention Outside The Therapy Room: A Therapist’s Diary
A therapist wonders if we can relook how we approach 'problematic' relationships
Jul 14, 2022
Things Changing In My Body & I As We Grow Older
(For the better, for the worse, for the sexier!)
Jun 28, 2022
My Wobbly Bits: Making Friends with My New-Old Body
In my 50's, I'm rearing a kid by myself and greeting new body parts ever so frequently.
Jun 28, 2022
Stories From A Survey: Mohan's Story
Nov 01, 2021
Stories From A Survey: Manju's Story
Nov 01, 2021
What Does Science Say About Friendship?
Aug 13, 2021
“Being well-adjusted to this world is no measure of being well”- Vulnerability, Strength and Mental Health
A conversation with Sonal Giani!
Jul 26, 2021
Six People on What They Learned About Vulnerability By Working At A Helpline
What listening to people at their most vulnerable moment can teach us about resilience.
Jul 07, 2021
How Do You Solve a ‘Problem’ Like Adolescence?
A Guide to Adolescent Mental Health!
Jun 08, 2021
Some of us need to be understood differently: Breaking Up and Mental Illness
Rukmini writes about her relationship and break-up, and how as a person with mental-illness, she wishes it could have been done differently.
Jul 29, 2021
“If He Does 'This', Girl You Need To Let Go Of Him!”
How the Discussion on 'Toxic' stuff can become toxic to live with
Nov 06, 2020
How Masturbation Helped Me Cope With Heartbreak
Masturbation and other remedies for rejection.
Oct 29, 2020
READING MINDS - 8 Indian Books About Experiencing Mental Illness
Books to help understand mental and emotional turmoil
Oct 22, 2020
SIX SIMPLE SUGGESTIONS TO HELP PARENTS LOOK OUT FOR THEIR CHILD’S MENTAL HEALTH
A little help for parents to understand for their children's mental health.
Oct 19, 2020
My Body In Bed Isn’t Any Kind of Map To Pleasure
What is intimacy like when it’s traumatic to live in your body/head?
Oct 12, 2020
AOI GUIDE TO #MENTALHELP RESOURCES
Looking for help with mental health? Here's where to get started.
Oct 10, 2020
Some Mental Health Fundas and FAQs
Helping your mental health through fundas and FAQs!
Oct 10, 2020
My Struggle To Live and Love With Vaginismus
How does trauma manifest in our bodies and our intimacies
Oct 04, 2020
Memories of Touch- Poem In A Pandemic
In the protected rooms where people are intubated there are no last hugs and the only thing to touch may be the glass of the window through which you can look at them
Jul 27, 2020
I Took A Nude Selfie. It Changed My Life.
After years of hiding, can a nude selfie get Ini to see her body in a new light?
Jul 13, 2020
Can I Open The Window And Let Go Of The Past?
A journey back to a room full of a traumatic memory to seek reconciliation.
Jul 07, 2020
Skin Hunger: The AOI Guide to Mental Health and Touch
A fun explainer, in comics form, about why touch is so important for our well-being.
Oct 03, 2019
How My Girlfriend's Abortion Made Me A Better Man: A Comic
M's story about a life-changing incident.
Oct 02, 2019
Small Doubts: What Do I Do if Someone Refuses to See Me After a One-Night Stand?
Our Sex Ett column. This time, on dealing with rejection!
Nov 13, 2019
Small Doubts: How Do I Respond to Unsolicited Advice About My Weight?
Our #SexEtt column, this time about annoying nuskas.
Jul 23, 2019
How Can You Escape from the Body Image House of Mirrors?
#SexEdFundas about body image and how we can tackle problems related to it
Jul 03, 2019
How Shru Stopped Hating Herself (With A Little Help From Her Dad)
From self-harm and shame, to learning to be your own hero!
Apr 18, 2019
How Do Women's Bodies Change With Age?
We rarely talk about it, so we’re often clueless about what to expect.
Mar 20, 2019
How I Grew Out of My Turbulent Teens
Life as a schoolgirl was about trying to fit in; to be seen and not seen; self-hate and self-harm. Talking about it to other people was the first step in a new direction
Jan 17, 2019
How Ideas of Purity Damage Our Mental Sexual Health (And Happiness)
The unconscious sexual caste system that undercuts our relationships with self and others.
Oct 10, 2018
I Dreamed of Having a Suhaag Raat Straight Out of the Movie Kama Sutra. My Actual Experience Was Nothing Like It
It’s been a decade since I had sex with a man.
Mar 20, 2018
#QueerlyHeartbroken: A Twitter Chat With Sonal Giani
Queer Rights Activist Sonal Giani, on being Queer and Heartbroken, the common issues faced by queer people during break ups and how to deal with it.
Nov 01, 2017
#Unfinished Business: A Conversation about Sudden Heartbreaks
Expert tips on dealing with a broken heart.
Oct 17, 2017
Dosti is Pyaar: Being Lost and Finding Friends
If pyaar is dosti, it took me a while to understand that that dosti is also pyaar, but more forgiving.
Aug 04, 2017
HOW NORMAL IS YOUR SEX DRIVE? (PROBABLY VERY NORMAL)
May 16, 2017
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