Sanity by Tanmoy

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📌LAUNCHING | PostCode 2025

1 month ago | sanitybytanmoy.com | Tanmoy Goswami

💡What is PostCode: A first-of-its-kind online interdisciplinary learning forum for therapists navigating social media ethics and best practices (scroll down for list of speakers and programme)When: 10 am - 5:30 pm | Saturday, April 12, 2025Where: I will share the event link with you after you registerFee: INR 1,500How to attend:i) Fill this form to register. ii) Transfer the fee using any of the options below. The options are also included in the form.
Why You Shouldn't Believe Everything You Think

2 months ago | sanitybytanmoy.com | Tanmoy Goswami

Ever felt your cerebral cortex resist an idea so hard that it feels like it'll explode? I am suspicious of self-help books. Self-help bestsellers doubly so. But something about the book that's the subject of today's edition, and the story of its author, pulled me. Perhaps 'pull' isn't the right verb because this isn't one of those books that grab your attention and squat on your head until you finish reading them.
This too has passed. Four times over.

Nov 27, 2024 | sanitybytanmoy.com | Tanmoy Goswami

πIN TODAY'S 4th BIRTHDAY SPECIAL EDITION:- WATCH: Why Lorraine and Charlotte love Sanity - WATCH: 4 wild years of Sanity- LISTEN: How you won in 2024- DOWNLOAD: Sanity supporter checklist- FEEL: Warm fuzzy feelingsDear Friend of Sanity,I read somewhere that it's impossible for the human mind to imagine a colour that doesn't already exist. Go on, try it. I know, right?
When your psychiatrist ghosts you

Nov 4, 2024 | sanitybytanmoy.com | Tanmoy Goswami

⚠️Hello hello. This is the final call for RSVPs to Sanity's annual meet-up. Sanity's 4th birthday is coming! We will bring in this crazy milestone at our annual community meet-up (free to attend) with subscribers from around the world. 🎉 See the poster below for what's in store. Click the button to RSVP now. And share the link with your friends! The following piece contains references to suicide. If you need help, this website lists mental health resources across the world.
BIG READ: Want to save vulnerable lives? Try giving them cash.

Sep 9, 2024 | sanitybytanmoy.com | Tanmoy Goswami

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Repeat after me: Suicide is not just a 'mental health' issue that can be fixed with antidepressants. It's not just an individual's problem either. It's a complex, multifactorial public health crisis that calls for radical systemic and structural reforms. On that note, let me tell you the story of one of the most powerful suicide prevention interventions in the world: putting money in the hands of people living with poverty and marginalisation.
Research shows trigger warnings can do more harm than good. But it's more complicated than that.

Aug 13, 2024 | sanitybytanmoy.com | Tanmoy Goswami

Hello there. Before you dive into today's edition, would you please sign my petition to end the use of language that trivialises suicide in India's most popular sport? Even if you don't like or know anything about cricket, I urge you to please read the petition, support it, and share it with your friends because this issue goes beyond just a game. You can read my detailed article here if you want more context. Thank you. In 2022, Merriam Webster declared 'gaslighting' the word of the year.
🗝️ Sanity Classics: Has trauma shaped your career?

Jul 2, 2024 | sanitybytanmoy.com | Tanmoy Goswami

Gabor Maté's grandparents were killed in Auschwitz when he was an infant. His father was shipped off to a labour camp. His mother gave him away to a stranger in the street for a few weeks to save him from the Nazis. "As an adult, I know what my mother did was the greatest act of love," the Hungarian physician and trauma expert says in multiple YouTube videos that I have watched dozens of times. "But how do you think a baby would react to it?
You're dead. What does your therapist do with your notes?

May 15, 2024 | sanitybytanmoy.com | Tanmoy Goswami

Ghost, the I use to publish Sanity, is expensive, and my subscription to it is about to renew soon. But since I have no paywall and ain't selling your data to advertisers, I need your help to keep the lights on. Thanks to so many of you who have sent generous contributions, I've already raised half the target amount. Happens only on Sanity. Another USS$ 620 will help me cover the costs of using Ghost for the whole year.
đź“ś Sanity Classics: Hope isn't what you think it is

Apr 23, 2024 | sanitybytanmoy.com | Tanmoy Goswami

Listen to my voice letterGive yourself the gift of Sanity. Pick up a monthly or annual subscription and support independent, ad-free, 100% reader-funded mental health storytelling. â€śHope doesnâ€™t preclude feeling sadness or frustration or anger or any other emotion that makes total sense. Hope isnâ€™t an emotion, you know? Hope is not optimism. Hope is a disciplineâ€¦ we have to practice it every single day.â€ťâ€” Mariame KabaThree years ago at this time, we lost so much to the pandemic....
An apology for joy

Mar 26, 2024 | sanitybytanmoy.com | Tanmoy Goswami

Hello there, and a special welcome to all of you who signed up recently 👋🏾. I'm back after my break with a new season of Sanity. I have an announcement to make: I will centre joy more and more in my work. As you'll read in today's edition, this doesn't mean running away from pain and suffering (phew). It merely means that I'm going through a phase when I actively want to be less cynical about the beautiful dumpster fire that is our world. I figured I'd take you along for the ride.