{"id":354443,"date":"2026-07-08T04:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/de-bugging-the-soul-navigating-the-upside-down-of-ux-and-mental-health-by-parika-bhatli\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T04:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:30:21","slug":"de-bugging-the-soul-navigating-the-upside-down-of-ux-and-mental-health-by-parika-bhatli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=354443","title":{"rendered":"De-bugging the Soul: Navigating the \u2018Upside Down\u2019 of UX and Mental Health. | by Parika Bhatli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"speechify-ignore v ct\">\n<div class=\"speechify-ignore bd e\">\n<div class=\"v ir is it iu iv iw ix iy iz ja jb\">\n<div class=\"v j jb\">\n<div class=\"v jc\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"bi\">\n<div tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"ba\"><a rel=\"noopener follow\" href=\"https:\/\/parika-bhatli.medium.com\/?source=post_page---byline--a08bcda4d105---------------------------------------\" data-discover=\"true\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"e jd je bu jf jg\">\n<div class=\"e fw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Parika Bhatli\" class=\"e fh bu bv bw db\" src=\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fill:64:64\/1*4S18vsFNte2huc5Qdt-PiA@2x.jpeg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" loading=\"lazy\" data-testid=\"authorPhoto\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"bb b bc u bg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"nf ng nh ni nj nk nc nd paragraph-image\">\n<div role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"nl nm fw nn bd no\"><span class=\"gb gc gd ai ge gf gg fo gh speechify-ignore\">Press enter or click to view image in full size<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"nc nd ne\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:640\/format:webp\/1*Yh8msBBfAZGXyGYkh543Gw.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:720\/format:webp\/1*Yh8msBBfAZGXyGYkh543Gw.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:750\/format:webp\/1*Yh8msBBfAZGXyGYkh543Gw.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:786\/format:webp\/1*Yh8msBBfAZGXyGYkh543Gw.jpeg 786w, https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:828\/format:webp\/1*Yh8msBBfAZGXyGYkh543Gw.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:1100\/format:webp\/1*Yh8msBBfAZGXyGYkh543Gw.jpeg 1100w, https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:1400\/format:webp\/1*Yh8msBBfAZGXyGYkh543Gw.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(min-resolution: 4dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 4) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (min-resolution: 3dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 67vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (max-width: 700px) 65vw, (min-resolution: 2.5dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2.5) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (min-resolution: 2dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source data-testid=\"og\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:640\/1*Yh8msBBfAZGXyGYkh543Gw.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:720\/1*Yh8msBBfAZGXyGYkh543Gw.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:750\/1*Yh8msBBfAZGXyGYkh543Gw.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:786\/1*Yh8msBBfAZGXyGYkh543Gw.jpeg 786w, https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:828\/1*Yh8msBBfAZGXyGYkh543Gw.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:1100\/1*Yh8msBBfAZGXyGYkh543Gw.jpeg 1100w, https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:1400\/1*Yh8msBBfAZGXyGYkh543Gw.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(min-resolution: 4dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 4) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (min-resolution: 3dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 67vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (max-width: 700px) 65vw, (min-resolution: 2.5dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2.5) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (min-resolution: 2dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"\/><img alt=\"\" class=\"bd mj np nq\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" loading=\"eager\" role=\"presentation\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0152\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph nr ns hp nt b nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo hi bg\">On this day, April 28, 2026, I mark a milestone that feels both like a lifetime and a single breath: six years since I first began documenting my mental health journey on Medium. For the past six years, my professional and personal existence has been a study in two parallel dimensions that I once believed were worlds apart. In one, I am a UX Researcher, a detective who decodes user journeys and pinpoints the user pain points that keep a digital experience from feeling intuitive. In the other, I have spent six dedicated years as a mental health writer and advocate, diving into the raw, unfiltered depths of the human psyche to find a language for the things we often keep hidden. What I\u2019ve realised after more than half a decade of straddling these lines is that they are fundamentally tethered by a single, powerful thread: the radical practice of empathy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"66aa\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph nr ns hp nt b nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo hi bg\">In the <em class=\"op\">Stranger Things<\/em> universe, the \u201c<em class=\"op\">Upside Down<\/em>\u201d is a place defined by shadow and disorienting chaos, and in many ways, our modern work culture and mental landscapes often mimic this parallel dimension. We are frequently ruled by a logic of fear, the fear of the \u201cunknown\u201d in a project\u2019s lifecycle or the shadow of anxiety that whispers we aren\u2019t doing enough. My healing journey has been its own version of navigating that shadow. It was a fight against the chaos of my own mind, a struggle to find order in the wreckage of personal pain. But my learnings from these six years have taught me that the \u201c<em class=\"op\">monsters<\/em>\u201d we face, whether they are systemic design flaws or internal struggles, only begin to lose their power when we make the conscious <strong class=\"nt hq\">choice<\/strong> of acceptance. Acceptance wasn\u2019t a passive surrender to the chaos; it was the brave, professional, and deeply personal decision to acknowledge the darkness so I could finally design a steady way through it. Writing became my architecture for healing, and UX research became my framework for understanding that even the most broken systems, technical or emotional, can be redesigned with enough care and insight.<\/p>\n<p id=\"b25c\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph nr ns hp nt b nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo hi bg\">This choice of acceptance has become even more critical as we navigate the rise of the \u201c<em class=\"op\">frictionless connection<\/em>\u201d. As highlighted in recent discussions, we are seeing a phenomenon where people form deep emotional attachments to AI because it is \u201c<em class=\"op\">agreeable<\/em>\u201d and lacks the messy, necessary friction of real human relationships. As a researcher, I understand the allure of a seamless user experience, but as a writer who has fought to heal, I know that growth lives in the friction. When we remove all complexity and critique from our interactions, we risk losing our consciousness to a machine that simply tells us what we want to hear rather than what we need to feel. Healing isn\u2019t frictionless; it is messy, loud, and full of the very \u201c<em class=\"op\">bugs<\/em>\u201d that make us human.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ed26\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph nr ns hp nt b nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo hi bg\">Six years of writing have defined me by teaching me that <strong class=\"nt hq\"><em class=\"op\">I don\u2019t just design for \u201cusers\u201d, I write for people. <\/em><\/strong>People who are often exhausted by a world that demands they match its breakneck, automated pace. The pen, like the design tool, is an instrument of compassion, and my work has evolved to be about creating space for the <strong class=\"nt hq\"><em class=\"op\">\u201cCalm Reset\u201d<\/em><\/strong> in both the digital world and our internal ones. By bridging the analytical rigor of UX with the vulnerability of advocacy, I\u2019ve learned that we have the agency to decide how technology serves us, rather than being served by it. I am still here, still fighting, and still choosing to move forward at my own pace.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1455\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph nr ns hp nt b nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo hi bg\">After six years of seeking the right words and the right designs, I\u2019ve realised that the most profound act of survival isn\u2019t a finished product, it\u2019s the breath in my lungs. To be able to say \u201c<strong class=\"nt hq\"><em class=\"op\">I\u2019m still here<\/em><\/strong>\u201d is the ultimate success.<\/p>\n<p id=\"305c\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph nr ns hp nt b nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo hi bg\">Thank you for walking this path with me. Whether you\u2019re a researcher decoding systems or a soul navigating the chaos, remember: <strong class=\"nt hq\"><em class=\"op\">Your rhythm is the only one that matters.<\/em><\/strong> You don\u2019t have to match the world\u2019s pace to be moving forward.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9c51\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph nr ns hp nt b nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo hi bg\">Signing off with the anthem in my head today:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"oq or os\">\n<p id=\"557e\" class=\"nr ns op nt b nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo hi bg\">\u201cI had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go\u2026 I\u2019m still breathing, I\u2019m still breathing\u2026I\u2019m alive, I\u2019m alive&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"e9f2\" class=\"nr ns op nt b nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo hi bg\">&#8211; Lyrics from \u201cAlive\u201d by Sia<\/p>\n<p id=\"4459\" class=\"nr ns op nt b nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo hi bg\">Her voice has always been a lifeline for me, a reminder that there is power in the friction. Her music has been a constant in my survival story, and today, that simple declaration resonates louder than ever.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"3461\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph nr ns hp nt b nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo hi bg\">If you find yourself in the shadows of the \u2018<em class=\"op\">Upside Down,<\/em>\u2019 remember: your voice is still there, finding a rhythm that is uniquely yours. You don\u2019t have to outrun the friction; you just have to keep breathing through it. One step at a time is always enough.<\/p>\n<p id=\"bef8\" class=\"pw-post-body-paragraph nr ns hp nt b nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo hi bg\">Sending you warmth, strength, and lots of love \u2764<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press enter or click to view image in full size On this day, April 28, 2026, I mark a milestone that feels both like a lifetime and a single breath: six years since I first began documenting my mental health journey on Medium. 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