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My Two Cents

Allhumdolillah! I am at a much better place since my last post with series of lab tests, utlrasounds, a mammogram and some other really scary tests, and a gut wrenching anxiety of results. I am doing well thankfully everything was clear except low iron levels with vitamin d3 deficiency. These deficiencies are now on their way to recovery. It is worth noting that I have been struggling with intense brain and physical fatigue since 2019 but not a single doctor was able to identify my problem. Once somebody is diagnosed with depression or anxiety then every health issue they complain about is looked from the psychological lenses. Nobody asked me to check iron, vitamin b12 or vitamin d3 deficiencies even my mum who is a dermatologist always assured me that I am fine and this weakness is just a phase.   It was a phase alright, it engulfed almost 8 years of my life pushed back my career and research ambitions.  This is not the case alone with me but there are many people who silentl...

Perception and reality

After ages mind is charged once again in learning new things and remembering the earlier lessons, I must say with some resistance though. It is such an irony that we humans compartmentalize our lives unnecessarily, we decide what to do at a certain age hence a time bracket is devised by our brains to do or not to do certain things, a decision devoid of any rationality. Of course there are few actions and deeds which if conducted at a particular time are considered dignified but then how do we settle the norms of dignity and standards. How can we say what is dignified or what is cheap- the answer would be that are mind informs us about it, nonetheless how the mind has come to such understanding is debatable. For moral principles and law the guidelines are derived from religion as ordained by the Almighty but what about the million other things. For instance how do we know that the sunflower has yellow colour or how do we know what we have labelled as sunflower is actually ...

All in a day's work!

Waking up at 3.30 am to have some sehri (supper before fasting) no parathas just simple plain food along with my good ole’ cold coffee and green tea, then praying if the severe drowsiness allows. At 8.45 am wake up to get ready for some action and around 2.30 am coming back home, and try to get a nap. Prayers & more of unnecessary chores and pure lethargy, then finally at 7 pm Iftari time (i.e. breaking of the fast). 8.45-10.30 pm trying my best to perform some religious rituals. By the time I get back to myself its 11 pm and I hardly have any time left to chat let alone activate my brain cells. However, I must add that taking a very tiny pinch of salt with full one or two glasses of water after Iftari or anytime of the day when one is feeling lethargic or disturbed would turn around everything. Salt is sodium chloride and the fluid which runs in brain too has sodium, chloride, proteins so if we take a pinch of salt it produces electric current in the brain which immediately ...