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Online Self-Help Resources

April 1, 2020

Photo by @Mungkhoodstudio on Vía 20 Self-Help Resources There are multiple Self-Help Resources out there for people who are interested in attempting self-help. Aside from just turning to books, people have also turned to the internet for help and guidance in their journey of self-help. Some of the online resources that people use include: 1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) This self-help course is especially helpful to individuals who suffer from anxiety, depression, and anger. The best way to use self-help resources is…

Childhood abuse and Depression , Anxiety Lives On

July 2, 2019

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Photo by Ashton Bingham on Unsplash. License Childhood abuse? It has been established that nature and nurture should not be taken as enemies or total opposites, but as two intertwined realities that function together to make up the human experience. Nature was designed for nurture. Many recent and notable studies have documented the effects that early childhood experience can have on both the physical and chemical makeup of the brain. In particular, childhood abuse and/or neglect can permanently alter an individual’s physiology. These…

Building Self-Confidence

April 12, 2019

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Photo Credit: By Alexas_Fotos on Pixabay. CC0 License Self-confidence? Liberate yourself. Go out and do what you like! How long it has been since you last went to have a walk among the pines something that you loved as a child? How long has it been when you walked hand in hand with your friend to the bakery and tossed a coin to decide what to buy? These might seem very simple things but these simple things have the power to add…

Counteract Anxiety Attacks

February 15, 2019

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Photo by Aarón Blanco Tejedor on Unsplash. License What does anxiety attack mean? Sometimes life is hard and can cause you to feel out of control. Does anyone know what I’m talking about? Things are going well for a while and then it seems like out of nowhere comes something hard and unexpected that throws you into an anxiety attack? I have had this experience all too many times in my adult life, but it wasn’t until recently that I began to be aware…

10 Common Symptoms Of Depression

January 17, 2019

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Photo Credit: On Pexels. CC0 License Every year approximately 9.5 per cent of the American population suffers from depression. Depression is a grave illness that affects day to day life and destroys families. It is a disorder that controls the mind and its functions causing loss of appetite, sleeplessness, mood swings, and a deep sense of despair. The symptoms of depression are varied and the severity changes with time. And, according to experts depression can be an inherited disorder, or caused by life…