Mental Health
How well you cope with life - your mental health - is just as important as your physical health. Worry, stress, anxiety affects everyone, but if it overwhelms your ability to cope, make good decisions, and have fulfilling relationships, you need help. Counseling, medications, and supportive friends can help strengthen your ability to cope - and improve your mental health.
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- Q What are benefits of being around happy people?
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Having someone in your immediate social circle who is upbeat ups your chances of happiness by 15%. Why? It seems happy people have the power to spread their feel-good vibes far and wide the same way a ripple spreads through a pond. Not only do... Full Answer
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- Q How do I know if I am a compulsive hoarder?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, CardiologyYou can know if you are a compulsive hoarder by asking yourself these questions: Do you avoid getting rid of things? Do you experience anxiety or distress when you attempt to throw something out? Do you fear that you will need what you... Full Answer
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- Q What are some mental conditions compulsive hoarding is associated with?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, CardiologyMental health conditions frequently associated with hoarding include: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Hoarding is closely associated with OCD, a condition that includes obsessions, recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or... Full Answer
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- Q Why is it important to figure out why I feel sad?
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Feel sad sometimes but don't know exactly why? Tempted to just brush past it? Well, don't. Understanding the source of your sadness can be key to moving on. In fact, research in people with amnesia shows that having a memory attached to a blue... Full Answer
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- Q How can writing a thank-you note make me happier?
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Want to feel a whole lot happier? Right now? Then grab a pen and a thank-you card, and share some gratitude with someone. When a group of students wrote a series of one-page thank-you letters every two weeks for six weeks, measurements showed that... Full Answer
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- Q Is self-control contagious?
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Wish you could lay off the potato chips better? Then spend more time with someone who's got excellent self-control. Research shows that thinking about or writing about or watching people who are good at exerting self-control helps you exercise... Full Answer
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- Q How can I live a joyful life?
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Dr. Kathleen Hall, Preventive MedicineFew people these days really know what the definition of joy is, and many think it must be shared to exist. But the foundation of joy begins with you and the simple and ordinary moments of your life.A necessary preliminary step is cultivating the ability... Full Answer
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- Q Can cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) relieve chronic pain?
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Studies examining cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) have found that chronic pain sufferers who undergo CBT become more optimistic about their abilities to relieve and cope with their pain in as little as 6 days. If you want to explore this avenue, ask... Full Answer
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- Q What is adjustment disorder?
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Adjustment disorder is a condition in which a person responds to a stressful event (such as an illness, job loss, or divorce) with extreme emotions and actions that cause problems at work and home. Full Answer
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- Q Why do we grab small short-term gains to our long-term disadvantage?
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Dr. Michael Roizen, Internal MedicineFrom an evolutionary standpoint, our near obsession with the short-term at the expense of long makes perfect sense - at least it did 100,000 years ago. Our stone age ancestors lived at a time when there was a reasonable chance of dying during the course... Full Answer
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