Love In the Time of CapitalismHow Modern Society Complicates the Grief of Heartbreak Breakups are culturally significant, but socially marginalized -- leading to suppressed pain and unhealthy coping. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Universally TragicWhy Celebrity Deaths Often Feel Like Personal Tragedies “...it can feel like losing someone close to us because they may have been integral in some of our happiest or saddest moments.” By Devrupa Rakshit
Grief Is a Thing With HorrorIn ‘Multiverse of Madness,’ Grief Lies at the Heart of Horror The movie is both about Wanda’s grief of motherhood and Stephen’s grief of powerlessness, but it remains caged within a templatized franchise. By Saumya Kalia
Making Help AvailableThe Controversy Around Recognizing ‘Prolonged Grief Disorder’ as an Official Diagnosis The diagnosis may help boost awareness about how debilitating intense grief can be, but critics believe it will just pathologize the emotion. By Devrupa Rakshit
Ruefully HonestRue Is Euphoria’s Beating Heart Season 2, episode 5 redeemed the whole season when it found its way back to Rue’s grief. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
New and OldHas the Pandemic Made Us Less Interesting Than We Used to Be? “It’s like I have literally forgotten how to communicate … [but] I find myself more authentic and free alone.” By Saumya Kalia
No End In SightWith the Pandemic in an Endless Loop, What Does Closure Mean? For many seeking respite from life-altering circumstances, the pandemic’s cyclical nature blocks the road to closure. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Reality CheckWoe Is Me! “How Do I Get Over Someone Who Doesn’t Love Me Back?” A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
In MourningWhen Talking About Death Is Taboo, How Can Grieving People Heal? A cultural distaste for talking about death and mental health stigma exacerbate India's gap in bereavement care. By Satviki Sanjay
State of DespairEco‑Anxiety Is Fuelled by Helplessness, Anger. Can We Turn Our Grief Into Climate Action? "The entire population is being subjected to an unnamable emptiness," experts warn as the climate crisis worsens. By Saumya Kalia
Chin UpLoneliness Isn’t a Medical Problem; It’s Evidence of a Broken Society Unless we stop talking about loneliness as an 'epidemic,' we'll never be able to make the cultural changes needed to reduce it. By Fay Bound Alberti, The Conversation
Hear No LiesSuicidal Thoughts Exist on a Spectrum — And Sometimes Involve No Active Plans to Die In our efforts to save lives, we've left a common response to life's stressors out of discourse: passive suicidal ideation. By Rajvi Desai
Symbiotic PainCloseness to Climate Change and Pollution Can Cause Distress, Environmental Grief For individuals whose professions are deeply tied to nature, environmental degradation takes a hidden mental toll. By Aditi Murti
By My LadyNetflix’s ‘Dead To Me’ is What Happens When Women Write Women Imagine a strong female character without the usual accompanying toxicity. By Rajvi Desai
Cardiac QuirksYou Can Actually Die of a Broken Heart Extreme emotion can cause a heart attack-like response. By Liesl Goecker
Missing Safety NetMental Health Struggles Are Common After Miscarriage, but Women Get Little to No Support Instead, they often get blamed -- or told another pregnancy will solve their problems. By Anubhuti Matta
Pregnancy LossHow We Can Better Support Women After Miscarriage The do's and don'ts to being a good friend post-pregnancy loss. By Jade Bilardi, Jayashri Kulkarni, and Meredith Temple-Smith, The Conversation
griefThe Great Misunderstanding of the Word ‘Grief’ We can mourn the loss of anything, including states of mind. By Tanya Vasunia
