When you are trying to take care of your mind, you also need to do the same for your body. Your body and mind are connected. They have a significant impact on each other. Whether you are struggling with mental health issues or not, exercising, eating well, and avoiding drugs and alcohol will have a large effect on your mind.
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Why Do People Have Challenges in Health, Relationships, Finances, and Every Aspect of Life?
Millions of people suffer from sickness in the physical body, including all kinds of pain, inflammation, cysts, tumors, cancer, COVID-19, and many other sicknesses.
Millions of people suffer from sickness in the emotional body, including anger, depression, anxiety, worry, grief, fear, guilt, shame, loneliness, and more.
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Fighting the Stigma around Mental Health and Addiction
Discrimination of any kind is reprehensible. Pigeon-holing people based on this or that trait or condition is unethical on every level. When it comes to the bias that exists around those suffering from a mental health disorder or addiction, the end result can be nothing short of devastating.
Those battling these afflictions are often branded in a pejorative light, leading to feelings of shame, self-loathing, and isolation. This can cause the condition to worsen as the individual resists getting the help they need.
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Understanding the Importance of Empathy in Mental Illness
More and more people nowadays struggle with mental illness in varying degrees of intensity and severity. One reason for this has to do with the very nature of modern life, which is stressful, demanding and fast-paced. While this can be beneficial when it keeps you on your feet and focused on success, it is also detrimental once it turns into a burden.
A lot of us crack under pressure from time to time. Some have a harder time bouncing back from it though, and it’s time everyone understood that that’s perfectly fine. Mental illness shouldn’t come with a stigma attached to it and it shouldn’t be a reason to belittle or dismiss others off the bat.
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The Pathological Movement of Mind
It’s clear to most people that they have a limited span of attention. When concentrating our attention on a particular subject, it’s not usually long before the mind wanders off into the past or the future for something more “interesting” to ponder.
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Self-Care for Empaths: 6 Ways to Help Protect Your Energy
Empaths are “emotional sponges.” They absorb the stresses and joys of the people around them. They don’t really possess the kinds of filters that other people might use to shield themselves from excessive stimuli, and they take in all the world’s energies and emotions. And while there’s nothing wrong with being a big-hearted empath, it can be overwhelming to care deeply for everyone and everything. This can lead to extremely stressful situations, anxiety, burnout, and even depression.
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