Psychologist Sakshi Negi

24/04/2026

Pedicon 2026

Stepped into a space full of learning, growth, and inspiration.
Attended Pedicon at Graphic Era , a wonderful experience connecting with experts and gaining deeper insights into child development.
Grateful for opportunities that help me grow so I can support children and parents better 💛

13/04/2026

2 days workshop on Mental Health Awareness.

07/02/2026

Conversations, connections, and collective pauses.
पुनः आराम 2025 — a space to slow down, reflect, and reconnect 🤍
When meaningful conversations meet mindful presence.
Grateful for a beautiful gathering.

07/06/2025

If you shut down during conflict, silence yourself, around intensity, or feel blank when someone else is upset...
That’s not you being cold. That’s your nervous system protecting you the only way it knows how.
It’s called emotional collapse - a freeze based response that prioritizes safety over self expression.
And one of the first ways to begin returning to yourself is by naming what’s happening inside, even when it doesn’t feel clear or safe to do so.
When you name your emotional experience, your brain begins shifting out of survival and into self-regulation.

Important Note: This practice is most helpful when you’re beginning to shut down or feeling emotionally flat, not in full collapse.
If you are too shut down to find words in the moment, that’s not failure - that’s a signal your body needs gentleness first, not clarity.
+ You don’t need the perfect words. You just need your words. And that’s where healing starts.

06/06/2025

Then it’s often because your nervous system was wired to make it better - fast.

To keep the peace.
To keep the connection.

You learned to track their moods before your own. To downplay your feelings to protect theirs. To confuse fixing with safety.
And now?

Even in relationships that are safe... your body still flinches at someone else’s distress.
This is a trauma adaptation. Not a flaw.
One I helped my clients gently unwind with tools that bring you back to yourself. Like the one I share in this post!

It might sound simple, but this one sentence can create just enough space for your nervous system to pause.

To reorient to your own emotional boundaries.
To remind your body:
“I’m allowed to stay with me - even when they’re upset.”
This pause helps to interrupt the cycle of fusing together with their feelings. And it helps your brain practice internal safety instead of external hyper attunement.

If you’re needing more support staying grounded and regulated, DM. 🌱🌻

05/06/2025

You weren’t “too sensitive”. You were trying to stay safe the only way your nervous system knew how.
If you grew up in chaos, unpredictability, or emotional neglect, you may have learned to regulate by scanning everyone else first.
You paid attention to tone. To facial expressions. To energy shifts in the room.
Not because you were dramatic. Because you were adaptive.
But here’s the cost: You learned to over-attune to others - and under-attune to yourself.
This post gives you one way to start coming back to yourself.
Not by forcing confidence...
But by practicing internal attunement - so your emotions don’t have to hijack you. 🌱

03/06/2025

Happy june.🌱🌻🪞

01/06/2025

1. A lot of things we think we have to do are just self imposed expectations… it’s time to reevaluate them.
2. Loving yourself means being selective about who is in your life.
3. We can’t control life, but we do have a say over how we respond to what life throws our way.
4. I think starting over is a myth. Instead we are in a constant evolution, adaptation, and negotiation with ourselves… 🌱

01/06/2025