September is the time of year for a lot of young adults to raid IKEA, pack up their parents’ cleaning supplies and head off to uni. However, while you may think your wellbeing will only benefit from striking out on your own for what is, essentially, three years of drinking interspersed with the occasional lecture, […]

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  Going through a divorce can bring about a host of changes that can affect how you perceive life. Developing tips to help manage the levels of your stress can ease the difficult process and alleviate the pain and sorrow that you may be going through. By implementing the following tips, you’ll be able to […]

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Losing a child can cause deep grief and sorrow. It gets very difficult for most of the parents to get back to their normal life, post a shocking death, especially of an infant. It is indeed the most devastating experience of your life and can cause a lot of mental stress. But things cannot be […]

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The human mind is tricky! It is certainly difficult for anyone besides the experts to understand whether a person is mentally sick or ill. The difference between mental health and mental illness might not be clear sometimes but you can make a distinction between the two.   Can the fear of delivering a public speech […]

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As the winters arrive, many people get busy packing and booking tickets as it’s the time where all friends and family get together to celebrate the holiday season. You wait for the entire year to go back home to your near and dear ones, to spend time with them, to exchange gifts and goodies. But […]

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Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) takes its toll on your emotional health, and also your relationship wellness. Trauma survivors often have trouble maintaining or establishing intimate and family relationships or close friendships, as PTSD can interfere with your ability to trust, communicate, solve problems, be assertive or achieve emotional closeness. We humans were made to […]

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Stress can wear you down emotionally and physically. Rather than continually trying to muddle through each day without finding a source of stress relief, take a few moments to consider making one or all of the changes listed below. Even if you make the changes one at a time over a period of time, you […]

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The first thing to do in stress management is to identify the cause of your stress, be it your job, your relationship or anything else that sets your teeth on edge. Once you know what’s triggering this wellness spiral, you can potentially eliminate the problem and get your metal health back on track. Professor Cary […]

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There’s no denying that childhood sexual and emotional abuse leave their scars on your wellbeing, but a new study has shown that it leaves a distinct pattern on your brain, which feeds into other areas of emotional health. The research, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, finds that emotional abuse affects the regions of […]

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Research shows that as many as one in five veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While this mental condition often plays a leading role in the high number of homeless and unemployed veterans, mental health resources for veterans are increasingly available. By taking advantage of […]

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