Mentality

A preoccupation with a muscular and lean physique leads to several mental health problems, the worst of which is muscle dysmorphia. Many young men become body builders to sculpt an identity, but some go too far. Read the full story here: thementality.org/what-a-muscle-…

“Women bodybuilders always face societal rejection,” said Divya N V, the winner of several powerlifting titles. For instance, bodybuilder Veronica Annamary’s mother doesn’t like to see her in training clothes, even though her daughter has won many prestigious titles.

24-year-old John Samson Arnold was a puny kid, and he weighed only 40 kgs even when he was 16. But his father (James Ponraj) and grandfather (D J R John Kanakaraj) were legendary body-builders and trainers, who had won the Mr Tamil Nadu competition multiple times.

What a muscle-building obsession in many Madurai boys means - By @SridharViji

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Farmers in the region were familiar with dry, drought-like conditions, having spent decades trying to adapt their farming processes to parched conditions... According to the official data, 1,129 farmers died by suicide in 2025 in Marathwada, which is the highest in the past 5 yrs

Sudden flooding in historically drought-prone Marathwada stunned farmers and pushed more towards suicides - By @varshasuman

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Muzaffar Ahmad Ganie, a clinical psychologist, said the stigma around mental health keeps people from talking about mental health. “In many cases, young people suppress what they are going through because of fear of judgement,” he said. That's not the case with community radio.

Kashmiri youth find it cathartic to talk on community radio, a perfect medium to voice shared struggles - By Irfan Amin Malik (@irfanaminmalik )

Shame and fear resulting from compromising images shared without consent leads to trauma, which cannot be overcome without community and institutional support. Read the full story here: thementality.org/image-based-vi…

“These acts go beyond privacy violations,” said Bhushan M Shinde, assistant professor and Internal Quality Assurance Cell coordinator, Vivekanand Education Society College of Law, Mumbai. “They are a form of digital sexual assault that often lead to lifelong trauma.”

Image-based violence leads to lifelong trauma. The only thing that helps is to change the narrative. - By Vibha Singh @vibhajourno9

“Trauma at a young age can shape a person’s mental health, relationships, and sense of self well into adulthood,” said Pawan Kumar Gupta, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at King George's Medical College, Lucknow. Read the full article: thementality.org/three-minor-ra…

Blatant injustice often leads to tendencies of self-harm, said Apoorva Srivastav, a Lucknow-based lawyer, who's represented many rape victims in her career...On average, in 2018, one woman reported a rape every 15 minutes across the country, but conviction rates were just 27%.

Three minor rape victims we met had unimaginable mental health impacts, when they heard their perpetrators were freed from prison - by @ApkiJigyasa (Jigyasa Mishra) What happens when victims see their perpetrators moving freely, even years after the incident?