Are You Depressed
Depression is a serious illness that affects about 17 million Americans every year. Surprisingly, depression affects more people than cancer does. Depression can cause you to feel a wide range of unhealthy emotions. If you have been feeling down but aren’t really sure if you are depressed or not, take this self-quiz today.
DIRECTIONS: Answer YES or NO to each of the following questions.
1. Are you experiencing extreme sadness that you can’t explain?
2. Do you have trouble sleeping at night?
3. Has there been a significant change in your appetite lately?
4. Do you experience frequent mood swings that are not associated with PMS?
5. Do you dread being around friends and family to the point that you avoid them at all cost?
6. Has your sex drive decreased?
7. Do you find it difficult to get out of bed in the morning and get dressed?
8. Have you lost a dear friend or loved one in the last six months?
9. Have you recently lost a job or been passed over for a promotion at work?
6 Tips To Becoming A Friendlier Person
Do you have trouble making friends? Do you wish you had more friends? In this technology-filled world, it is easy to rely solely on distant contact through the Internet, rather than making “real” friends in the offline world.
If you want to make more friends, the best way to do so is to be a friendlier person. Here are six easy guidelines for you to follow to start making more friends today:
1. Smile. Without even realizing it, you could be walking around with a frown on your face all the time. A frown discourages others from approaching you. It says that you are angry, which is a huge deterrent.
2. Be positive. Nobody likes to be around or talk to someone who is negative all the time. Say nice things about others. Make positive statements about things you like. Overall, stay positive and don’t whine or complain.
3. Don’t be shy. Even if you are shy by nature, practice not being shy. Pretend that you are an outgoing person. If you don’t show others that you are nervous about talking to them, they will never know.
4 Pregnancy Journaling Tips For Expecting Moms
If you are expecting your first baby, you are probably enthralled in the wonder of it all: pregnancy, becoming a new mother, and having a baby. You also may want to be sure to capture as much of these moments as possible before the baby is born.
The first step is to purchase a pretty journal that you won’t be afraid to write in. This will be a special journal because you are going to use it throughout your pregnancy to house your thoughts and feelings. Here are four journaling tips you can use to create a pregnancy journal that you can cherish for years to come:
1. Write about how it feels to be pregnant. As an expecting mother, your body is changing almost daily. Write about the changes you feel, whether good or bad. Note how you feel about these changes and what they mean.
2. Write about your expectations and fears of becoming a mother. Many new moms experience great trepidation over becoming a mother. They worry about doing things wrong or making mistakes. Write about all these feelings and thoughts you have in your pregnancy journal. Think about why you might be feeling this way and write about it.
Personal Growth Barrier, Are These Three Things Keeping You From Your Potential
Do you feel you have a personal growth barrier keeping you from realizing your dreams? You may feel as though something is holding you back from becoming the person you were meant to be, but you aren’t sure what that something is. Try as you might, you can’t seem to shake free of it.
A personal growth barrier can seem like an insurmountable mountain placed squarely between you and your dreams of realizing your true potential. Even worse, you may not be able to fully identify what it is that is creating the roadblock.
Three common things which may be standing in your path to personal growth are stress, fear and complacency. Consider how these three things impact you on a daily basis and may, either individually or together, form a personal growth barrier in your life.
Stress is such a part of our daily lives today that you may not even be aware of it as a personal growth barrier. Something is always demanding our attention. Everything is increasingly fast paced and our senses are continually being bombarded by stimuli…the media, traffic, work and family pressures…these things and many more constantly contribute to the self-growth inhibiting level of stress we face each day.
Exercise Is Important To Your Mental Health
Have you been experiencing a tremendous amount of anxiety and stress in your life lately? Do you feel depression sinking in? There is a single key to boosting your mental health-exercise.
Research has shown that patients suffering from depression see a dramatic improvement in their mental status whenever they keep a regular exercise routine. Practice some of these exercises on a daily basis to improve your mental health:
* Walking – It can’t be said enough that walking is one of the simplest and easiest forms of exercise that almost anybody is capable of doing. You don’t have to go for a power walk for it to count. Just get outdoors and walk for a full twenty minutes or longer. Breathing the fresh air and getting natural sunlight is conducive to a better frame of mind.
* Jump rope – A quick morning routine of jumping rope will get your blood stirring fast.
* Aerobics – Aerobics have long been a fun way to get exercise. The more different the routine, the more fun the exercise will be. Look for fun exercise videos that are a little different from the same old boring routines.