None of us realizing the toll this pandemic has taken on our mental health. We are all feeling burnout, done with this and looking to put the pandemic behind us. Sharmeen Khan, Clinical Psychologist and a Therapist, comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss how to protect your mental health through this. How to recognize a burn out? What to do when you feel one? We get into a deep dive discussion about trolling, suicide ideation, mental health, personal relationships, toxic behaviour and shared trauma.

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

0:30 Work-Life Balance

8:00 Burnout

15:00 Working Out to relef stress

19:00 Depression and Buray Din

30:00 Personal Relationships

36:00 Shared Trauma

45:00 How not to internalize hate

58:00 Covid Anxiety

1:04:00 Suicide Ideation

1:11:00 Drugs

1:13:00 Clinical Diagnoses of Mental Illnesses

1:28:00 Empathy, Compassion and Boundaries

1:40:00 Toxic Families

1:48:00 Don't judge your thoughts

Protecting your Mental Health in a Pandemic - Sharmeen Khan - Therapist - TPE #103