I’m not big on social interactions; never have been, but as a kid, avoiding my peers was easy. All I had to do was bury my head in a book and the world would disappear. As an adult, I find it even more challenging to avoid people. Now, I am a working professional with an adequate social life so it’s safe to say that I can’t avoid people and shut myself in my house all the time. However, that doesn’t calmsage

The odd lump in your throat and the heaviness in your chest when you mourn the loss of a loved one might be brushed off as odd occurrences, but what you may not know is that the heartache, the fatigue, the tightness in your chest, and the stomach cramps that you feel when grieving can all be physical symptoms of grief. Grief might be a complex emotional response to loss but it can manifest in physical aches and pains too. calmsage

Have you ever found yourself or your loved one speaking in a dysfunctional manner? Well, dysfunctional speaking is commonly seen in people with schizophrenia or dementia. The accurate term used for describing dysfunctional speaking is “word salad.” Word salad is the mixture of words or random phrases in a meaningless or confused manner. People struggling with word salad are not able to present their thoughts coherently which lacks logical structure or the mixture of random words or phrases that makes calmsage

I won’t lie to you, but there have been many instances where I’ve felt cowed by my peers and even certain family members. I’ve been a victim of bullying ever since I was in high school and what I could term bullying became intimidation when I entered adulthood. Feeling intimidated is probably one of those experiences that every one of us has faced at some point in our lives. You may have felt intimidated at your workplace, in your social calmsage