Biophilia: Sensory Contact With Nature Can Improve Your Overall Well-being & Mental Health
Do you like it when you are surrounded by nature? Do you have a primeval desire to connect with nature? Most of us would answer …
Mental health refers to all aspects of adjusting in life and managing life’s problems. It isn’t just the absence of mental illnesses like bipolar disorder or Schizophrenia, it is the presence of a well-adjusted, flourishing life.
Mental health is holistic. It involves understanding the environment, relationships, social contexts, behaviors, and the body with respect to feeling adequate, adaptable, and motivated.
At a granular level, it looks at motivation in everyday life, destructive thought patterns, conflicts between people, behavioral patterns that harm the individual, ability to handle everyday problems, and emotions.
You Procrastinate Because Of Emotions, Not Laziness. Regulate Them To Stop Procrastinating!
There are two trains of thought – One leads to procrastination and one leads to motivation. And somewhere in between, there is a junction called …
7 Practical ways students can manage exam stress and school Stress [Guest Post]
As a student, you are probably worrying about the non-stop barrage of demanding tasks, project deadlines, and forthcoming exams. To make things worse, you probably …
Simplifying Depression: A Serious Mental Health Issue [Guest Post]
One might think that every person goes through mood swings and depression is just one intensely long mood swing, but that’s not true. Mood swings …
Using the scientific method to beat the “I can’t do this” inner voice
What do you do when your inner voice demotivates you and you feel you can’t do anything? You adopt the scientific method. By using the …
How I Broke Out Of The Cycle Of Depression [Guest Post]
I remember sitting alone in my room for hours on end. I didn’t feel like doing anything. It felt like a chore to even cook …
Understanding the level of Serotonin and Dopamine in a depressed person’s brain
Let us look at the state and level of two neurochemicals called serotonin and dopamine in a depressed person’s brain. A small background and context: …
Impulse control disorders: Many itches to scratch and blackheads to pop
Humans like to think they are in control. This includes the ability to control impulses and urges. But, some people have difficulty controlling their impulses …
How to remain calm: reducing stress, anxiousness, and social anxiety
Stress and anxiety is a fundamental fact about being human. We do feel stress; we do get anxious; we do get cranky. This post will …
45 common symptoms of mental illness – signs of depression and anxiety
I’m glad that there is a lot of emphasis on mental health care today. Looking at the work counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and writers are doing, …
The Kiki Bouba Effect – A deeper explanation
…. Deep inside your brain, cross-modal correspondences make you human. This finding explains so much about civilization that it is mindblowing. It’s the strongest evidence …
How to help a friend with depression (Guide & Examples)
What to say to a depressed person – 30 examples. In the previous article, I went through 15 sentences that you should not use while …
15 things to NOT say to depressed people… and why you shouldn’t say them
Lots of people around us could be depressed or suicidal. We often never know because there is a communication barrier. It’s not easy figuring out …
How to be happy: The science of creating a happy life w/ better well-being
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What makes people happy, according to psychology? What should they do to live a happier life? Chasing happiness like it is some wellness race could …