For generations, the medical profession has carried a certain prestige in India — one rooted in respect, sacrifice, and lifelong learning. But what often remains hidden beneath the white coat is a disturbing reality: many medical students suffer silently from mental stress, isolation, and in some cases, systemic bullying and ragging. These issues don’t appear in textbooks, but they shape the lives and futures of thousands. At Clavikl, we believe it’s time to bring these conversations into the open.
Medical college is meant to be a place of growth, learning, and transformation. But for many, it starts with a harsh initiation. Despite being banned in most institutions, ragging continues to exist in subtle and overt forms — from verbal harassment to physical intimidation and social exclusion. While some seniors frame it as a “tradition” or “bonding exercise,” the psychological effects on first-year students can be devastating.
Even beyond ragging, many students face bullying from peers, faculty, or even seniors in clinical settings. This is especially true when students struggle with performance or come from regional, rural, or marginalized backgrounds. Add to this the pressure of adapting to hostel life, academic overload, and being far from home, and it’s easy to see how mental health begins to deteriorate.
Clavikl was built with this exact reality in mind — to provide students with a space where they can talk about these issues openly, without fear of judgment or punishment. A place where MBBS students, NEET aspirants, and even junior doctors can share their experiences, find support, and discover that they are not alone. Clavikl isn’t just about academics — it’s about acknowledging the hidden curriculum in medicine: emotional endurance, social resilience, and mental survival.
The stigma around mental health is still incredibly strong in medical campuses. Ironically, future doctors are often discouraged from expressing their own psychological struggles. Students are expected to cope silently, and asking for help is seen as a weakness. This leads to bottling up emotions, self-doubt, burnout, and in extreme cases, even suicidal thoughts.
On Clavikl, students can post anonymously about what they’re going through. Whether it’s a toxic ward round, academic humiliation, bullying in the hostel, or just the feeling of being lost — the community listens, supports, and responds. Our forums are moderated but open, designed to protect both honesty and safety. And most importantly, everyone here has walked the same path.
In the long term, we want Clavikl to become more than just a space to talk — we envision peer-led mental health groups, regional support circles, and even verified therapist recommendations based on real student experiences. We believe that mental health is not a separate conversation from medical education — it’s at the core of it.
It’s not just students who benefit from this shift. Clavikl also invites doctors, interns, and alumni to share what they’ve faced — because healing often begins with storytelling. Seniors who once suffered in silence now have the chance to guide and protect those coming after them. By documenting these experiences on Clavikl, we’re not just venting — we’re creating a record, a movement, and hopefully, institutional change.
If you’re reading this and you’ve ever felt like no one understands what you’re going through — Clavikl is for you. If you’ve stayed up crying in your hostel room, faced bullying in the name of tradition, or simply felt like quitting medicine — know that many others have too. And they’re talking about it here.
At the end of the day, the best doctors aren’t those who suppress their pain — but those who learn to confront it, heal from it, and help others do the same. That’s what we hope to make possible through Clavikl.
You can explore student threads, share anonymously, or even start your own topic in the Clavikl category. Because your story might be the one someone else needed to hear.
Clavikl — built by medicos, for medicos. Because mental health matters. Because you matter.