Living with Someone Who is Mentally Ill – How to Keep Your Chin Up Caring for someone who is mentally ill can be challenging, but it doesn’t have to be an insurmountable task, or take away your own identity either. Often, with your help and that of others, such as a therapist, someone with a mental illness can pull themselves …
Using Facebook to Boost Your Self-Esteem
Using Facebook to Boost Your Self-Esteem Using Facebook can boost your self-esteem, according to a study from Cornell University. Facebook allows people to put their best face forward, according to Jeffrey Hancock, associate professor of communications at Cornell. Being able to choose what to reveal about yourself and filtering out anything that might reflect poorly on you gives you a …
Giving Thanks Can Help Depression
Giving Thanks Can Help Depression Got the blues? Need a quick pick me up? Try to come up with something to be grateful for, instead of focusing on the negative thinking that’s bouncing around inside your head. You’ll feel better for it. Being thankful, or grateful, for what you have, instead of sorely dwelling on what you don’t have, can …
Filing for Bankruptcy Doesn’t Have to Bankrupt Your Self-Esteem
Filing for Bankruptcy Doesn’t Have to Bankrupt Your Self-Esteem Living paycheck to paycheck is very stressful. Filing for bankruptcy is even more so. So many people tie their self-worth to their net worth that dealing with financial pitfalls can take hard emotional tolls on one’s psyche. Just because you are having financial trouble, maybe even serious financial trouble, it doesn’t …
Poor Stress Management Can Affect Your Career
Poor Stress Management Can Affect Your Career Stress at work comes in many forms. You can have a long commute that wears you down, an overbearing, demanding boss, a heavy workload that seems to increase daily or customers who never seem to be satisfied. Add to that the stresses of your everyday life, such as a constant lack of sleep, …
Poor Self-Worth Can Lead to Trouble with the Law
Poor Self-Worth Can Lead to Trouble with the Law How you feel about yourself as you travel through your life has an indelible effect on how your life will turn out. If you are nurtured and supported by your parents as you grow, you will likely develop a healthy sense of self-esteem and self-confidence. However, if you are unfortunate enough …
Holiday Gratitude Can Last All Year
Holiday Gratitude Can Last All Year While being grateful is a common theme at this time of the year—as the holidays approach and people are thinking about spending time with family and loved ones—it’s important to keep in mind that there are numerous reasons to keep the sentiments of being thankful and grateful all year long alive. Of course, we …
How Being Homeless Can Hurt Your Self-Esteem
How Being Homeless Can Hurt Your Self-Esteem Homelessness affects everyone, and no one is above becoming homeless. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, roughly 2.3 to 3.5 million Americans experience homelessness at least once a year, with more than 600,000 being homeless on any given night. Often, homelessness becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, when someone who becomes homeless loses …
How Can I Ask For Help?
How Can I Ask For Help? Asking for help can be difficult, especially if you are the self-sufficient type. Knowing who to ask for help also can be a challenge. Many times, it depends on your situation. If you think you have a medical problem, then the answer is pretty clear cut that you can look to a doctor for …
Opiates and Why So Many Are Becoming Addicted to Them
Opiates and Why So Many Are Becoming Addicted to Them Opiates are found naturally in the opium poppy plant. They contain the psychoactive compounds found in drugs like morphine and codeine. The term opiate is different from the much broader term opioid, which includes all drugs with morphine-like effects, including opiates. Opiates are listed as drugs of high abuse potential …
