Bhubaneswar, Oct. 22 -- New Delhi: Have you ever wondered what it must be like, to be in the Bigg Boss house for weeks and months, far from your near ones - from all humanity, actually - and with cameras playing agents of voyeurism, dishing out your every move to the world outside?

Most Bigg Boss housemates would tell you the experience can leave you mentally drained, unless you develop a strong defence mechanism. The ones who have truly excelled talk of the need for a psychological survival kit, to tide over the tremendous pressure that the mind games inside the house bring in their wake.

"Bigg Boss 7" winner Gauahar Khan counts the ability to retain one's individuality as the biggest weapon the survival kit.

"There is no fixed formul...