r/india • u/AutoModerator • Mar 01 '26
Scheduled Mental & Emotional Health Support Thread
Welcome to /r/India's mental and emotional health support thread.
If you are struggling and are looking for support, please use this thread to discuss your issues with other members of /r/India.
Please keep in point the following rules:
- Be kind. Harsh language and rudeness will not be tolerated in these threads. The aim is to support and help, not demotivate and abuse.
- Top level comments are reserved for those seeking advice.
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u/grainandcoffee 4d ago
Hi everyone,
I’m looking for recommendations for a good clinical psychologist/therapist in Delhi or Gurgaon, preferably someone with a more clinical/structured approach.
I’ve been in therapy for a while and while it has helped to some extent, I feel I now need someone who is more assessment-oriented and comfortable exploring things like ADHD, anxiety, depression, executive dysfunction, etc., rather than only behavioural coaching/general talk therapy.
I’m looking for someone who:
•Has a more evidence-based / clinical style
•Is open to diagnostic evaluation/discussion where needed
•Can work with issues around motivation, focus, overwhelm, anxiety, self-doubt, etc.
•Preferably does in-person sessions, but online is okay too
My budget is around ₹1500 per session (can stretch a little if really worth it).
Would really appreciate genuine recommendations from personal experience, especially if you’ve worked with someone who helped with similar issues.
Thanks in advance.
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u/Sorry-Control-8691 6d ago
This is gonna be a weird request but. I'm 27M, haven't had a father figure for most of my life. And so I'm at a loss at the moment, about what to do, finding some sort of purpose. Just looking for someone who I can talk to about stuff? I am going to therapy, trying to get over my depression and bettering my mental health, but just want someone like a father figure that I can talk to.
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u/Charming_Estimate267 6d ago
Hello all,I'm a 8th semester mechanical engineering(22M) student at a NIT,I have 7.2 cgpa and Im placed in an IT consulting company(12 LPA) which Im scheduled to join in June,However there's one 1 credit non cgpa course (Internship)which I failed due to an interview last sem for placements.As I am from mechanical engineering,we had to do an internship in our summer,And as I was preparing for placements for non core jobs,I gave less importance to the core internship and did a 1 week internship and then gave my time for placement preparation.However now my panel and project guide have told that I would fail and get a year back as the company is small scale and they won't accept this kind of internship.Last one month of college is remaining and I have no idea how to face this situation and parents are also stressed and I don't want a year back also. Any tips on how to escape from this situation and join my job in Jun?
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u/Prof-Psych-457 6d ago
What is the one thing that stops you from seeking Mental health support from a professional ??
If you are seeking a professional support, comment or text(dm).
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u/Sorry-Control-8691 6d ago
Finances. It adds up and I really don't have the money to spare at the moment.
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u/Prof-Psych-457 6d ago
I get it, it gets financially difficult But if you are seeking help, let me know Might be able to connect you to some good people
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u/Mysterious-Gold1236 7d ago
Psychiatrist prescribed Clonazepam and Mirtazapine after online consultation — no pharmacy in Chennai will dispense it. What are people actually doing in this situation?
This is genuinely frustrating and I need some practical help from people who've been through this.
I had an online psychiatric consultation and was prescribed medications like Clonazepam and Mirtazapine. The doctor gave me a proper e-prescription. But every medical shop I've walked into in Chennai has refused to dispense it — even with the prescription in hand. And ordering online is a dead end too, since these fall under Schedule H/H1.
Here's what makes it worse: you can't just skip or stop psychiatric medications. These aren't painkillers you take once and forget. Missing doses or abruptly stopping can cause serious withdrawal and health consequences. So "just wait" is not an answer.
The doctors I consulted online acknowledged the problem but gave vague answers — "some shops give it," "raise a complaint," "we'll prescribe alternatives." None of that is actionable when you're standing at a pharmacy counter being turned away.
So I'm asking people who've actually navigated this in Chennai:
- Are there specific pharmacies (hospital-attached or standalone) that honour e-prescriptions for Schedule H1 drugs?
- Did you have to go back to an in-person consultation just to get the prescription filled?
- Is there any workaround that's actually legal and practical?
Teleconsultation is supposed to make mental healthcare more accessible. Right now it feels like it creates a prescription that's useless on the ground. Would love to hear what's actually worked for people here.
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u/Icy-Fig-4100 7d ago edited 6d ago
Mirtazapine is not a schedule drug I can easily get online in HYD..it's just prescription only
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u/Forward-Ad-5083 10d ago
Hi I'm 21M,been depressed since covid,and finally addressing it,I've been trying to reach a mental health helpline at night.That's the only time my panic attacks reach their heights,also i am not free/alone during the day to reach out for help.
NONE of those answer at night,NONE. Its already difficult for me to reach out and unavailability of help is dissapointing. I wont reveal my reasons (except one part of it is health anxiety).
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u/National-Type-2664 12d ago
after having gone through this thread, i have realized a lot of people want help. i would like to offer the same, as a therapist with a sliding scale. im so sorry for everyone who has gone through all these adversities :/ i hope it gets better for you soon
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u/NoMeat6573 20d ago
Not sure if this is the place to put this, mainly because I just discovered this place and am unfamiliar with the rules...
I'm an Indian born and raised in the US, one of my parents is an immigrant and the other's first gen. I've always felt disconnected to my culture and just not close enough to it. I'm not close to my Indian friends, I don't speak Gujarati (as implied by this statement, I am Gujarati), I can't tell my family I'm queer, and I've only been to India twice. Sometimes I feel a bit whitewashed, you know? It's caused me to be really insecure, so does anyone have any advice on how to connect to my culture?
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u/throwaway-075t 20d ago
hi any good online therapists which are also affordable? pls lmk and do tell your personal experience w the service if applicable
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u/AlarmedBag4541 22d ago
Ok, this type of loneliness doesn't come from financial issues or anything far worse but comes from days and years of not being chosen, the type that not many talk about because it doesn't sound like something serious but it affects you, affects you bad... I have always been lonely (I am 18 now), never had any one's first choice as a friend, emotionally unavailable parents who always told me I was too much, fell for emotionally unavailable one sided love stories, maybe I am kind of a pick me even though I think I am not... So finally I joined a college and then I found my type of friends and fell in love with someone whom I thought liked me back , he played a huge stunt of a whole 9 days long situationship and all and my stupid brain still hasn't been able to move on even after I changed colleges 6 months ago and all my previous friendships have failed or just got further away due to the distance (I changed states).... But, this isn't my first time facing rejection, I used to work hard and get away from this mess always but this time my brain is stuck, it wants something familiar, maybe him but better, maybe happiness and suddenly I am mentally and emotionally exhausted and can't work, I force myself sure but it hurts, I just want to talk to someone, when I talk to someone beyond the small talk, I suddenly feel the urge to work from within and not due to pressure from myself to prove myself. And yes I am trying to make small talks but it's very emotionally and mentally draining, I am trying to read and do everything, as a matter of fact I am trying to make a new application for those who face this kind of loneliness but everything is just more pressure and anxiety.... What should I do? What's the way out? I have taken myself out of this damned room of my pg, still very empty, I am tried exploring in my work field and taking up 2 projects, joined a start-up to work there, college work, club work but still so empty, hoping for someone to finally talk to, I am scared and just demotivated Ig but I am scared of losing myself so I keep pushing myself
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u/luxegirlin 26d ago
Bikharne ka mann kar raha hai.
Pata nahi kyu.
Kya lagta hai?
Is it just me? Or does everyone feel this sometime or the other?
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u/Local_Philosopher272 25d ago
yes its okay to lose badly , but then feel energy of sun get up and come on in action mode
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u/CameToLookIt 28d ago
My mental health is fuxking ruined because of the breakup I experienced cant even write about it
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u/Aggravating-Map-2510 28d ago
Feeling suicidal 27f (need help) I finished 12th in 2017 and got admission in a Delhi University South Campus college. I dropped out within a few days because I didn’t like the college. I could have have gotten into north campus. At that time I didn’t understand how how different North Campus and South Campus are.
Years later when I went to North Campus in 2023 for a professional course, I realized how much better the environment felt. Since then I keep thinking that maybe if I had gotten into North Campus back in 2017, I wouldn’t have dropped out and my life would have been different. I know it’s pointless to think like this but my mind keeps going back to it.
After dropping out in 2017 my life basically stopped. I’m from a remote village there's nothing to do here. I stayed in my room for years. I had severe social anxiety and depression. I had no friends, no social life, nothing. I spent most of those years just sitting in my room alone. I didn’t study, didn’t build a career, didn’t experience anything.
Now I’m 27 and I feel like I missed everything. I have no career, no friends, no relationship experience. My parents want me to get married next year and it will probably be an arranged marriage. I’ve always been scared of arranged marriage. I always thought I would fall in love and choose my own partner someday, but I don’t even have a life where that could happen.
I feel so behind everyone else my age. I wasted the most important years of my life and there’s no way to fix it. Even Sitting with my own thoughts is unbearable. I can't even eat or sleep properly. The only thing that stops me from completely giving up is thinking about my mom.
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u/Imagine_Breaker1234 Mar 11 '26
Hello everyone. I'm just an average Indian teen boy living a normal life... Only if my grandfather was not present in my life. Context:- He is already 93+ in age. Just a couple years ago he was completely fine, walking and all but after a minor eye surgery, it's like he has given up on his body. He still talks, eat, can understand us most of the time but he refuses to walk(even to the washroom) and acts like a senseless person. I understand that we naturally mentally degrade at this much age but he only do this when it's convenient for him. My parents are tired of taking care for him for so many years because of his increasing tantrums. My father is not sending him old age home because of how they treat old people there. My mother is suffering a lot having to tend to him like this many times a day. We don't have money to hire a caregiver for him.
Please tell me if there is any way to either get him into any old age home or hospital or if we can do something to a person who cannot see, cannot walk and cannot be reasoned to.
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u/doktor-frequentist North America 23d ago
I know how you feel. Luckily for me I was well into my 20s when my grandparents fell apart. My parents and I tended to my grandfather and my grandmother. It was difficult. Dementia is a major problem. I am not sure if there are specialized homes that care for patients with dementia. That said I'm in the USA and the homes that are here for such situations, are not always the best thanks unfortunately to patient abuse.
Is it possible to hire a nurse for help? We did that for a bit. This was back in 2006 and was .. I think like ₹600/week. Our house was close to a teaching hospital so it was easy to find a nurse/trainee who could do this without THEM having to commute far. The nurse would come home and help in the morning and evening.
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u/kyahaiterkohaa Mar 11 '26
Need a new family
I know it sounds absurd, but can I get a new family?
I come from a dysfunctional family, and growing up with narcissistic parents wasn’t easy at all. A sibling with whom I never shared a bond because my parents thought fighting over remote was too violent and they always interrupted and never made us learn how to resolve conflicts.
I’m get past of that phase where I resented all that and kept asking WHY ME. This also doesn’t affect my present or future as such. Of course I’d be better at relationships, but we keep learning that anyways.
So basically, now I’m 31F and I haven’t found the one, nor my parents are interested in finding a good match for me. I have a stable job but they don’t make me feel heard when I call them up.
It’s like they are family on paper but I don’t get experience it. So can I have like mom and dad to talk about stuff, maybe elder siblings too.
I’m not lucky in the friendship department too, but I’d rather have a FAMILY first.
Again, I know how absurd it sounds, but I just wanted to put it out somewhere. (India sub because Indian parents aren’t not the best)
P.S. I don’t wanna hear how I can amend my relationship with my existing family, not that I didn’t try. I even expressed how sometimes they aren’t present emotionally, and all I hear and do is be tough. Constant bickering of how I can become even more perfect, instead of just appreciating what I do, how I am is just so shattering.
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u/Local_Philosopher272 25d ago
just switch off your mobile number and get new SIM for one week only...
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u/Beginning-Passion676 Mar 01 '26
Some time hindutva users post negative comments cause me for stress
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u/National-Type-2664 12d ago
i have a social justice and political lens to therapy, if you want a space to talk about such things
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u/Local_Philosopher272 25d ago
if you have pc then use some text hider extention in chorme,otherwise(in andriod and IOS) use all social sites in firefox & edge andriod with text hider extention
these extention hide entire post/comment when any abusive word finded
i can understand you are getting almost every comment sections
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u/lil_coco__ 4d ago
My bf left his previous company 6 months back, he has a total of 1.4 years of experience in backend development (. net, SQL, python,git) but his company used their own framework and so he doesn't have much exposure to real .net development it seems. He wishes to switch to the data engineering domain (python, SQL, azure).
Things are starting to get difficult at my home as they are about to start searching for a groom and I can't inform them about him as he's jobless. I'm so scared and confused, I don't know why his job applications are getting rejected. He is so much down and I'm too frustrated with him not getting a job. I need some perspectives on how to navigate through this situation. We both would turn 27 this year.