# When Unicorns Dont Fly

> Healing Childhood and Adolescent Depression


## Posts

- [Resource Roundup: Helplines and Support Services Worth Saving](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/pause-and-reflect-resource-roundup-helplines-and-support-services-worth-saving/): A quiet, well-researched list of real mental health helplines and support services, in India and around the world, worth saving for the day you need them.
- [Myth-Busting: "Kids Are Resilient, They'll Forget"](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/are-kids-really-resilient-childhood-trauma/): Are kids really resilient, or do childhood experiences leave lasting effects? Explore the science behind childhood trauma, resilience, memory, and healing with research-backed insights and an Indian perspective.
- [What Trauma-Informed Therapy Actually Looks Like](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/what-trauma-informed-therapy-actually-looks-like/): Learn what trauma-informed therapy really looks like, how it works, and why it prioritises safety, trust, and healing. A research-backed guide with an Indian perspective.
- [What Love-Bombing Looks Like — and Why It Works](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/love-bombing-signs-why-it-works/): Learn the signs of love-bombing, why emotional manipulation works, and how to recognise unhealthy relationship patterns. A research-backed guide with an Indian perspective and a personal story from Rooh.
- [Chapter 1, Part 2 — What "When Dinner Turned to Shrapnel" Reveals](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/hypervigilance-in-children-when-dinner-turned-to-shrapnel/): Discover what When Dinner Turned to Shrapnel reveals about hypervigilance in children, emotional safety, childhood trauma, and how parents and teachers can recognise hidden signs of distress.
- [How to Ask Your Child "Are You Okay?" and Actually Get an Answer](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/how-to-ask-your-child-are-you-okay-and-actually-get-an-answer/): Why kids rarely open up to parents, and four specific phrases that work better than "are you okay?" — with research from India and around the world.Why kids rarely open up to parents, and four specific phrases that work better than "are you okay?" — with research from India and around the world.
- [The Difference Between a Bad Mood and Clinical Depression in a Child](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/the-difference-between-a-bad-mood-and-clinical-depression-in-a-child/): How to tell a bad mood apart from clinical depression in a child, with DSM-5 criteria, plus global and India-specific research on childhood depression.
- [World Mental Health Day: What This Trilogy Hopes to Change](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/world-mental-health-day-what-this-trilogy-hopes-to-change/): In short: World Mental Health Day falls on October 10 each year. It began in 1992.
- [Reader Q&A: "How Do I Know If What I Went Through Was Really That Bad?"](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/reader-qa-how-do-i-know-if-what-i-went-through-was-really-that-bad/): Wondering if your trauma was "bad enough"? Learn what psychology and research say about trauma, emotional pain, childhood adversity, and healing. Expert-backed answers with an Indian perspective.
- [Five Grounding Techniques for When You Feel Like You're Disappearing](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/five-grounding-techniques-for-when-you-feel-like-youre-disappearing/): Five practical, step-by-step grounding techniques for dissociation and feeling "unreal" — with global and India-specific research, and free helplines including Tele-MANAS.
- [Ten Early Red Flags in a Romantic Relationship](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/ten-early-red-flags-in-a-romantic-relationship/): A research-backed guide to ten early warning signs in a romantic relationship — what they look like, why they're easy to excuse, and what to do next.
- [Chapter 1, Part 1 — When Dinner Turned to Shrapnel](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/chapter-1-part-1-when-dinner-turned-to-shrapnel/): Content note: This post describes a child witnessing domestic violence between her parents.
- [Five Things to Say Instead of "Stop Crying"](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/five-things-to-say-instead-of-stop-crying/): Your child skins their knee, or fails a test, or gets left out of a game at recess — and the tears start. You're tired, you're in public, you're already late.
- [What Childhood Depression Actually Looks Like (It's Rarely Just Sadness)](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/what-childhood-depression-actually-looks-like-its-rarely-just-sadness/): A child comes home from school, throws their bag on the floor, and snaps at everyone who talks to them for the rest of the night.
- [The Silence That Wasn’t Empty: Decoding the Biology of the "Invisible Child"](https://whenunicornsdontfly.com/invisible-child/): Discover why the "Good Child" mask often hides a deeper struggle. Author Rooh explores the neurobiology of the Freeze and Fawn response in childhood trauma and how to build a sanctuary for recovery.

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