Addiction is a chronic condition characterized by repeated misuse of substances, leading to physical and mental health impairments. Substances include alcohol and drugs, including prescription, illegal, and over-the-counter (OTC). The impact of addiction can be detrimental to both physical and mental health, including relationships. On top of that, addiction can cause … [Read more...]
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Psychological Wellbeing at the Time of Covid-19: Pay Attention to Your Happiness
The world is in the middle of a pandemic and as is to be expected, there is chaos and change everywhere. When we combine the effects and fears which are originating from the entire situation, notwithstanding the potentially deadly impact of the epidemic itself, it does not come as a surprise that mental health problems have increased incrementally with each passing month, ever … [Read more...]
Emotional Eating And The Way Out
What emotional eating means Emotional feeding is not the type of feeding that is taken to satisfy hunger needs but the kind of meal that is eaten to feel perfect about one’s self due to one emotional distress or the other. This could be attributed to stress at work, home, and or with family. In this case, you will an individual might call for doughnuts because he is sad … [Read more...]
How to Prepare Your Home for a Cyclone
From the months of November to April, Australia expects an onslaught of tropical cyclones. Cyclones, defined as systems of wind that rotate inward around an area of low atmospheric pressure, gain powerful currents from Australia’s warm ocean waters. Though a cyclone starts and ends over water, it can pick up considerable speed and strength as it travels across land—thus leaving … [Read more...]
Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling) Disorder Explained
The compulsion to pull one’s hair repeatedly and routinely until it causes impairment in functioning or physical injury is known as trichotillomania, or compulsive hair-pulling disorder (APA, 2013). The disorder is still not well-understood, and the stigma associated with those who suffer from it magnifies the mental and emotional anguish. Who Gets It Trichotillomania … [Read more...]
Anxiety: Everything You Need To Be Aware Of
Image source Feeling anxious and struggling with anxiety can be a crippling experience even for the strongest of people. It can take a hold of you at any moment. Be that in the workplace when it comes to deadlines or perhaps in a social scene where you will be expected to socialise with other people. It can take a hold of you and be a hard thing to shake of. However, it … [Read more...]
It’s Not Me It’s You: Signs You Need To Leave Your Partner
Pexels Image By: burak kostak We can’t always help who we fall in love with, but we can choose to walk away if that person isn’t treating us with kindness, dignity and respect. We’re not saying that relationships aren’t hard work, like many of the things that are worth having in life they don’t come easy. However, if you’re spending more time crying than laughing, are afraid … [Read more...]
How Happiness at work can make you more productive, creative and efficient
The work environments are getting tougher day by day, since the competition in this global village is fierce. Organisations cannot achieve the desired results until their employees are productive, creative, target oriented and efficient. And I believe this can’t happen until workers are happy at work. The business world is now focusing towards the idea of happiness at … [Read more...]
Bullying & How To Lessen Impact On Mental Health
There’s been so much attention brought to the idea of bullying in the past couple of years. More and more you will hear people speak out about how it can be done, the locations of bullying ranging from school to the online world. What many people do not fully comprehend is the negative impact that it can leave on one’s health. While it’s easy to say that moments like that are … [Read more...]
5 Top Signs of Holiday Depression
It may be called "the most wonderful time of the year," but for many people, the holiday season is anything but wonderful. Holiday depression hits people regardless of whether they live in a warm state like Florida, or in a refrigerated region like New England. The holidays, beginning with Thanksgiving and continuing on to New Year's Day, are traditionally a time to be with … [Read more...]