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Tag: Mental Health

Myths vs Facts- Sucide

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Myth: People who talk about suicide won’t really do it.

Fact: Almost everyone who attempts suicide has given some clue or warning. Don’t ignore even indirect references to death or suicide…

Myth: Anyone who tries to kill themselves must be crazy.

Fact: Most suicidal people are not psychotic or insane. They are upset, grief-stricken, depressed or despairing, but extreme distress and emotional pain are not necessarily signs of mental illness…

Myth: If someone is determined to kill themselves, nothing is going to stop them.

Fact:Even a very severely depressed person has mixed feelings about death, fluctuating between wanting to live and wanting to die. Rather than wanting death, they just want the pain to stop—and the impulse to end their life does not last forever…

Myth: People who die by suicide are people who were unwilling to seek help.

Fact: Many people try to get help before attempting suicide.In fact, studies indicate that more than 50 percent of suicide victims had sought medical help in the six months prior to their deaths…

Myth: Talking about suicide may give someone the idea.

Fact: You don’t give someone suicidal ideas by talking about suicide. Rather, the opposite is true. Talking openly and honestly about suicidal thoughts and feelings can help save a life…..

“There are Authorized Free Help Line Numbers to reach out❤..

When You Love Someone

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Set Healthy Boundaries!!!!There a lot of misconceptions about what boundaries are and do for relationships. We may feel that boundaries are unnecessary because our partner is supposed to already know and act on our needs and wants, or that they ruin the relationship or interfere with the spice. In reality, all healthy relationships have boundaries! A relationship can’t be healthy until both partners communicate their boundaries clearly, and the other person respects them. Healthy boundaries in a relationship don’t come naturally, nor do they come easily. Below is a list of both healthy aspects in a relationship:

Communicate your thoughts with one another.

❤Never assume or guess your partner’s feelings

❤Follow through on what you say.

❤Take responsibility for your actions.

❤Be clear about your needs.

❤Be specific and direct.

❤Be SELF AWARE.

Try the sandwich approach. This consists of a compliment, criticism, compliment. Starting with a compliment prevents your partner from getting defensive…“This primes them for a little criticism, they feel connected and comfortable enough to take it, and then it closes with a compliment.

How To Have A Conversation About Mental Health

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Do’s and Dont’s

DO

  • Listen without judgement
  • Ask “How can I Help You”
  • Let them know you care
  • Validate their feelings
  • Let them you want to hear-they are not burden
  • Listen with the intention , not to fix
  • Ask when you have time to listen
  • Be patient
  • Keep in touch even if you get no response
  • Empathize

DONT’S

  • Don’t interrupt or speak over
  • Don’t tell them how they should feel
  • Don’t jump in with solution
  • Don’t belittle their feelings
  • Don’t pressure them to speak
  • Don’t tell them the illness or feelings they have are a choice
  • Don’t say you just need to …..(its not that simple)
  • Don’t leave them out
  • Don’t be scared to speak about feelings
  • Don’t be critical or blaming.

Emotional Stages- Covid 19

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As we do our best to adjust and adapt to the current circumstances, these are indicative emotional stages of individuals during Covid – 19.

1. DENIAL/DISBELIEF: This can’t be happening! It can never happen to me! Why is God doing this?!

2. PANIC: I will die! Let’s stock up! I feel so anxious!

3. CONFUSION: Where are we headed? When will this end? How long will this last?

4. CREATING A NEW CLARITY: Let’s accept and get creative with our circumstances.

What emotional stage are you in? And can I help you get to creating a new clarity? Do let me know.

What emotional stage are you in? And can I help you get to creating a new clarity? Do let me know.

If You Love Some One Let Them Sleep

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“A Good Laugh and “Long Sleep” Is Cure For Anything In Life”

We spend approximately a third of our lives sleeping. Why?Because our bodies need sleep to function during waking hours. Although sleep is one of our basic daily needs, more than 60 percent of adults say their sleep needs are not being fully met during the week. Sleep, like nutrition and physical activity, is critical to our health, and when we don’t get enough, we sacrifice more than just a good night’s sleep.


How Much Sleep Do You Need?
Sleep requirements vary from person to person and how much sleep you need will vary depending on your age and especially by lifestyle and health.


Age Recommended Amount of Sleep per Night

•Newborns 16-18 hours

•Preschool-aged children 11-12 hours

•School-aged children At least 10 hours

•Teens9-10 hours

•Adults 18+ (including the elderly) 9-10 hours

  • Stay Alert-Good sleep allows your mind to regain focus and tackle those tricky mental challenges. It can also stimulate creativity.
  • Boost Memory-Sleeping is the most important time to shape memories and make the connections between events, feelings and experiences. In fact, sleep is a requirement to form new learning and memory pathways in the brain.
  • Fight Infection- Sleep is your body’s mechanism to ward off infection. When you don’t get enough, your immune system is weaker, making you more susceptible to illness.
  • Be Active-Energy levels after healthy sleep are higher, and your mental awareness is more acute. Good sleep is also tied to improved athletic performance, including greater speed, agility and reflexes.
  • Replenish-During sleep, your body repairs the damage caused by stress, ultraviolet rays and other harmful exposure, as well as muscle injuries and other traumas.

When you don’t get enough sleep over time, not only do you lose out on the key benefits of sleep, but you also become more vulnerable to a number of short- and long-term health risks.

Studies show that people who experience chronic sleep deprivation are at increased risk :

*Automobile accidents due to drowsy driving
*Occupational injury due to excessive sleepiness and decreased alertness
*Obesity due to an increased appetite caused by sleep deprivation
*Psychiatric conditions such as depression and substance abuse
Poorer quality of life

Again!!If You Love Some One Let Them Sleep

Sleep Well…

Rating: 4 out of 5.

“Go Inside”

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🌸Track gratitude and achievement with a journal.
🌸Start your day with a cup of Tea
🌸Take 30 minutes to go for a walk.
🌸Send a thank you note.
🌸Do your best to enjoy 15 minutes of sunshine.
🌸Work your strengths.
🌸Experiment.
🌸Show some love to someone in your life.
🌸Take time to laugh.
🌸Feeling anxious?Take a trip down memory lane and do some coloring.
🌸Dance around while you do your housework.
🌸Spend some time with a furry friend.
🌸Has something been bothering you?Let it all out on paper.
🌸Relax in a warm bath.

50 Reasons- To Smile More Often

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IT’S YOUR OWN CHOICE
Smiling lowers your heart rate, even in stressful situations.
Smiling improves your mood.
Smiling increases your energy.
Smiling is better than chocolate for making you feel happy. And there’s no calories.
Smiling will make you feel happier.
Smiling decreases stress.
Smiling decreases anxiety.
Smiling decreases tension.
Smiling can boost your immune system.
Smiling makes you look relaxed.
Smiling makes you look sincere.
Smiling makes you look nicer.
Smiling makes you look more competent.
Smiling makes you look friendlier.
Smiling makes you look trustworthy.
Smiling makes you look in control, even when you don’t feel it.
Smiling makes you look confident.
Smiling makes you feel confident, even if you’re faking the smile.
Smiling makes others feel confident (try smiling at a speaker who appears nervous).
Smiling confuses people.
Smiling surprises people.
Smiling improves circulation to your face.
Smiling attracts people to you.
Smiling makes you more attractive. If you’re female.
Smiling is more attractive than make-up.
Smiling helps connect with more people.
Smiling can make others, even strangers, feel less alone.
Smiling helps attention.
Smiling helps you see the bigger picture.
Smiling makes people feel positively towards you.
Smiling makes people glad to see you.
Smiling makes you memorable.
Smiling makes your name more memorable.
Smiling makes you seem familiar.
Smiling can make you a better public speaker.
Smiling makes you sound friendlier on the phone.
Smiling makes you less intimidating.
Smiling helps you appreciate the small things.
Smling makes a better first impression.
Smiling makes you more mysterious (what is he smiling about?)
Smiling might give someone hope.
Smiling might brighten someone’s day
Smiling might break someone out of their bad mood.
Smiles are free
They’re quick
They’re easy
They’re rewarding

NO ONE CAN STOP YOU
KEEP SMILING…….

Emotions The Supremacy

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You can choose how you feel – Anon

Emotions In Simple:

  • How Do I Feel?
  • How Do I Know?
  • How Do Others Feel? and
  • How Do I Know What Others Feel

Emotions Cannot Be Consciously Controlled

Quote— You can’t control other people, but you can control how you react to them. – Anon.

Note: Ways to Find Out How Do Others Behave

“Most of the Time Emotions are Non Verbal” Start Observing

How do they Behave Majorly includes Body Language Research Says that More than 80 percent of Communication is via Non Verbal

Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.

-Aristotle

Home Work: Make Note Of Every Incident briefly That Happens Out Of Emotional Instability and Most Importantly How You Reacted To It

Better Understanding Will Start Blooming and also It can be Done If You Want To Understand Other Persons Emotions Better

To Make a Long Story Short

Quick Positive Efforts For Handling Emotions

1.      Think Before You React Immdetialy
2.      Stand In Other Person Shoes For a Minute
3.      Be Kind To You and Others (Practice)
4.      Distract Yourself ( Even a Bubble Bath, Long Drive, Painting, Nature, Painting)
5.      Don’t Get Into a Negative Thinking
6.      Appreciate Small Things In Life
7.      Be Grateful
8.      Notice all Good Things Around You Keep a Track
9.      Keep Updating Your Strength
10.  Apprectiate Others
11.  Accept People and Things as Such
12.  List Goes On…Keep Adding

Who are Emotional Strong People ???

Are more adaptable to change.

Are able to recognize and express their needs.

They can learn from mistakes and criticism.

Tend to see the larger perspective in a challenging situation and

Most Importantly…,

They Are able to recover more quickly from emotional wounds such as failure or rejection.

Ps: Ask A Question To Yourself

ARE YOU EMTIONALLY STRONG???