What’s Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling)? Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling) is a mental health condition that involves an irresistible urge to pull out hair from any part of the body, despite the individual’s conscious efforts to stop. Pulling can occur in the scalp, brows, eyelashes, armpits, and even the pubic region. While some sufferers may […]
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Gaming Addiction: Lost in the Virtual World Gaming—online or offline, first-person or multi-players, console, PC, tablet, or mobile phone—provides lighthearted fun and entertainment and is a great way to keep boredom at bay. Video games have become an integral part of life for more and more adults, teens, young children, […]
Smashing and Breaking Things to Relieve Anger and Stress Anger and stress are pent-up energy that cry out—even demands—some form of release. While some find solace in passive activities such as watching TV, getting a massage, or enjoying a meal with loved ones, others seek a more physically engaging approach, […]
Challenges in the Development of Perseverance, Persistence, and Tenacity Let’s begin with a couple of brainteasers. Take a guess, Before revealing the answers, let’s recall occasions when you embarked on significant courses of action, such as planning a vacation, purchasing a big-ticket item, preparing a business proposal, or deciding on […]
Useful & Practical Tips for Getting a Good Night’s Sleep Does any of the following describes your sleeping predicament: You count sheep till the cows come home and yet achieve not a single wink much less forty. You take more than ten minutes to fall asleep once you get in […]
From Painful Sex to Sexual Bliss and Beyond In this day and age, it is still regrettably true that in some culture, discussion on and investigation into sex and sexual intimacy—especially women’s sexuality—are taboo and stigmatized. The unfortunate consequences are that some women continue to endure the thrust of painful […]
Living a Happier, More Fulfilling Life… Really! Happiness? Fulfillment? Seeing from a different perspective, the quote above can be taken as: “If you wait for everything to be fine and dandy before you can be happy, you’re in dire need of therapy.” Happiness and fulfillment, fundamentally, are states of mind and […]
Care for Your Mental Well-Being It is a given that physical illnesses are a relatively common and natural occurrence. Most, if not all, of us accepts the fact that our physical body do fall sick from time to time. When it comes to our mental wellness however, the situation is acutely dire […]
Top Tips for Getting More Done With Less Stress A little stress can help you concentrate and focus. Unfortunately, we are constantly bombarded with demands from people who are unconcerned or oblivious of our suffocating workload and who have the “I-need-it-yesterday” mentality. This invariably stresses you out, exhausting the precious energy […]