The Link Between Social Anxiety and Initial Drug Use
From an early age, I’ve witnessed my peers fall into the pressure of doing drugs and alcohol. Looking back, I realized that for some, this was a way to break out of their shell and prove to others they were not introverted. Many people turn to substances to “loosen up.” For years, therapists and researchers . . . . Continue Reading
Meditation May be Bad for Memory
Author: Shernide Delva When it comes to meditation, the benefits to our mental and physical well-being have pretty much been drilled into our heads over and over again. Admittedly, I am one of those people that constantly rave about how great it is to learn how to incorporate meditation into your life. So all of . . . . Continue Reading
Social Media Causes Depression and Anxiety in Teens
If Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest in the world. Furthermore, that country would be home to a large amount of teenagers. A study from Pew Research Center revealed that 92% of teenagers ages 13-17 go online daily. Out of that number, 24% say they are online “almost constantly” and 56% . . . . Continue Reading
3 Ways to Expand Our Mental Strength
Mental strength isn’t about being smart, it is about outsmarting our lesser instincts and conceptions to overcome the harmful aspects of the negative mind state, and building mental strength can be a lot more ambiguous and abstruse of an idea than some people see. Now some facets of mental health are more severe than others, . . . . Continue Reading
Why Some People Are Addicted to Running
Running is immensely pleasurable for some people yet miserable to others. Finally, we can blame something other than pure laziness for not hitting the pavement. Ever wonder why some people are addicted to running? Differences in leptin levels could be the blame. Those who enjoy running could be receiving primitive signals to seek out food. A new . . . . Continue Reading
Seven Nutrition Tips to Keep You Sober
If you are in addiction recovery, it may be tempting to allow yourself to indulge in all the junk food you can eat. After all, you have your addiction to tackle, why take on the stress of monitoring your food when you could be eating whatever you want? Well, evidence suggests that eating habits can . . . . Continue Reading
Laughter Yoga: A Holistic Sense of Humor
Yoga is a spiritual, mental and physical discipline that has been used in a variety of schools and practices to achieve different goals typically meant to be healing and healthy. Used often in combination with meditation and other holistic practices, yoga strategies have been diversely developed with all kinds of elements for therapy, and believe it . . . . Continue Reading