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By: Stan Popovich
You are at the end of your rope and you can’t take it any much longer. You are in pain and you are suffering and you feel there is no hope. The first thing that you need to do is to seek the services of a professional counselor. As a published author of a managing fear book ... Views: 1975
By: Stan Popovich
Many people have a difficult time in finding an effective mental health counselor. Just like everything in life, you have your good counselors and you have your not so great counselors. The key is to find one that will help you solve your current mental health problems. If ... Views: 1393
Irishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ... Views: 2687
"It'll be okay; it's for the best." "Time heals all wounds." "I told you he was no good for you." "Keep your chin up--just keep moving forward." "Forgive and forget." If you've ever gone through a rough time in your life, you've no doubt heard some of those statements before. Well-meaning, ... Views: 2225
Corporate performance is the most important point in the development of the corporate business. The business can reach to the pinnacle point with the excellent performance of the employees in the business. There are prominent factors which analyze the corporate performance. These factors mainly ... Views: 1295
Developing skills to manage your emotional states is crucial if you want to develop long-term sobriety. While the initial phase of recovery is often met with a 'Pink Cloud' or Honeymoon period, it is very likely that once the newness of recovery wears off the newly sober addict or alcoholic ... Views: 1638
The psychological ability to adjust to chronic medical illness is an area where there has been very little study. Lately, I find myself working mostly with this population of people. I’m noticing that some adjust very well and some do it very poorly. It depends on a lot of factors.
The ... Views: 1431
Depression is a common mental state which attacks more than 450,000 people in Ireland at any time. In fact, one out of ten persons in this country has been a prey to depression. Any of us can be affected with depression at any time in our life. There is an inequality between depression with a ... Views: 1639
When we think about this emotion more times than enough it’s the way we look at others. Empowerment is the person we see standing in front of us totally in control whilst showing us the way. This person surly has all of the answers; they speak with wisdom and fortitude. Where do they find the ... Views: 1552
Throughout the years life has been a long grind and it has been difficult to find any sense in it. Even for those better off it simply seemed a case of going nowhere only going in greater style. Bit by bit, I had convinced myself I was trapped.
I didn’t believe anything glorious and ... Views: 1281
Diabetes is a sweet disease, but let me tell you it ain’t that sweet when it comes to your mood and mental health with those blood sugar spikes.
Many of us don’t realize that although most of the time this condition is merely managing the physical side of things ie blood sugar control, diet and ... Views: 1132
Ask Astrid - How can I shift out of a downward spiral?
Do you pick up a cigarette when you're feeling uncomfortable and needing to "leave". Are you the kind that blows up, or goes running? And when you're spinning down, do you refuse to get out of bed?
To take flight or refuge from going ... Views: 1539
... or how to reduce cortisol will help us think faster, not really, and even lose weight.
Produced by the adrenal glands, cortisol (often called the "stress hormone") helps to regulate blood pressure and strengthen the immune system during a sudden crisis - physical or emotional trauma. This ... Views: 1506
In the first part of this article: Mental Health, Depression And Positive Mental Health Habits I discussed some general facts about what mental health is, why it is important and provided a short, simplified description of depression. In this part I would like to focus more on the healthy ... Views: 2075
Since October is the Mental Health Awareness month I would like to join the cause and spread the word about problems related to mental health. But first things first. What is it all about and why it is important for everyone to maintain good mental health? When people are in a condition of good ... Views: 3226
There are many different situations in life that may leave one feeling lonely. Loneliness can be described as feeling cut off from others not by choice, being without company, and being unhappy alone. People may feel lonely because they don’t have a larger social network of friends, family ... Views: 2807
The word "lost" appears on my lower leg, carved out in deep scar tissue. I often forget it's there these days, until I notice someone's eyes travel there, and get stuck. It's obviously self-inflicted, and I know people wonder why I would have done such a thing. It's a strange phenomenon, and I'm ... Views: 2692
Not every man or women will respond in the same manner to a specific problem. It is an individuals emotional and physical make-up that influences how they handle that situation. Anyone with little or no panic attack issues may deal with it in a cool and calm manner. However, someone with a high ... Views: 1815
Humans are gifted. We are not born in a comma. Our brains are meant to function. But most of all, each is endowed with unique talents that are so ours. Many are crafted aesthetically yet there are few who will make it as best of Asian arts. Talents and intelligence may be common to all but there ... Views: 1007
We all know the mood we call "feeling low." We may feel low because we lack confidence we can do something, or because we received bad news, maybe we're disappointed with life in general. Feeling low can be due to physical issues such as sleep deprivation or vitamin depletion. It can be an event ... Views: 2252
If you have tried everything but still wondering how to get rid of your depressive thoughts, mood, behaviour, attitude, then here is some help for you. As a remedy for mental relief from depression or help for depression, try music therapy. This will stimulate your brain cells, elevate your mood ... Views: 1149
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT for depression is a new age remedy for treating depression syndromes and disorders. Also it helps in dealing with daily stress and tensions. Human emotions are complex mixture of emotions, physical sensations, cognitions (thoughts, mental images and memories) ... Views: 1431
Healthy mind resides in a healthy body. If a person has got good health then everything can be achieved by them. Everything is depended upon health. Health is called everything because everything right from working of body organs, proper functioning of the brain, Movement of the gestures ... Views: 1063
Everyone feels good to be in good cerebral condition so as to live their life peacefully. Mental health is something that can be described as the absence of any psychological illness. It is not very easy to define the term as this term is quiet varied and there are a lot of meanings that come ... Views: 1035
Rarely do we, if not all, will realize that the pains we experience are due to ill health, but are actually an indicator of impaired function of the autonomic system for regulating stress and increased workload.
Experts recommend not to remain indifferent to the signals your body, especially ... Views: 1457
Most people don’t consider stress as a reason for gaining weight. Most of us live with the myth that stress causes loss of weight. But research has shown that stress is a major reason behind gaining weight and this disturbs the balance of ideal body mass index. Stressed people tend to get ... Views: 845
Depression and anxiety are like twins of each other the common cause between them being bipolar disorder. The term mood disorders refers to the people`s emotional status imbalance. In short in bipolar disorder depressive episodes and elevated moods often co-occur. The energy levels are different ... Views: 1174
If you suffer with allergies, you may have struggled with finding an allergy medication that works. Loratadine is an allergy medicine that fights the uncomfortable, annoying symptoms of allergies and comes under a number of brand names. It temporarily relieves sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes, ... Views: 1162
When You Can’t Stop Crying!
Friend, let me be there for you! I may not know you, but I know how it feels when you can’t stop crying.
Pain and the accompanying broken heart and anguish and despair sometimes overwhelm us to the point that all we can do is cry. Sometimes just the littlest ... Views: 4422
Have you ever felt so stuck; it seemed that you were never going to become unstuck? Did you ever feel that way, and then you made your way to freedom just to end up right back to the place of deep stuck-ness; where there seems to be no options, no ideas and/or hope for actually moving forward. ... Views: 1247
Depression is nothing short of an epidemic in the 21st century, and is something that huge amounts of people have to suffer at some stage in their lives. There are many ways that people can try and tackle their mental health issues, and new methods are always being experimented with.
One way ... Views: 1135
Are you someone who has experienced loss? Do you find yourself grieving alone or suppressing your feelings altogether? If so, you may be afraid of burdening friends and family with your grief. Or, perhaps you feel like no one understands what you are going through, so you hide your deepest ... Views: 1928
Each day that we awaken is a new day to take our lives forward. It is an opportunity to create something new, something fresh. No matter what you have gone thru, no matter how painful, how heart-wrenching, you don’t have to be in that situation forever. You do not have to be in pain forever. ... Views: 1737
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) can be more intense than just the normal ”winter blues” that many experience. It has been legitimized by the National Institute of Health and American Psychological Association as a documented mood disorder. The criteria for diagnosing SAD are; significant ... Views: 2014
Today is the start of a new day. You wake up in the morning and the first thing that hits you is the fact that you don’t have a job. With the huge amount of unemployment and layoffs, you are not alone. But, in this case,
“misery does not love company.”
Most people are now hit with a feeling ... Views: 1224
Failure to cope up with difficult or tough times in your life can undoubtedly lead to depression. There are a number of people all around us who are fighting depression everyday but do not ask for help or seek advice from professionals to get rid of their state of depression. They often hesitate ... Views: 1125
The stress you consistently feel comes from the frantic pace of modern living. Your schedule is filled up with lots of deadlines, you juggle too many tasks simultaneously, caring for children and parents, or you are a single parent. Your body wasn’t designed for ongoing high stimulation, thus ... Views: 1189
Sleep is one of our most precious resources. It is vital to our health and well being. Just as we need food for energy, we need sleep to relax and recharge. During sleep the
body renews its energy, releases growth hormones, and heals. In times of extreme relationship stress, especially in ... Views: 2110
Disability is what? A Disease, a defect or an insult to one’s body, it’s nothing from the above mentioned statement. But it is that concept that most of the ordinary people have gulped down within them. It’s nothing negative that many of these people have inserted in their mind. God have gifted ... Views: 1052
Three years ago, a young 22-year-old man my son knew was walking along a local overpass that is one of the busiest traffic corridors in the Boulder area.
For some reasons that we’ll never really know, this young man – deeply loved by his family and his friends – made a decision; one that ... Views: 1807
Stress, no matter how little or how grave, can have a direct impact on your attitude and lifestyle. In fact, it can also have an adverse affect on your body and mind. It is good to identify the reasons behind your stress levels to beat it before it takes you in its grip. Worries related to ... Views: 1142
Depression far being an emotional state is a mental and physical disorder that results in lack of concentration, loss of drive and motivation, decreased or increased appetite, fatigue, muscle soreness and overall lack of energy. Thus, just like any other mental of physical disorders, depression ... Views: 3815
The occasional fantasy can mean a healthy sex drive, but what if it’s a habit?
Let’s start with two cases. In the first, a couple is making love, and one experiences a spontaneous erotic thought about someone very attractive, who was observed and fantasized about earlier in the day—at work or ... Views: 1619
1. Regular relaxation
Bound to frustrate someone who suffers from severe anxiety I know but I am talking about doing this at a time when you are not anxious, or less anxious compared to the times when it becomes a problem. Take advantage of those times by purposely finding a way to feel even ... Views: 1778
Fortifying or rebuilding your foundation starts with assessing how solid or shaky it is
Our emotional foundation is the personality structure we operate from, much of it formed in childhood. Some of us are fortunate—born into families that shower love on their children, protect them, provide ... Views: 1257
You’re anxious, you stress-eat, depression sets in. How do you break the cycle?
Eating is one of the toughest addictions. We all have to eat, so it’s not possible to avoid being around food. But some of us have a hard time controlling our input, and we give our bodies what they seem to want, ... Views: 1573
The difference between natural mourning and melancholia could be life-long
Call it what you like—chronic mourning, extended grieving, death-related depression, melancholia—the effects are the same. A person becomes stuck in the past, devastated by the death of a parent, child, spouse, or ... Views: 931
Mental health is important when it comes to different individuals. One needs to know how disorders related to mental health are caused. If consequences and the treatment options are known, it becomes easier for a person to take care of the disorder.
There are many people who avoid seeking ... Views: 1328
This principle is to become a person of action. So many people experiencing depression, (I know it's very easy for me to say this because I know other people will say to me that I make it sound so easy but I know it's not easy!!!) fail to act. This principle is become a person of action. Move ... Views: 841
They were kings when we were in diapers.
They have seen more than we can ever imagine.
Many of the them fought to keep America safe during World War II.
They paved the road so we could live fruitful lives.
They are 12% of the US population. They are the elderly. Yesterday’s ... Views: 1190