Let me just say this first
I wouldn’t say I haven’t been active for the past few months. On the contrary, last year has swung me up and down like alternating current. It was the end of May 2019 when I decided to forgive myself and relieve myself of the pressure of publishing a blog. I was stuck in a vicious cycle. The stress of regularly publishing a blog was hampering my ability to write, which in turn was adding to the stress of regularly publishing. It wasn’t like I stopped writing. But the frequency significantly reduced. The stress went to a point where I couldn’t publish my ready to publish articles. I finally decided to relieve myself of this pressure at the end of May and within the next few days, I got an opportunity to write a blog for the Mental Health Education department of NIMHANS. It only added to the stress but since it was a time-bound activity, I did it. I was able to find some peace as the time passed by because I realized that though I am not necessarily writing blogs to publish,...