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Facebook Status Updates May Be Hazardous to Your Emotional Health
It’s mind-boggling that one in every 13 people who walk the Earth is on Facebook. This 24/7 show-and-tell of how a user is feeling, what they’re doing, who they’re dating, and of course photo albums showing their amazing life is usually a fun distraction for a while. But when you’re battling the blues, being subjected to your friend’s chirpy, happy, status updates can get really annoying. And, according to TIME, a recent Stanford University study says that logging too many hours on the social networking site when you’re feeling down can be detrimental to your emotional well-being.
The study claims that feelings of worthlessness, resentment, and anxiety are heightened when faced with your friend’s perky pictures of smiling children and exotic international travel, but that users don’t know the whole story behind their peer’s polished profiles. … More »
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Facebook Status Updates May Be Hazardous to Your Emotional Health
How to Solve Your Problems While You Sleep
Dream Doctor Kelly Sullivan Walden has some thoughts on how important dreams and dream recall can be to your health.
It doesn’t seem so strange that most artists I know are avid dreamers. Perhaps by virtue of their profession (and ability to wake up leisurely in the afternoon without the blaring sounds of an alarm) they have a natural respect for dreams. However, it is the logical people in my life — the math professors, accountants, lawyers, and suit-and-tie wearing professionals who get up at the crack of dawn with an earth-shattering alarm who don’t seem to recall their dreams, nor do they seem to put much stock in them.
But we all dream, and we all have problems. In fact, one way of looking at life is that it is a constant stream of problems to solve (or, for the Pollyannas of the world, we call them “opportunities”). And don’t we all want to be better problem solvers? Wouldn’t being an expert problem solver make even the most logic-based among us more peaceful and productive? … More »
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Video: A Meditation Guide From Headspace and The Guardian
If you’re overly stressed this January (hel-lo, tough-to-keep resolutions, cold weather, and depressingly short winter days), you might want to jump-start a meditation practice, and The Guardian is on a mission to teach you how. They’ve teamed up with Headspace, a modern meditation project aimed at demystifying the mind-bending practice: “there’s no chanting, no sitting cross-legged, no incense and definitely no gurus … no religious agenda or mystical mumbo-jumbo, just simple, practical tools to help you find a bit more clarity and calm in your everyday life,” says their website. Together, Headspace and The Guardian have created a guide: “How to Meditate In Ten Easy Steps,” with videos like the one below to help break down the hows, whys, and whats of mediation practice: … More »
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Morning Links: Pomegranate Beauty Products May Help Winter Skin
Attention, Weight Loss Junkies: – Yo-yo and crash dieting could have negative long-term effects on your physical and mental health, including depression. (Health Key)
Seen The King’s Speech? – One writer’s account of how he conquered his speech disorder, a stammer like that of King George VI. (The Guardian)
Fruit on Your Face – Washed-out winter skin happens every year, but these 4 nighttime beauty products harness the antioxidant power of pomegranate for your mug’s benefit. (Well + Good NYC) … More »
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Morning Links: Pomegranate Beauty Products May Help Winter Skin
Summer Birthdays Make Happier People, Study Says
Check out this post about summer birthdays by Jennifer Barton on Lemondrop.
You’d think that people with summer birthdays would be sad and embittered from a childhood spent without being able to bring cupcakes to class. But you’d be wrong!
A study in the journal Nature Neuroscience has revealed that the season you’re born in can significantly impact the way your body clock works. … More »
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5 New Year’s Resolutions Not to Make
If you poll ten people about New Year’s resolutions you’ll probably find five who make them every year and five who think they’re silly or pointless. I’m in the former group. I rejoice in resolutions and encourage my clients do the same. But there’s a method to resolution-making: You need to make resolutions that are realistic – not revolutionary. Here are my five resolutions not to make, and what to do instead: … More »
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How to Get a Straight Answer From Your Psychiatrist
Check out this post about communicating with your psychiatrist by Dr. Daniel Carlat on AOL Health.
Have you ever been in a situation where you’re talking to a psychiatrist and you just can’t decide whether to take the prescribed medication or not? It’s not that you don’t trust your doctor — it’s just that some medication decisions are complicated, especially for psychiatric disorders. Perhaps the data on the effectiveness of a drug isn’t crystal clear. Maybe the side effects sound scary. Or maybe you just don’t want to see yourself as a person who needs psychiatric medications. … More »
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