Category: Mental Health Blogs
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Lavender Ice-Cream Recipe For Relaxation
Lavender flowers are naturally fragrant, and we’ve been using them in different ways for centuries. They’re an excellent addition to tea infusions, lemonades, syrups, aromatic beverages, and in baking or cooking. It has a fresh and floral scent, which is perfect for perfumes and body sprays. Lavender essential oil is very useful in aromatherapy and has a ton…
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How Dogs Are Used For Animal Therapy & Why it Works
Today, animal therapy is a globally recognized and reputable method for aiding a variety of health conditions such as depression, anxiety, or even ailments such as cancer. Though it has only gained popularity over the last decade, the earliest report of it being documented is from the 18th Century. Before we get started, it’s important…
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ADHD In Men: Understanding His Condition
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Teen Suicide: Communication Is Key For Prevention
In an increasingly competitive world where adolescents are constantly under pressure to achieve and excel – at school, on the sports field, at home, among friends – it comes as no surprise that suicide is one of the leading causes of teen deaths, worldwide as well as in South Africa. Statistics & trends “Suicidal thoughts…
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Neurological Disorders And How They Can Affect You
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Depression: How Do You Deal With Internal Pain?
Internal pain is more than the tears we cry or the smiles we fake. It’s physically emotional. If you experience persistent sadness and a lack of interest in activities you would normally enjoy, accompanied by the inability to perform your daily tasks, you could be suffering from depression. If these symptoms last longer than two…
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8 Surprising Factors That Are Causing Stress
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How To Boost Serotonin – Your ‘Feel Good’ Hormone
Relaxing on a sunny beach with a good book, taking a long walk through a quiet forest, curling up on your couch with a loved one or pet … You know that feeling? That wonderful, warm, serene feeling that life is good – well, that’s all because of serotonin, the “feel good” hormone. By simply…
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Can You Optimize Your Brain Functioning Post Trauma?
Have you ever felt that the impact of traumatic experiences has limited you and caused you to react in a way you can’t understand, with fear, anxiety, anger, sadness or despair? And although you know it’s not an ideal way to respond, you feel incapable of getting a proper hold on it and changing it?…
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South Africa’s first Snoezelen room has been launched
“Snoezelen”: (pronounced snoo-ze-lin): “snuffelen” (to seek out, to explore) and “doezelen” (to doze, to snooze). First developed in the 1970’s in the Netherlands, the Snoezelen room has found its way to South Africa. The brain child of Jan Hulsegge and Ad Verheul, created during their time at De Hartenberg institute in the Netherlands, the Snoezelen…