The SOS Show with Suchita

Daniel Lobo shares his inspiring journey of living with Bipolar and thriving. He also took the leap of faith to start a mental health social enterprise BecauseYOU to support individuals to thrive irrespective of their emotional distress. Listen  1) Diagnosing with Bipolar. 2)The challenges of living with Bipolar and thriving 3)Medications and research on Bipolar- thoughts? 4) Support systems...

In this episode number 80 of THE SOS SHOW, we have Bhavana Issar, the founder and CEO of Caregiver Saathi that provides support to family caregivers through counseling, support groups and training. Find them at www.caregiversaathi.co.in Pointers: What is caregiving and what role does it include? In India how is it defined or seen as? What are the qualities needed for a caregiver? How can caregiver...

Do you know that you could be a severely biased person? Or are you facing multiple biases in the world out there? What are conscious and unconscious biases and how can they affect our mental health? can we as a society collectively tackle it ? Listen to this snacky episode no 79! #thesosshow Have a bias-free week!! HELPLINES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: I CALL-9152987820 M MIND POWER-1800-120-820050 MI...

How has it been with the Mental health of kids and parents during these testing times when they are stuck at home for hours; and what about the families living in small apartments. In this episode of THE SOS SHOW, we have with us Mimansa Singh Tanwar - a clinical psychologist with the Department of Mental Health Behavioral Sciences Fortis Healthcare. She is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist working...

LOVE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENTS FOR YOUR DAILY MENTAL HEALTH ROUTINE. In this Snacky episode : How does Oxytocin the love hormone function in our daily lives? How does love ease anxiety? How can we see love as something beyond romantic relationships- an all-encompassing love. Why is self-love so important? And how can we give unconditional love to everyone irrespective... This and mo...

EP 76 of THE SOS SHOW has Bhargavi Davar, the founder of Bapu Trust. Bhargavi is a childhood survivor of psychiatric institutions in India. She has endured 3 decades of trauma based on that early exposure. She has done a lifetime of work on questioning the assumptions of psychiatry and its institutions. We are glad she could be on our podcast. Find her at baputrust.com We ask: 1) Having interviewe...

Taking our conversation further on relationship and mental health- this snacky episode of THE SOS SHOW- addresses Narcissists and mental health. Narcissism is a trait and a dark one- and in extreme conditions it is a personality disorder. Here we take you through identifying a narcissist at work and in personal relationships (be super careful if you are dating one) where you can be potentially in...

One of the toughest parts of our existence is our relationships- and this is not just becoming complicated by the day but also drastically transforming with time. We examine some key issues in human relationships in today's times and try and find the loopholes and key areas that we can work on every day to keep us going through them sanely. Our guest for this episode is Kamna Chibber-Head - Mental...

“Develop a complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions, and to all people, experiencing everything totally without mental reservations and blockages" Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche - from the book Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman and Richard J Davidson. This episode of THE SOS SHOW highlights key excerpts from this amazing book- that will open our minds to life and our own self...

In this podcast episode of THE SOS SHOW- our guest is Dr. Santosh Bangar. He is a psychiatrist associated with Global Hospital. Besides the challenges faced by the Doctors in handling themselves and the people in crisis what we also need to address is the world post pandemic- and the prediction is that we might have- A MENTAL HEALTH PANDEMIC. So are we prepared to handle the next catastrophe? Is t...

"Life is not about finding friends, but also being accommodative of those who appear to be weeds" THE ART OF RESILIENCE- A timely book, for today's times- We have with us the author of the book Gauranga Das. Gauranga Das who is popularly known as ‘Monk For Action’, serves in various capacities at a national and global level in the ISKCON organization and the Director of the ISKCON Gova...

Aasra is one of the few 24*7 suicide prevention helpline numbers- 9820466726. With the increase in suicidal behaviour by 67 percent since the lockdown-We talk to Johnson Thomas about handling 200-250- calls- for help- every day. 1) A surge in the calls during the pandemic 2) What kind of support are people looking for? what are their socio-economic strata? 3) How are the volunteers trained for a y...

Why is stress the next biggest challenge in the mental health space- because we can take stress very casually and it can keep accumulating and turn out to be a silent killer. Stress modifies our brain. Chronic stress leads to anxiety and depression. It's not necessary that everyone gets stressed only by life-altering events- like this pandemic, or the loss of a dear one, or a grave fall in busines...

We are in conversation with the Founder of WYSA a mental health app that currently has 3 M plus downloads that too in a span of 4 years. What is it that Wysa - an AI BOT- is giving to humans that humans themselves are not giving to each other- Jo Agarwal Shares with us. Find her on LinkedIn/ Twitter@ Jo Aggarwal. We talk: 1) Designing an AI bot to understand a gamut of emotions that humans go thro...

Hi Folks, we are back with a second COVID wave, unfortunately. There has been a continuation of job losses and financial strains. 1 person dies by suicide every 40 seconds and 1 ATTEMPTS suicide every 3 seconds. This is our humble endeavor to reach out and help the ones attempting suicide every 3 seconds. 10 ways to fight SUICIDAL THOUGHTS: 1) Know your own thoughts- how harmful are they. 2) Phone...

Continuing our discussion on Entrepreneurship and mental health ( chk our earlier episode 20), we are in conversation with Michael Freeman. Dr. Freeman serves as a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, and as a Mentor in the Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF. Find him www. MichaelAFreemanMD.com and www.econa.net . Some of the main points o...

8 THINGS FOR YOUR DAILY MENTAL HEALTH ROUTINE and to keep your Mental health quotient at the optimum. 1) What am I feeling- and how to immediately balance it out. 2) Relationships- take all our mental health energy. Keep it simple and accepting. 3) Increase your kindness quotient- the daily act of kindness 4) Increase your happiness quotient- become a good friend. 5) Move away from toxicity- send...

This week on The SOS Show, Suchita is joined by Mr. Kapil Mehta, the founder of Secure Now, an insurance brokering firm. MHCA 2017 has put physical and mental health as equally important. IRDAI has directed mental health insurance companies to include mental illnesses in their repertoire. But we are still very far from there. Some of the important pointers we talk: Lack of implementation of MHCA 2...

This short episode of THE SOS SHOW takes us through a brief history of mental illness, where it started, what it was thought of and where do we stand right now after 100 years. All this information has been taken from the respective websites as mentioned in the episode https://www.uniteforsight.org/mental-health/module2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2408392/ A small note: We at Ep....

What are the Loopholes existing in the MH care systems in a developed world like the US and where does a developing world stand? How effective are therapies and how do we measure them- as defined by Dr. Bridget Nash- Coffee clutch therapy vs Evidence-based therapy. Why everyone should learn CBT and how it has proved to be super effective in countries like Zimbabwe- an anecdote there. And how CBT n...

This short episode of THE SOS SHOW takes us through a brief history of mental illness, where it started, what it was thought of and where do we stand right now after 100 years.   All this information has been taken from the respective websites as mentioned in the episode https://www.uniteforsight.org/mental-health/module2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2408392/ A small note: We...

Exercise is an important cog in his Bipolar Disorder Stratergy- Mentions Anil Chauhan as he shares his personal journey of managing BPD. Bipolar disorder was not the term that was used 30 odd years ago when Anil discovered his BPD. He shares how his parents never got to know what he had and how his family, his wife came to understand only recently; How his dreams took a u-turn and he decided to re...

Sometimes it's easier to talk to a stranger than a close one. Also, mental illness and mental health still being taboo people are more comfortable interacting anonymously to express their deepest feelings. This led to the formation of www.nowandme.com . Now&Me ( https://nowandme.com ) is a peer to peer community support network for people to feel better during tough and difficult times. Users...

In this episode, we are in conversation with power performer and world champion Abhinav Bindra. Abhinav Bindra has more than 150 medals to his credit in Air rifle shooting. He is the recipient of the Arjuna award and the Padma Bhushan. He takes us through his challenges and journeys: 1)One thing he constantly worked upon when preparing for his games- Self Doubt. 2) His daily routine - doing the sa...

There are 7 billion of us here! reach out for help if you feel vulnerable and depressed. You can also reach out to us!. Happy 2021.   HELPLINES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: I CALL-9152987820 M MIND POWER-1800-120-820050 MINISTRY OF HEALTH-08046110007 NATIONAL HELPLINE: 1075 A small announcement: We at Ep. Log Media along with Metaphysical Lab have successfully produced 50+ episodes covering storie...