Urvashi Bahuguna s Latest Book on Mental Health Offers Hope for Turbulent Minds No Straight Thing Was Ever Made has 10 deeply honest essays that examine the author s experiences with dating, family, therapists, her writing life, the natural world, arts and social media.
Photo: Ãngel López/Unsplash
Health29/Apr/2021
âOut of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made,â wrote Immanuel Kant in 1784. He was saying that we are made of so many irreconcilable parts that it is impossible to fashion something that makes perfect sense out of it.
This is where Urvashi Bahugunaâs collection of essays on mental health gets its aptly chosen title,
Urvashi Bahuguna s memoir of mental illness shares and bares her affliction, and talks of hope scroll.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scroll.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In how many ways can one person recover from mental health problems? These essays count the steps
An excerpt from ‘No Straight Thing Was Ever Made’, by Urvashi Bahuguna. Author Urvashi Bahuguna
“Why do I always hear you saying you’re tired,” asks my mother. Trace the word tired back to its roots, and you will discover it once meant “to fail”. I watch my grandmother’s body fail in her seventies. Her hands shake when she counts notes for household expenses or reaches for a glass of water with her medicine.
She needs a walking stick, then she needs a walker. She stops climbing the sixteen stairs between her floor and mine. I know the body’s slow, inevitable failure. My body doesn’t fail like that. My body fails in my early twenties.