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4 Home Remedies for Being More Relaxed

…e minutes. 3. Physical Activity Even though it produces a form of physical stress, exercising can do wonders to both your mind and body and can provide you with stress relief and relaxation. Regular physical activity raises the rate at which the brain produces endorphins, a substance which relieves symptoms of anxiety and depression. Generally speaking, exercising can solve or eliminate a lot of stressors at the same time. For example, sudden weig…

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Remember the Kids: Easing the Adjustment of Divorce for Children

…medical records of more than 5,000 patients. In order to determine whether stressful life events could cause illness, they developed a stress scale or “social readjustment scale” which assigned numerical scores of 1-100 to stressful life events based on how life-altering or consuming the stressor proved to be for the patient. Preceded only by death of a spouse (ranked at the highest possible score of 100), divorce was found to be the second most s…

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Bad Mood: 10 Ways to Overcome a Bad Mood

…bad mood. Some people have an easy time using physical exercise to release stress and boost their mood. They may take a daily run or seamlessly tag a yoga class onto a particularly stressful day. Then again, there are a whole lot of us who find it hard to get going, especially when we’re feeling low. Taking that literal first step to be active is usually the hardest step we’ll take. If we can push ourselves, just to get outside, take a walk, get o…

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Disorganized Attachment: How Disorganized Attachments Form & How They Can Be Healed

…with fear or other primal emotions within them that surface in moments of stress. At these moments, the parent may act out destructive behavior and not even be fully aware of how they are behaving. What does disorganized attachment in adults look like? Parents whose relationship with their child is a disorganized attachment may react by being frightened or frightening in moments of stress with their child. They may act in ways that do not make se…

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Addiction: The Causes of Abuse and Dependence And How to Break the Cycle

…; it is usually a result of attempts to cope with persistent feelings like stress, trauma, anxiety, depression, and to numb thoughts and emotions. It has likely been a survival strategy to deal with life the best way someone knows how. It is not easy to admit that it is time to get treatment for yourself or a loved one. Rather than being a sign of moral weakness or lack of willpower, it is a strength to ask for help with this complex disease. Very…

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9 Signs You Need Better Self-Care and May Be a Trauma Survivor

…d surfaces. What good self-care looks like: Using a healthy way to release stress, like exercise, connecting with a good friend, meditation, yoga, or journaling — as much as you need. 9. Money causes you a great deal of stress. Did you grow up in a household where nobody taught you how to manage finances? Are you working extremely hard to control your money pushing yourself well past norms of frugality? It may be your relationship with money is ti…

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The Importance of Psychological First Aid in Japan

…ing course in Psychological First Aid held by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network here. There is no simple way, no straight forward list of do’s and don’ts, to dispel the pain of the people going through real tragedy. However, Psychological First Aid is one of the most effective, immediate ways to help fellow human beings through the initial stage of crisis. The process is intended to lead to post-traumatic growth instead of post-traumatic…

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Grow with a Learning Mindset!

…ationship, got negative feedback on a work project, or fell into a bout of stress, anxiety, or depression. Because our brains are wired to pay attention to the negative, losses like these are often magnified and/or rehashed over time, with the result that they become fertile ground for self-criticism. Adopting a learning mindset will help you shift from focusing on the negative so that you are more open to recognizing how these experiences can act…

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Military Suicide: A New Battle to Save Lives Must Begin by Dr. Lisa Firestone

…diers who are already suffering from or who are susceptible to emotional distress are placed in high-stress situations, it’s clearly a recipe for disaster. Add these conditions to the fact that soldiers are continually being redeployed and re-exposed to the horrors of a war that is notoriously unpopular among the public. The effect of this destructive cycle isn’t only experienced on the battlefield but also back home, where long absences and perso…

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How Mindfulness Can Save Your Relationship

…appiness.” In addition, they experienced healthier levels of “relationship stress, stress coping efficacy, and overall stress.” Mindfulness is a skill we can acquire, a compassionate practice we can integrate into our lives, allowing us to have an easy, always available, method to calm ourselves down when distressed. Mindfulness increases our awareness of what we are experiencing and allows us the space to decide how we want to act in our daily li…

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