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#TherapistDiaries: “I feel nothing for my baby” – the conception of postpartum depression
She lost interest in everything and couldn’t even gather energy to feed her baby; she would go days without...
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#TherapistDiaries: A hard worker is not the same as a workaholic – the latter is an addict
Farooq, a workaholic, admired the Japanese work culture and believed people should work full time, even in Ramazan.
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#TherapistDiaries: Old age and the game of betrayal
“I feel like my body is protesting, giving a dharna of sorts”.
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#TherapistDiaries: Unmasking the paedophile
When Sadiq told his family about his paedophile uncle, the former brought shame but the latter enjoyed family lunches
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#TherapistDiaries: Unrequited love, a choice or a consequence?
Noreen had been obsessed with five different men who kept rejecting her, yet she was unable to stop herself.
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#TherapistDiaries: How to move on from divorce and why it’s harder for women
In our society, marrying off your daughter to a divorcee is not as disdainful as marrying off your son to a divorcee.
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#TherapistDiaries: Do you think you’re in an abusive marriage?
You feel sorry for their own anger, their apology. You feel guilty for their guilt. And that is the beginning.
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#TherapistDiaries: The dilemma of being in the closet in Pakistan
They feel rejected by their families and society and by God as well. How would you feel if you can’t even turn to...
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#TherapistDiaries: Anxiety, depression and suicide – the realities of forced marriages
My patient was beaten by their family to punish them and break their resistance, until forced to marry someone else.
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The year of Zainab: Pakistan was jolted awake by the abuse of its children, but is that enough?
Zainab’s unfortunate incident changed the narrative, but we are still unable to start a dialogue for survivors.