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mai 28, 2022Like
What Is “Just Right” OCD? Learn Its Symptoms, Causes, Treatment & More!
A subtype of Obsessive-compulsive disorder, “just right” OCD is when you feel that there is something just not right. You know, the feeling that something is off. Maybe you’ve walked into the kitchen and just feel something off there. Maybe your sibling moved the coffee machine to the other side of the kitchen or maybe the toaster is not in the right place. Get me? Feeling uncomfortable when something isn’t just right is a common feeling but for people with calmsage
mai 28, 2022Like
7 Tips to meditate well with ADHD
In these past couple of years we have been talking about mental health issues and discussing different ways and means to improve our mental health. Meditation has always been leading the list when it comes to healing the mind and body together. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has seen a significant rise by almost 40% in the last decade. Therefore, it has become even more important for all of us to start doing things that can improve our mental health a calmsage
mai 28, 2022Like
“I’m Not Good At Anything” | Why You Feel This Way (And How To Cope With It)
Seeing your friends and coworkers getting either married, promoted, or successful in their endeavors can bring forth feelings of pride. Still, at the same time, it can evoke feelings of envy and hopelessness. Especially when you’re not close to achieving your dreams. Witnessing others moving ahead in their success can make you say to yourself, “I’m not good at anything” While it’s common to think about not being good at anything, the more you get stuck on this kind of calmsage
mai 28, 2022Like
Grace Victory on parenthood and identity
Becoming a parent can flip your whole world upside down – with joy and laughter, exhaustion and new pressures – and if you’re finding it hard to recognise the person in the mirror, or the new life you’re adjusting to, you’re not alone. For those struggling with their identity after becoming a mum, our columnist Grace Victory has some words of comfort… The minute I found out I was pregnant, everything changed – I imagine that’s the same for most happi
mai 27, 2022Like
Reminder: Texas Has More Intense Laws Restricting Dildos Than Assault Rifles
In the days following the shooting at Robb elementary school in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 children and two people people dead, the larger conversation about gun violence as a public health issue in the United States is continuing as we acknowledge the ways guns have become the number one cause of death in American children as of 2020. The larger conversation about gun control in the United States remains a contentious one — despite the majority of Americans (81 shek
mai 27, 2022Like
Bridgerton’s Ruby Barker Opens Up About Mental Health & Hospitalization
Bridgerton’s Ruby Barker is opening up about her ental health struggles and subsequent hospitalization in support of Mental Health Week. Barker, who plays Marina Thompson on the Netflix period romance series, shared a six-minute-long Instagram video chronicling her experience. “Mental health week is every week for me,” the actress captioned the video. “Off my chest. I feel like I’ve not been completely honest so this is for my followers. Time to be transparent. I’ve been struggling since Bridgerton, this is shek
mai 27, 2022Like
Here’s Why Health Experts Aren’t Worried About Monkeypox
You’ve likely seen headlines regarding the spread of monkeypox: a mild illness caused by a virus within the same family as smallpox. But while the circumstances may sound familiar — in the sense that there’s an “outbreak” that’s made its way to the U.S. — health experts are encouraging Americans not to panic: This is not another coronavirus pandemic. For starters, scientists are already knowledgeable on the virus. ”Monkeypox is not a new or an unknown disease. “CDC has been shek
mai 27, 2022Like
Advocate Aurora Health To Turn Health Center Into Hospital
Advocate Aurora Health (Milwaukee and Downers Grove, Ill.) is expanding its existing Fond du Lac health center in Fond du Lac, Wis., into a hospital with a 70,000-square-foot addition, [this lead wasn’t clear so I edited it based on the news article] according to an article in fox11online.com. The new facility, to be called Aurora Medical Center – Fond du Lac, will comprise 185,000 square feet when completed and include 10 new patient beds and an eight-bay emergency department. Construction healthcare
mai 27, 2022Like
Penn Highlands Breaks Ground On $70M Hospital, MOB In Pennsylvania
Integrated healthcare system Penn Highlands Healthcare (DuBois, Pa.) broke ground on a $70 million hospital and medical office building (MOB) in State College, Pa., according to an article in post-gazette.com. The three-story, 82,000-square-foot hospital will include an emergency department (ED) with 10 private treatment rooms and a trauma room; surgical department with three operating suites and an endoscopy procedure room; 18 private inpatient rooms; medical imaging department; and pulmonary function lab for screening diagnosis and treatment. The two-story, 32,000-square-foot MOB healthcare
mai 27, 2022Like
Adults Exposed To Parental Domestic Violence As Children More Likely To Develop Mental Illness
More than 20% of adults who were exposed to chronic levels of parental domestic violence in childhood develop major depressive disorder at some stage. Researchers from the University of Toronto found that 22.5% of adults who witnessed domestic violence between parents later developed major depressive disorder, compared with 9.1% of those who hadn’t witnessed parental domestic violence as children. “Individuals who had been exposed to parental domestic violence have an increased risk of developing depression and anxiety disorders at some theravive
mai 27, 2022Like
All about mindfulness meditation
Meditation is a practice which involves using your body to build awareness and focus. Mindfulness is also a practice that uses your mind to build awareness about yourself and your surroundings. When you combine these two, mindfulness meditation uses both your mind and body to encourage an intense state of self awareness, focus and awareness of your surroundings. Meditation is an umbrella term and we can say that mindfulness falls somewhere within that umbrella. Let’s understand mindfulness meditation better; Mindfulness Meditation: calmsage
mai 27, 2022Like
The 7 Mental Health Benefits Of Making Your Bed In The Morning
For years, my mother (and my sister) pestered me about making the bed in the morning. I never understood why I should make the extra effort every morning (before my morning coffee too!) to make the bed. Years later, my morning routine now includes making the bed, first thing in the morning. We already know the benefits of keeping our living spaces decluttered but did you know that our day-to-day actions, even the smallest ones such as making your bed, calmsage