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10 Healthy Ways to Get in a Better Mood
Everyone feels the pressures of life from time to time, and it can all become a little overwhelming. Even the most positive people slip into bad moods and may need a little pick-me-up. There are endless ways to cope with that sad or depressed feeling, but many of them can be unhealthy for our bodies
Chakras and Reiki: Healing the Root Chakra
This article introduces chakras in the use of Reiki. This is the first in a series of seven articles that focus on each of the chakras. This article focuses on healing the root chakra, located at the base of the spine. The major issues involved with this chakra include stability, trust, safety, fami
ABA Offers Help With Behavior Management
With ABA therapy, behavior management becomes much simpler. Negative behaviors such as head banging, biting, and yelling are simply ignored and are warranted no attention unless the child is in danger. Positive and appropriate behaviors, on the other hand, are rewarded with praise and positive atten
What Causes Panic Attacks?
What are the main causes of panic attacks? Learn what they are and you are on your way to avoiding your panic attacks or reducing their severity.
How Substance Abuse Affects the Brain
Drug addiction is a chronic brain disease, one that an individual who abuses drugs can easily develop. Abusing drugs causes the brain's structure and function to change, resulting in harmful effects. These changes are the reason a drug abuser displays adverse psychological and behavioral symptoms.
Anxiety Covers Many Different Disorders
Anxiety is a blanketing term that covers a bunch of different disorders. These disorders can be nervousness, feet, worrying, or panic. If you have mild anxiety, it can be unsettling, and annoying to d
Afflictions of Personal Development on Physical Self
Personal development can have other afflictions on one's own self other than mental and emotional well-being. Many times, the same initiatives that are implemented in increasing one's own emotional state can also have profound positive effects on one's own physical state. This Lens wi
How to Deal With People With Abandonment Issues
Most people deal with a feeling of abandonment at some point in their lives. Whether you experience a death in your family or the end of a serious relationship, you are likely to feel a sense of loss and loneliness for a period of time. People with serious abandonment issues, however, believe that a
Prenatal Maternal Bereavement and Eating Disorders in Children
The death of a close relative right before or during pregnancy is always stressful. Might it contribute to the risk of developing an eating disorder in early childhood?
Compulsive Behavior - Closely Guarded Secrets of Ex-Sufferers
Compulsive Disorder will make you feel like you're going crazy. I can tell you right now that you're not. I know, I've been there.
Seasonal Affective Disorder - How it Can Affect You
Have you ever noticed that your mood sometimes changes as the seasons change? Have you ever felt more depressed in the winter-time and more energetic and happy in the summer months? Has the coming of spring ever felt like a relief or re-awakening?
About Autism & Education
Children with autism typically require some extra help in the classroom. The process for getting additional support isn't always straightforward, but schools and other institutions can offer a lot of help for the parent in need.
The True Story of Getting Hit by a Car While Bicycling
Upon the horrifying realization that there was no way to avoid being hit by the automobile, time slowed down. As I saw the automobile come into contact with me, I thought, "My life is about to change." The only unknown was "How much?" As the front bumper impacted my leg, I sent u
Natural Anxiety and Depression Treatments
Anxiety and depression affect millions of American families every day. There are many things you can do to reduce symptoms in addition to therapy and medication. Although they are different mood disorders, adding natural anxiety and depression treatments to current therapy can help you feel better a
Making Sense of the Rise in ADHD
What explanations lie below the surface of the apparent increase in ADHD prevalence?
Counselling and Psychotherapy for Depression
Depression is a condition which affects many people in their lives. This article discusses some of the reasons why it happens and what can be done about it. My experience has been that there is ...
The Origin of The Human Conscience and Your Destiny
You believe that you are unique and you have your own style. You are totally different from everyone else. However, the truth is that you are simply repeating the common mistakes of the human race. You are merely following the absurdity of your anti-conscience and the absurdity of your historical ti
SOCIAL SUPPORT AS A PANACEA FOR MENTAL ILLNESS: A STUDY OF NIGERIAN IMMIGRANTS IN BRAAMFONTEIN, JOHA
This paper synthesizes some readings with my fieldwork on Nigerian immigrants in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. This paper argues that social support tend to reduce mental ill-health in a person (whether
New ADHD Medication - Decide What Is Right For Your Child Without Destroying Their Childhood
It was bound to happen! Yes, there is a new ADHD medication on the market but it is just an improved version of the old. The drug I am talking about is called Clonicel which is the bright new version of Clonidine.