Anxiety
Experiencing occasional anxiety is a normal part of life. However, people with anxiety disorders frequently have intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations. Often, anxiety disorders involve repeated episodes of sudden feelings of intense anxiety and fear or terror that reach a peak within minutes (panic attacks).
These feelings of anxiety and panic interfere with daily activities, are difficult to control, are out of proportion to the actual danger and can last a long time. You may avoid places or situations to prevent these feelings. Symptoms may start during childhood or the teen years and continue into adulthood.
Examples of anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder (social phobia), specific phobias and separation anxiety disorder. You can have more than one anxiety disorder. Sometimes anxiety results from a medical condition that needs treatment.
Depression
Depression is a serious mental illness that can impact your life in many ways. It can make it difficult to get out of bed in the morning, focus on tasks, or enjoy activities that you once loved. Depression can also lead to problems in relationships, decreased productivity at work, and even suicidal thoughts.
Depression Can Lead To Other Problems
Depression is more than just feeling blue. It’s a serious mental health condition that has an impact on every area of your life. This condition is a complex mix of emotional, physical, and behavioral symptoms. It’s more than just sadness or feeling down for a period of time. Depression is a serious mental illness that can have lasting effects on your mood, thoughts, and behavior. Moreover, people with depression may have trouble functioning in their daily lives. They may have difficulty sleeping, eating, or concentrating. Depression can also lead to physical problems, such as headaches and stomachaches. More often, people with depression may turn to alcohol or drugs to ease their symptoms.
Stress
Do you feel overwhelmed and constantly under pressure? Are you having trouble sleeping or eating properly? If so, you may be experiencing stress symptoms. Stress can have a negative impact on our physical and mental health, so it’s important to recognize the signs and take action to reduce stress levels.
Understanding Stress
Stress is defined as a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances. It’s the body’s response to any demand placed on it. This condition is often associated with the fight-or-flight response, which is a primitive survival mechanism that evolved to help animals and humans alike escape from predators or other threats. While some degree of stress is normal and even necessary for optimal functioning. Too much stress can take a toll on our physical and mental health. It’s important to be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of stress so that we can take steps to reduce or eliminate it from our lives. Moreover, at some point, people face different types of stress. And it is a common aspect of life. Some people may experience it on a daily basis, while others only face it occasionally. However, if it is causing problems, it is important to find ways to manage them.
OCD
Do you ever feel like you’re being controlled by your thoughts? That you can’t escape the obsessive thoughts that seem to invade your mind at all hours of the day? If so, you may be struggling with OCD. OCD is a mental health disorder that causes intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors.
What Causes OCD?
In life, everyone faces some intrusive thoughts and anxiety-provoking situations. But, most people avoid their conscious thought and move further. However, this is not the case in individuals with OCD. They have repetitive and intrusive thoughts that are beyond their control. The individual is not able to forget or ignore the thoughts which bother him/her the most. As these thoughts get ‘stuck’ in their minds.
These obsessions can be related to different things such as cleanliness, safety, orderliness, symmetry, religion, etc. The person suffering from OCD tries to suppress these thoughts by performing some rituals or compulsions. But, unfortunately, the obsessions only become more intense with time.
Relationships
A relationship is complicated. They can be exciting, they can make you feel loved and wanted, but sometimes relationships are not all good. Relationships come in different shapes and sizes; some are healthy while others are downright toxic. Healthy relationships should make you feel supported emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually. If your relationship is unhealthy or toxic then it may be time to re-evaluate your options for the future of that relationship or if there is a need to leave altogether.
Trust is the foundation of any successful relationship. When people don’t trust you, they can’t fully appreciate your value or capabilities. And when people don’t think that you’re trustworthy, they also won’t want to buy from you or work with you. The bottom line? Trust issues are something that everyone deals with.
What Are Trust Issues?
Trust issues are something that can affect almost anyone. While some people may just have a few of these, others might be dealing with more than they know what to do with. When there is trouble in the trust department, it could impact your life on multiple levels. It can cause problems for you personally as well as professionally. Trust issues come about because you let them develop over time through your actions or lack thereof.
Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses that can have devastating consequences if left untreated. Unfortunately, many people with eating disorders go undiagnosed for a long time because they are ashamed of their behavior and don’t want anyone to know about it.
Defining Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are defined as “serious mental illnesses that involve abnormal eating habits.” There are three main types of eating disorders:
- Anorexia nervosa: People with anorexia nervosa have a distorted view of their body weight and see themselves as overweight even when they are dangerously underweight.
- Bulimia nervosa: People with anorexia nervosa have a distorted view of their body weight and see themselves as overweight even when they are dangerously underweight.
- Binge eating disorder: Binge eating disorder is characterized by periods of uncontrolled overeating, but unlike bulimia, there is no purging behavior afterward.
While all these are different types of eating disorders, they all have a distorted sense of body image and a preoccupation with food and weight. These can prove to be extremely harmful to a person’s physical and mental health.
Sleep
Adults need about seven hours of slumber per night to feel refreshed during the day. However more than a third of U.S. adults report getting less than that amount, and this is a problem! Studies have shown that adults who sleep fewer than six hours per night are more likely to be overweight or obese. Because they eat more when their energy levels get low from lack of slumber (and the consumption of extra calories).
There’s a strong connection between obesity and sleep deprivation. Also, lack of slumber can lead to:
- Heart disease,
- Stroke,
- Diabetes,
- Mental health problems (e.g., anxiety),
- Headaches or migraines,
- High blood pressure,
- Low sex drive in men,
- Trouble getting pregnant in women… again the list goes on!
Meditation
Meditation is a simple and powerful tool for self-healing. It teaches us how to find peace in our everyday lives, no matter what surrounds us may be doing or requesting attention at any given moment.
Awareness practices such as meditation help one develop patience with themselves because they force you to take time out from the hustle bustle that constitutes much modern life these days so we can reconnect back into ourselves again, this includes all aspects including mental health which will improve after practice becomes routine habit has been established.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is good for your mental health. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, up to 40 million Americans suffer from anxiety disorders such as PTSD and panic attacks. It has been proven that mindfulness helps reduce stress levels affecting people’s ability to cope with these issues.
