Parasomnia is a category of sleep disorder, which involves unusual or unnatural behavior, movements, emotions, perceptions, and dreams that occur while falling asleep, between sleep stages or during arousal from sleep. Eminent Psychiatrist Dr. Devendra Save informs us more about it in this article.ParasomniaDr. Devendra SaveDr. Save says:Parasomnia is a sleep ...

Today let’s have Mother’s Day Special – Brinda Rao and her Mother. Let me first introduce Brinda Rao. She is my cousin from my Dad’s side. Her mother was my Dad’s sister. We know her as Baby Aunty. Baby Aunty contacted my maternal grandparents with the alliance of her eldest ...

Dad turns 87, today. We had planned to have a Pooja at a nearby temple. But, Rao family proposes and Corona disposes. COVID19 vaccination had come up and we were getting only today’s appointment for my parents. We thought what better gift can we give to Dad than health and ...

Here’s today’s post – Addiction – Response to Emotional Pain. Renowned addiction expert, Dr. Gabor Maté once said, “Addiction is not a choice anybody makes. It is a response to emotional pain.” Eminent Psychiatrist Dr. Devendra Save talks more about the problem.Addiction – Response to Emotional PainDr. Devendra SaveDr. Devendra ...

Today, I would like to introduce you to a new topic – Alexithymia. You must be wondering what is this term – Alexithymia. Alexithymia is the difficulty in experiencing, expressing and describing emotional responses. Eminent Psychiatrist Dr. Devendra Save explains more about the condition in this interview.AlexithymiaDr. Save says:Researchers describe alexithymia as ...

Today’s post is on Impostor Syndrome. Eminent Psychiatrist, Dr. Devendra Save, tells us more about the ailment and how to address the same.Impostor SyndromeDr. Save explains, “Impostor Syndrome is a psychological pattern, in which an individual doubts their skills, talents or accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being ...

Today’s topic is Overcoming the Fear of Judgment. Many people fear how others judge them. We need to overcome this fear. Eminent Psychiatrist Dr. Devendra Save explains how.Overcoming the Fear of JudgmentDr. Devendra SaveDr. Save asserts, “Let’s face it – no matter what you do, people will judge you, whether ...

My Dad is a Company Secretary. He has been a strict father and we learnt discipline from him. He has been contributing to the Company Secretaries Association regularly in several ways. Recently, he received a certificate of appreciation from the association.When I shared the good news with my friends and ...

On the occasion of Bhai Dooj, let me introduce a brother’s little sister. We met Ronak Bhatia last Saturday. Today, let’s meet his sister Ritu Bhatia aka Dolly. I have reams and reams of stories about this little girl – all good memories.I had mentioned the elephant incident in my ...

Today’s post is Ronak’s Nostalgia. There is a very important reason, we are posting this interview today. It’s Children’s Day and it is also the birthday of one of the kids, who had been very close to my Mom – Ronak Bhatia. This kid is one of the several, who ...