New Delhi - Post Report Question and Answers

Are there any particular mental health issues that tend to crop up at post, such as Seasonal Affective Disorder (winter blues)?

The air quality can negatively affect moral and mental health during the winter. - Apr 2024


If you really like the color brown, New Delhi is the place for you. Everything is coated in a thick coat of grime and I can't imagine it does wonder for mental health. - Jan 2022


Some people can’t handle the three months of the year when the pollution is bad and they “can’t” go outside. Which is confusing to me because DC has three months of cold winter where people don’t go outside. So why is it so much harder here? - Jul 2020


Indian processes can be time consuming and frustrating, this really stresses some personality types. - Jul 2019


Pollution blues maybe? - Nov 2016


Many people need to get out of Delhi periodically. A nice week in the Himalayas (Shimla, Mussoorie, etc) are nice get-aways. Mussoorie is very accessible to Delhi: half a day by train or plane. - Jun 2016


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