Mental illnesses such as depression‚ anxiety‚ and bipolar disorder are not diseases they are disorders. Although there are many different types of mental illnesses three of the ones most people hear about are depression‚ anxiety‚ and bipolar disorder. Some people will say a lot of these disorders are in people’s head but they are very serious disorders. A mental illness can affect a person’s way of thinking and/ or living‚ normally it is a negative effect but there might be a positive effect depending
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Forgiveness is defined as a decision to let go of resentment and thoughts of revenge. In life it is important to forgive people no matter how hard the decision may be. A person will always be affected by an event that has hurt them‚ but if they can learn to accept forgiveness they can focus on other parts of their life. By focusing on other parts of their life they can improve their happiness and create more positive events in their life. One reason that it is important to forgive is that a person’s
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Emotional Health: dealing with stress Many people take their health for granted; their physical health as well as their emotional health and they often times won’t do anything about it until problems appear. Maintaining physical health requires a lot of work sometimes and so it is with emotional health. Even though you might not always see the consequences of not being emotionally healthy right away‚ your body is reacting to the way you feel. Whenever I am stressed‚ my body is alert and is very
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no wonder that study after study shows that stress is a growing challenge. In general‚ we tend to think of stress as something negative; but in fact‚ it does have tangible benefits. Stress generates action. It creates a psychological boost that gives you increased energy and clarity with which to perform well. If channeled correctly‚ stress can enhance your performance and the performance of those you manage. Of course‚ if channeled incorrectly‚ stress can be overwhelming
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Executive Summary: Emotional concerns in the workplace are a considerable loss to employee’s health and welfare. They slow down the performance of employee and so they are harmful to the organisational well-being as well. This literature review would put forward a concise introduction on the two frequently occurring emotional concerns in the workplace: anxiety and depression. Anxiety and depression are a usual and adaptive reaction to the individual who is undergoing such emotional problems in our
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Substance Abuse is the number one health problem in the United States according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Worley‚ Conners‚ Crone‚ Williams and Bokony‚ 105). Research from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health reports that 3% of pregnant women used illicit drugs and 3% reported binging on alcohol and after giving birth these numbers increased to 9% and 15% respectively (105). Substance Abuse has plagued human society from time in memorial. Humans have used intoxicants for reasons
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Depression in Mormon Women Molly Mormon’ is the perfect woman. She never raises her voice. Her house is always sparkling clean and she excels in every church calling. She’s understanding and supportive of her husband and children. In essence‚ Molly Mormon’ is the ideal wife‚ mother‚ helpmate‚ PTA leader‚ quilter‚ baker‚ and casserole maker; she is consistently well-groomed‚ cheerful and bright (Egan 1). For many Latter Day Saint (LDS) women‚ the overwhelming pressure to be
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The next category of abuse is emotional abuse. This form is one of the most difficult to recognize because the majority of the signs and symptoms are behavioral‚ very rarely are there physical signs. The common behavioral indicators are irrational or persistent fears‚ behavioral extremes‚ sudden change in personality‚ depression‚ or loss of interest. The physical indicators include sudden grade changes‚ habit disorders in older children (rocking‚ biting‚ thumb sucking)‚ or cutting/ physical harm
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Terrell Joseph Professor Filbel CMST 2060 - 36 15 February 2012 Emotional Suppression Have you ever had a really intense thought or feeling that you could not get rid of? Did you try find yourself using a lot of energy to push that emotion out of your head or simply not think about it at all? This is called emotional suppression‚ and research shows that not only is it incapable of erasing these thoughts and images but it may even cause your greater problems. Thoughts‚ feelings‚ and desires
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What do you think of laughter therapy? The elation you feel when you laugh is a great way of combating the physical effects of stress‚ and can help you to cope with and survive a stressful lifestyle. When we laugh‚ our body relaxes and endorphins are released into the blood stream. For years‚ the use of humor has been used in medicine. Surgeons used humor to distract patients from pain as early as the 13th century. Later‚ in the 20th century‚ came the scientific study of the effect of humor on physical
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