As early as age 5, a child already has a good sense of their self-esteem. It’s in these early years that children are most influenced to develop a good self image. There’s much that parents can do encourage kids to create a more positive sense of self. This results in better confidence, happiness, and socialization […]
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Self-Care Ideas for Busy Schedules
If you spend most of your time taking care of others and often think of yourself as an afterthought, you might be in need of some personal quality time. While your schedule might not leave you much time to go on a personal vacation, there are other things you can do to give yourself the […]
6 Nervous Habits You Should Curtail for the Sake of Your Health
Anxiety is the most common mental illness. It affects forty million Americans every year. Many people suffering from anxiety will exhibit destructive nervous behavior at some point. These habits became an outward expression of inner turmoil. Many anxious behaviors seem innocuous at first. But they can create serious physical health concerns and cause irreparable damage. Anxiety habits can […]
Why Mental Health Treatment Gets a Bad Rap and How to Redeem It
Nutjob, oddball, lunatic. Words like these are why mental health gets a bad rap. Afraid of looking “crazy”, people who need help never seek treatment. Studies show that about 50% of people who suffer from mental illness never receive any type of help. Left untreated mental illnesses can tear lives apart from the inside out. The […]
Health Check Ups You Shouldn’t Forget About
We only get one life. If you’re a man or woman of faith, then you may believe there’s more than this world, but what we know now is that we get a bunch of decades on this planet, and then we check out. That’s it. Our prime is even shorter than that – sooner or […]
What Is Compulsive Exercise
Humans from time immemorial have always engaged in several forms of exercise, either consciously or unconsciously. You also must have been participating in some exercise as it is very beneficial for the body and overall growth of all humans. However, too much of everything can be detrimental to your health. This is what a compulsive […]
The Mental Health Benefits of a Clean Home
We are all aware of our mental health and want to improve it whenever possible. One way you can do so is to look at your house. If it’s dirty, cluttered, or you feel like you could clear out some space, here are some reasons for you to do so. Therapy for Cleaning If you […]
Memory Care – When Do You Need Memory Care For Your Loved One?
At some point in each of our lives, we will grow old and experience the body and mental changes that it comes with growing old. Slower reflexes, less endurance, and loss of memory are only a few of the changes that aging can bring to a person. In a family, it can sometimes be difficult […]
Physical Symptoms and Side Effects of Anxiety
Anxiety is believed to be a collection of disorders that result in fear, worries, and nervousness. This disorder can mess your day to day activities. At some point, you cannot even be in opposition to identify the triggers that may cause anxiety. At this point, you may realize that there is a need for anti-anxiety […]
6 Benefits to sober living
There are many reasons that people can’t completely say no to drinking wine, beer, cocktails, and other alcoholic drinks. Most of them would regularly consume alcohol drinks when socializing with other people, some would need to de-stress and feel relaxed after a tiring day at work, while others would see drinking alcohol as an escape […]
What you need to know about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Our thoughts are powerful. So powerful that you can easily feel happy or sad based on how you perceive a situation. For instance, if you make an investment and lose, you can either take it as a learning experience or fold up all sad and dejected. If you take the situation as a learning experience, […]
Strategies To Improve Your Anxiety That You Can Start Today
image Symptoms of anxiety can affect millions of people each and every day, and the way that it expresses itself can feel pretty overwhelming. Many people will experience symptoms of anxiety at times in their life when they are highly stressed, depressed, or full of different emotions. And even though they may suffer during these […]
6 Ways of Coping with Post Abortion Depression
Are you someone who’s undergone abortion recently? Or perhaps you have a loved one or family member that’s gone through the medical procedure. Whichever the case, we can all agree that abortion is quite a taxing ordeal that one can go through. While there are some women who can go through the experience relatively unscathed, […]
How to Look After Teenagers’ Mental Health
Image via Public Domain Pictures If you have teenagers, you will know that communication face-to-face is not one of their strengths. Unless you have a drama-loving daughter, who simply doesn’t want to stop talking. But that is just a rare exception. Closing up and blocking you out is natural when kids reach the teenage years. […]
Confidence Comes from Within: 9 Tips for Improving Your Self-Esteem
Self-confidence is something a lot of people don’t struggle with; they’re determined to get through their day no matter what is in their way. But not everyone is fortunate to experience daily life without questions, concerns, and the ability to believe in our own self-worth. Confidence issues can become debilitating over time to the point […]
Feeling That You’re Not Really in Control of Your Own Life? Here Are Some Suggestions on How to Change That
Image via Pixabay It may be that you have a decent job and a pretty comfortable standard of living all things considered, but that you still feel as if things just aren’t going “the right way” somehow. When all is said and done, humans are primarily creatures of habit, and we tend to fall into […]
The importance of the psychologist in the hospital context
Unlike what happens around the beginning of the century, when infectious diseases represented the preponderant cause of mortality, the most serious health problems that medicine faces today are chronic-palliative diseases. Currently, morbidity and mortality rates are increasingly present and related to health behaviors and life habits. Psychology is the science whose object of study includes […]
5 Alternatives To Yoga To Beat Stress And Anxiety
Stress and anxiety are conditions that are not to be taken lightly, and more and more people are suffering from it on a daily basis. Your stress could be caused by your professional life or personal life. The bottom line is that you should learn to manage it. If left untreated, these conditions can transform […]
Start the Year off Right: Why Everyone Should See a Licensed Mental Health Counselor
This year, approximately 43.8 million people will experience a mental illness. That’s one in five adults in the US. 9.8 million or 1 in 25 adults will experience a serious mental illness this year limiting or interfering with their major life activities. But even if you aren’t having a mental health crisis, it’s a good […]
Vaping Could Be Part of the Solution for Mental Health Suffers
The introduction of e-cigarettes into the world has been welcomed by many. However, there has been a lot of debate regarding the potential health impacts of using e-cigarettes. While it is true that the traditional cigarette is harmful to your health, there is still less evidence to prove whether using e-cigarettes will have a positive […]
