A recent survey has found that 67 per cent of Gen Z women would call it quits if a relationship were having a negative impact on their mental health. This ‘dramatic’ shift in perspectives and priorities has emerged as a post-Covid phenomenon, Bengaluru-based therapists and psychologists say.

The survey by Aisle, a dating app, was conducted across metro cities with the largest pool of respondents from Bengaluru (19 per cent). It further found over 50 per cent of participants believe that “therapy talk belongs in dating conversations” and 1 in 3 “have ended or avoided relationships due to mental health concerns”.

Mental health literacy

Relationship experts in the city note that much has changed in the last five years with heightened awareness of therapy terms like ‘toxic’, ‘gaslighting’,

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