Many parents today are worried about perceived overzealous diagnosing of children with mental health disorders. This is driven in part by a widespread perception that children generally don’t suffer from mental health issues. Unfortunately, there is a growing acceptance of the fact that rates of mental illness in children are beginning to increase. Previously, it had been … [Read more...]
5 Negative Effects Stress Can Have on Your Body
Stress is a part of everyone’s daily life and usually cannot be avoided. Grief, career problems, and financial troubles can all cause you to feel stress. However, when its effects become overwhelming and you have no outlet for relief, it may have many negative impacts on the body. Before you can effectively manage stress, it is important to understand how your major organs and … [Read more...]
How to Cure Depression?
In our society depression is spreading very quickly. Almost every 3rd or 4th person has depression. Some recognize it at initial stages and some later. But it is important that you try to get rid of depression at its initial stages. In this article, I am going to mention some of the best ways with which you can cure depression. 8 Ways to Cure Depression Get Enough … [Read more...]
Is It All In The Mind? How You Can Focus On Self-Care
Our minds are a powerful tool, and in all honesty, it can be something we take for granted. Our thoughts are automotive, and it would seem that we have no control over what we think and how we feel. So if things seem to be on a natural decline and anxiety, negativity and even depressive thoughts are setting in, is there anything we can do change matters, or is it simply all in … [Read more...]
How Blueberries Can Improve Your Mental And Physical Health
It has already been well established a long time ago that blueberries are extremely great for your health. In fact, you might have been munching down on this delicious, tasty treat and didn’t even realize just how healthy they are for your mental and physical health. Recent studies and reports have even shown that blueberries are now known for being the top brain food that … [Read more...]
The Mind-body Connection: 5 tips to improving Mental and Physical Wellbeing
There is an undeniably strong association between your mental and physical health. What goes around in your mind reflects in the spring in your steps. Both passive and active steps can mirror your mood. Although physical and mental health are poles apart, yet they share a cause and effect relationship. Poor physical health multiplies the risk of developing mental ill-being … [Read more...]
Living With Anxiety? Here’s How To Manage It
Everyone feels stressed every so often, but if this stress is pretty much constant, then it’s possible that you have anxiety. Anxiety can really take its toll on your physical and mental well being, affect your relationships with your loved ones, and can make the simplest of tasks, such as going to the store, into a horrendous ordeal. The only way that you’re going to be able … [Read more...]
Being Transgender: The Then and Now of Medicine and Psychology
Transgender is defined as a person whose gender identity differs from the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth. It’s a bit more complex than that; consider the stigma that comes with identifying as transgender. During a Ted Talk, Dr. Norman Spack, Endocrinologist, explains it well, “[sex is] a description of your genitals,” this is what you were labeled with … [Read more...]
Mindfulness Is Key to Better Health and Wellbeing
It is interesting to see how Western health practitioners are increasingly recommending holistic practices such as yoga and mindfulness, to help us deal with stress. Currently, these activities are employed as part of addiction, eating disorder and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), yet new studies are increasingly documenting new benefits of a mindfulness way of … [Read more...]
How to Stay Positive With a Chronic Illness
There is no right way to live with a chronic illness and everyone will tackle each day differently. However, one important thing everyone should do is try to stay positive. Admittedly, in your situation, this may be difficult but with some simple guidance, you can brighten up each day just a little bit and make things better. image: pexels Ask for Help Asking for help is … [Read more...]