It is critical to remember that sleep and rest are different. Sleep is a body function, while rest is more than that. Rest is about your whole self, not just your body. When you rest, you restore your total health – your mind, emotions, and social being. Rest can help you enhance your productivity every day and …
Have you ever had a nagging feeling in the back of your head? An urgent task to complete, an assignment to submit, or an exam to prepare for. There is a sense of pounding urgency that is met with zero delivery, followed by a crippling sense of guilt, regret, and shame coupled with an impending sense of doom. I …
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A well-known movie called A Beautiful Mind revolved around an important mental disorder that is widely talked about, schizophrenia. This movie depicts the life of noble prize winner and mathematical genius John Nash and how schizophrenia affected him throughout his life. While carrying out his research, Nash endured a series of hallucinations and delusions, which are major …
Asking for help could potentially be one of the most confusing notions that many of us misperceive. Many perceive it to be a sign of giving up, as though we are not strong enough to make the necessary decisions to move forward or that we cannot handle things on our own. It may be perceived …
Cultural competence is a skill or ability to include and take into account the cultural beliefs, experiences, and mindsets of a client into the course of therapeutic treatment. Essentially, it is professional conduct that is founded on awareness, knowledge, and comprehension of the cultural impacts on psychological work. To provide professional psychological treatments that acknowledge the …
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When someone you know has been sexually assaulted, it can be difficult to know what to say or do. Oftentimes, the best thing you can do is to just make yourself available. It is also important to actively listen to what they have to say if they want to talk. Strive to be supportive and nonjudgmental and …
Many of us tend to have those days where it feels like you are on top of the world only for it all to come crashing down. Sometimes, it has to do with a particular trigger that has impacted your emotions or even your hormones. Other times, it may even feel like it has happened …
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The juxtaposition in the title, positivity and failure, is there for a reason. The intention is to closely examine a universal human experience, one that is often frowned upon, seldom discussed or even acknowledged, in a way that enhances our understanding of the bigger picture, to shift towards a solution-oriented mindset rather than succumbing to …
Cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation are two very significant terms that have “canceled” celebrities on social media. Unfortunately, many still cannot distinguish between the two terms and their differences and how cultural appropriation is detrimental to the materialist and mental wellbeing of the community that is being appropriated. When an aspect of a certain culture …
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There are very high chances that either you or someone you know has suffered or is suffering from any form of mental illness, whether it was major or minor. While we may live in a society that does not acknowledge the presence of these illnesses the way that they should, they are still very real …