by newsday.com
Want more proof that people are coming unhinged over the economy? Check out the recent American Psychological Association study reporting a stark rise in headaches, stomach aches and muscle tension – all caused by money worries. Given the headlines, you might expect that psychotherapists are seeing sky-high anxiety in their patients. In my private practice the opposite is true.
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by Leader-Post found in Discover and Recover
Mental health services need to become recovery oriented because the sciences tell us recovery is possible by putting less emphasis on medication and more emphasis on teaching individuals cognitive behavioural strategies that will enable them to cope and find that life balance
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Practicing gratitude is one of the simplest and most significant decisions we can make in improving our personal joy, health, peace, contentment and level of inspiration. Gratitude changes our perspective in life, which in turn, changes our lives.
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by The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive
London Underground (or for those who prefer to be “hipâ€, The Tube) annoucements are designed to bamboozle, flummox and generally disturb the commuting populace of the city, daily planting the seed of, “Hang on, did I really hear that?  Am I mental?  EH?†in their tired and battered brains.
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No matter what happens on November 4th, a lot of people are going to be elated, and a lot of people are going to be dejected. What can you do if you’re worried that you’re going to fall into a major depression on November 5th?
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Poodles in black leather jackets
With chain wallets
Smoking cigarettes
Fouling the lawns and laughing
Yip, yip, yip, yip, yip
It makes me mad
When good dogs turn bad
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by PsychCentral
First, don’t panic. The cause of many people’s angst and misery during an economic crisis is surely money-related, but we also multiply it by worrying unnecessarily. Worry won’t change the situation, nor bring back any money you may have lost. In fact, worry can make matters worse, increasing your stress level and causing anxiety (which in turn causes irrational thinking and can lead to poor decision-making). So the last thing you want to do is panic.
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by families.com
Researchers at the UK’s Manchester Metropolitan University in England have concluded what we all suspected: hugs are healing. But scientists warn we are caught in an epidemic of a non-hugging culture where we are either too time-poor to hug, or political correctness gets in the way.
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The quality of your relationships – no matter in what form they may exist – obviously has a huge impact on your life. But what can we do to create new relationships and improve our existing ones? Well, here are 7 timeless tips that people have used throughout the ages…
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In their book The Resilience Factor, Karen Reivich, Ph.D. and Andrew Schatte, Ph.D. make the case that resilience is a key ingredient of happiness and an essential means to adapt and triumph over life’s adversities. A specific skill they discuss called “Putting it in Perspective†is a perfect tool for these times. It is designed to address beliefs about the implications of an adversity and guide individuals to a more accurate way of thinking about it.
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