New understanding of stress symptoms
Psycho-Neuro-Inmuno-Endocrinology PNIE & Stress
Have you gone to the doctor and left feeling awkward? Have you ever felt your doctor cannot understand you? Symptoms come from peripheral and central organic processes. Disease-based medicine has focused on peripheral triggers, such as the injury or damage of an organ or tissue. Only recently have Psycho-neuro-inmuno-endocrinology...
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Need help? Try 4 EASE
Asking for help is an opportunity for noble acts of kindness to happen. Avoid getting entangled in your own apprehensions. Try these 4 Ease steps.
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Kindness is the virtue of being gentle to one another. Kindness is the practice of finding the positive in another person, making the world a more pleasant place.
For years we have worried about bullying. Now it seems we cannot go a day without listening to the words “cancel culture.” In cancel culture a negative aspect is pointed out, and the person turns into something horrifying,...
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Narcisistic Personality
We have all heard about narcissistic personality. What is it? What are the types of narcissistic personalities? What is narcissism?
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PTSD after Covid-19?
As with every social disruption, the 2020 pandemic has also shown an increase in psychological disorders that range from anxiety, to depression and mourning.
PTSD is a mood disorder that some individuals develop after experiencing a traumatic event. For instance, it can happen to those that faced their near death at the ICU. It is not the event per se what causes such psychological...
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Gratitude as a way to appease our mind and soul
Gratitude is a celebartion that can happen during scarcity or victory. In Roman times, gratitude practice involved some type of sacrifice. Sacrifice was not only an essential part of the rite, but also obligatory, and woe to any conquerors who fail to thank God for their victory. Gratitude is associated with optimism.
Freud used the word “gratitude” and “grateful” often in his...
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Did you ever feel alone when surrounded by people?
Feeling alone and being in solitude is not the same. Some may feel lonely even when surrounded by people. Feelings of loneliness reflect an inner state. For some, feeling that way shatters their capacity to reach out and be with others. Currently, 47% of generation Z complained of feeling lonely and not having a meaningful conversation for days. The millennials follow them quite closely...
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Thoughts on Social Distancing
By, Dr. L. Roth, PsyaD
Last year I had different clients complaining about isolation and experiencing difficulties in their attempt to connect with others. Cigna reported that the new generation was suffering from loneliness as no other generation before. It is interesting to see how the pandemic came right at the apogee of our individuality.
Social distance is a signifier that...
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Am I Depressed? 6 Signs You Should Know About
Everyone feels low from time to time, so it’s not always easy to know when it is part-and-parcel of daily life, and when it’s time to seek help. In most cases, it is short-term and self-correcting, but for a significant minority this is not the case. For those individuals, it is important to seek treatment just as you would any other health condition. Here we discuss six warning signs which,...
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