Ep.7 ACTIVE EMPATHY, COMPASSION AND SENSITIVITY as caregivers n as a society | ft. Namarita Kathait

Caregiving  for someone with mental illness is as hard and especially when the  mental illness has psychotic traces like schizophrenia.  Practicing active empathy, compassion and sensitivity can really help. Namarita  shares her story of her family dealing with her mother having  schizophrenia. We also talk about the voices and the dimensions that the  person living with schizophrenia deals with. Modern medication since  1887 have not been able to cure the side effects of medication or the  reason behind the voices.  We try and decipher this from the caregivers point of view. The  causes/ trigger for schizophrenia could be varied from genetic, to  trauma, to sensitivity quotient of the person to the person getting  inside a new environment.  Developing a buffer system unconsciously can really help. We still have a severe lack of psychologist and psychiatrist to deal with severe mental health cases.   How are we going to bridge this gap.  Let us know what you think about this episode  DM us on Instagram @eplogmedia or mail us on [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.