Tag: anxiety
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5 Ways to Protect your Energy
How often do you feel that your energy is low or completely depleted? Many people spend time getting swept away by the energy of others; spending time to make others happy, or putting unreciprocated effort in to friendships/relationships — all to eventually have their energy sucked away. Being an empath and a highly agreeable person…
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Holiday Season Stress
The holiday season tends to stir up many emotions, and various research shows how Christmas time can negatively impact mental health. Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, the holiday season has been portrayed to be a time that families should spend together and make memories with one another. Cliché holiday movies always show big families…
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Mindfulness: The Future of Therapy
Did you practice mindfulness today? Mindfulness is a technique therapists use to promote the practice of good mental and physical health. Mindfulness practice has been said to allow people to be in greater control of their thoughts and actions, rather than being controlled by them. Mindfulness was first explored in Buddhism and has been spread…
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Is Ignorance Truly Bliss?
Sometimes ignorance can be bliss, but sometimes it isn’t. In certain scenarios it can be very beneficial to be aware of an important piece of information. However, in others, you may benefit from the blissfulness of not knowing and enjoying the moment. So then why do we equate ignorance to being blissful? Think about your…
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The Fear of Trying Something New
Are you a little too comfortable with your current life? Maybe you’ve lost motivation. It’s probably time for you to try something new, maybe something a little different that you usually wouldn’t. It’s easy to lose motivation and feel comfortable amidst the monotony of daily life. I don’t imagine that waking up every day and…
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Living for Yourself
When was the last time you made a decision by yourself and for yourself? I can answer that honestly and say that I really can’t remember the last time I was able to fully do that. It’s been extremely difficult for me to live just for myself as I am constantly haunted by the thoughts…
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My Anxiety is Dictating my Life
Are you living in fear? Do you *flop on plans with your friends because you feel so anxious to go? This one is a classic… you agree to plans that were made days in advance, but hours before, your anxiety feels debilitating, you begin to catastrophize and you cancel. Then instead of trying to enjoy…
