What Are Phobias? In short: a phobia is an overwhelming and debilitating fear of an object, place, situation, feeling or animal. Phobias are the most common type of anxiety disorder. They can affect anyone, regardless of age, sex and social background. Phobias are more pronounced than fears. You may not like having to deal with a spider in your… Read More Understanding Phobias.
What Is Generalized Anxiety Disorder? (GAD for short) Generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by excessive anxiety and worries about everyday life events for no obvious reasons. People with symptoms tend to always expect disaster and can’t stop worrying about health, money, children, other family members, friends, work, etc. This type of worry is often unrealistic… Read More Understanding Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
What Is Chronic Illness? In short, Chronic illness is any disorder that persists over a long period and affects the body. Examples include: heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, arthritis, osteoporosis, ALS, disabilities, cystic fibrosis, asthma, fibromyalgia, and M.S., the list goes on. How Does Chronic Illness Affect Your Mental Health? When first diagnosed it most… Read More Chronic Illness: Being Proactive To Help Your Mental Health.
What Is A Personality Disorder? In general personality disorders are mental health conditions. These conditions affect how someone thinks, perceives, feels or relates to others. An antisocial personality disorder is one such type of personality disorder. Personality disorders usually range from mild to severe. The signs of a personality disorder often emerge during adolescence and… Read More What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
What Is Self-Harm? Self-harm is a deliberate act of harming the surface of the body through cutting or burning. But can also include destructive and dangerous behaviour such as misuse of alcohol or drugs. It is more common for people to think of self-harm as cutting and although any life-threatening injuries may occur, they are… Read More What Is Self-Harm?
Living Alone For The First Time? No matter your age it can be a daunting experience. So how can you help yourself? Stepping outside your family home and becoming an adult who is suddenly responsible for all your own income, home and medical requirements? It can be very hard and for some of us we… Read More Does Living Alone Mean You Have To Feel Lonely?
What is Personal Development? When most people think of personal development they think hobbies and interests being developed either as an individual or as a couple. Personal development looks at you, your life, your relationships – all of them – and your career. It usually means being able to look at how you think, feel and… Read More Why Do You Need Personal Development In Relationships?
What is dissociative identity disorder? Most people won’t recognise the name but some of you will know it by other names such as split personality or multiple personality disorder. Some of you may only know this disorder from films or TV, but others may have lived with someone affected by the disorder. Whatever your experience,… Read More Dissociative Identity Disorder
Forgiveness Only Involves You. Reconciliation Involves The Other Person Too. Forgive versus Reconciliation. I got so hung up on having to forgive people in my life. I knew it was the best road to take for me, it would lead me to find serenity and peace in my life. But the thought of forgiving someone… Read More Forgiveness Only Involves You. Reconciliation Involves The Other Person Too.
Well done if you have taken the initiative and incorporated something from all the previous lists into your daily routine. This week we look at the touch. Our skin covers our bodies and is the largest organ we have. It is through our skin we feel and experience some of the nicest emotions we can.… Read More Build Good Habits (Self Soothing) Using the Senses Part 5 Touch
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