The Calm Space, Arunachal Pradesh

09/11/2025

A much-needed conversation about mental health and bullying. Thank you Capital News for shedding light on the issue.

23/03/2025

Honored to have met with the Hon'ble Minister of Education Shri Pasang Dorjee Sona and Hon'ble Commissioner (Education), Shri Amjad Tak to discuss the introduction of psychology courses in schools and colleges across the state.

We truly commend their warm assurance and commitment to prioritize this initiative and make it a reality. ❤️

State News AAPPA urges edn minister to introduce psychology in higher institutes March 22, 2025 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp ITANAGAR, 21 Mar: The All Arunachal Pradesh Psychological Association (AAPPA) has requested Education Minister PD Sona to take immediate steps for introduction of psycholo...

22/03/2025

ITANAGAR- AAPPA requests the introduction of Psychology as a major subject at the Senior Secondary, College, and University levels in Arunachal Pradesh

23/02/2025

As part of our workshop, we conducted one-on-one counseling session, providing a safe space for open conversations where individuals could share their thoughts, struggles, and hopes without the fear of judgement. We listened, supported. Each conversation was a step toward healing, reminding us all that change begins with understanding.🫂🤍

23/02/2025

Successfully conducted two days mental health workshop at sub-jail Longding organised by district legal services authority in collaboration with All Arunachal Pradesh Psychological Association🧠🧘‍♀️🌱

In frame: Psychologists(AAPPA members), honourable judge(district court), advocates.

17/10/2024

Notorious Shadows by Chumchum

In a myriad human race,
You choose to be my possessive lover.
Like a woollen sweater in a wet summer,
You wrap me under your cold confines,
As I choke on your endearing affection.
And when the night crawls in,
Your homicidal laughter creeps on my skin, jittered!
I hear your evil sneer and mirthful plots,
Perching beneath my bed,
Chanting my death notes.
I toss and turn,
Sometimes scream without a sound.
You slit open my environment,
Dissecting each string,
Quenching down your thirst, bloody.
You rummage through my foregone insides
And wreck me at my weakest,
Till my esteem is wounded and despairing.
I have traded multiple organs,
With the devil sitting at my lungs,
Just to witness the breaking dawns.
You lick my scar open,
And feast on my soul.
Negotiations to unchain invisible ties,
For my heart’s been ransomed a million times,
Just for another dawn to bleed red into my wounds.

17/10/2024

Anxiety and Calm by Bajum Kamsi

I woke up one day and found myself questioning why me? Why I wasn’t able to move my body , I took a long breath with teary eyes and mumbling lips . I realized my fragile body is almost about to give up, and it’s an end .

Saw my mother feeding me with eyes fill with hope for my fresh comeback . Spotted her talking about needy situation. She make sure I tuned out the talks . These state almost make me broke .
That’s when I realized what anxiety is
Looking at the sun every morning outside the window , yearning to see tommorow again . I promise myself to come back soon . Not for me but for her, as she is alone managing everything like a bright moon.

I conveyed my soul for once get myself ready took , the experience of calmness .Now , I often talk with my mother about the things which I mostly denied .

A strong impact took place at my past that’s when I realise what anxiety can destroy and calmness can recreate.

17/10/2024

Finding Myself Through The Storm by Arushi L

There’s no need to pretend you’re strong all the time,
For the world, too heavy for small hands to hold,
Never warned me how loneliness could build
A home in my chest, where hope should have thrived.
As a child, I learned what it felt like to be unseen—
Classmates, loud and cruel,
Left me in shadows, hiding my voice.
But when I returned home, I felt weightless,
The burdens of school and loneliness lifted,
For at home, love was my refuge.

Yet even love couldn’t calm the storm—
When I stepped outside to study,
Loneliness followed like an unwanted friend.
I walked alone through halls of silence,
Until one day, fear became too much.
I dropped out of college,
Not from lack of ability,
But because the whispering doubts grew louder—
“You’re not good enough.”

Back at home, fear caught me again.
My family worried about my future,
While society treated me like a failure.
Somewhere deep inside, I feared
My family felt the same.
No one cared for my mental health,
So I learned the hardest lesson—
No one understands you better than you.
I learned to comfort myself,
Found joy in my own company,
Taught myself how to survive.

But life is full of unexpected turns.
I started anew at a different college,
The wildest chapter of my life.
And guess what? I found my people—
Friends who truly saw me,
Who showed me I wasn’t as alone as I thought.

Then the news came—
My family dragged into a case over our own land,
The land where my parents, poor farmers,
Worked tirelessly for 27 years.
Now we face those who should protect our rights,
Advocates trying to seize our home through deceit.
I began to hate that people like them exist,
Privileged, powerful, yet cruel.

Problems come and go; I know that now.
I’ve learned to confront life’s challenges,
No matter how dark they seem.
I’ve taught myself not to be the problem,
To rise above struggles and grow.
Because in the end,
The storms of life may shape you,
But it’s your own strength that will guide you through.

17/10/2024

A GENTLE REMINDER! by Terhune Loyi

In the moments of gray,
Search for the light and do not slip away.
For each stumble is a step, each sigh a sign
That even in struggle, one can shine.

So it’s okay to falter, it’s okay to fall,
To stumble through life’s heavy haul.
For healing comes, though slow and late;
In patience, hope begins to wait.

Each breath a thread, each step a stitch,
To weave a life that doesn’t itch.
Embrace the flaws, the bends;
In time, the heart will start to mend.

For mental health is not a race,
But finding peace in your own space.
So trust the path, no need to run;
Your dawn will come with the rising sun.

17/10/2024

Cry of a calamitous mind by Millo Darang.

“Sweet, sober summer child,hide
While your imaginations still run wild
Far,far from the west
A chilly cold winter breeze awaits

Some say it’s invisible, others whisper low
“Two faces” lurk, and none can know,
When sunsets warthm yields to the
Nights cold sway,
Close your eyes and ears, and flee the coming day

The maiden touched by darkness now confides
With forebears, sharing tales of shattered pride,
When morning breaks, and sunlight kisses your face
Run child run and never break your pace

Ask why? Because in surrender strength is found,
Courage in flight,when wisdoms lost in sound,
Walking out,sometimes is the bravest deed, listen close , hold family dear and heed

Remember child, you have everything to hold,
Cherish love,and let it be your shield to mold.”

17/10/2024

By Tomo Kochung

खुशियों से संघर्ष तक
बचपन में थी खुशी बेमिसाल,
ना चिंता, ना बोझ, ना कोई सवाल।
दोस्तों संग खेल, हर दिन हसीन,
पर बड़े होते देखा एक और जमीन।
स्कूल के बाद खुली नई जिंदगी,
जहाँ शब्दों ने किया मुझसे जंग।
भाषा, पहचान बनीं मुश्किलें,
हर कदम पर मिलीं चुनौतियाँ अनेक।
स्नातक बना, सम्मान का पल,
पर ज़िम्मेदारी का बोझ भी भारी हलचल।
अब नौकरी की दौड़ में लगा संघर्ष,
हर नज़र की चाहत, बन गई है डर।
हर असफलता में हौसला थोड़ा टूटा,
“कैसे तुमसे ये हो सकता?” सवाल आया।
पर इस सफर में सीखा है मैंने यही,
अच्छी मानसिक सेहत से ही होती है भलाई।