Category: مقالات مفيدة باللغة الإنجليزية
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RULES TO TEACH YOUR DAUGHTER
RULES TO TEACH YOUR DAUGHTER Never shake a man’s hand sitting down. Learn how to cook a signature dish. Spend 30 min a day reading up on current events. In a negotiation, never make the first offer. Request the late check-out. When entrusted with a secret, keep it. Hold your heroes to a higher standard.…
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15 Things People With Chronic Mental Illness Mean When They Say ‘I Don’t Feel Good’
1. “I’ve reached my limit.” 2. “Daily tasks have become too much.” 3. “Every part of my body hurts.” 4. “I’m at my breaking point.” 5. “I’m exhausted.” 6. “I don’t have any mental or physical energy left.” 7. “I’m ‘pangry’ (in pain and angry).” 8. “I feel worse than usual today.” 9. “I don’t want…
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30 Ways to Improve Your Mood When You’re Feeling Down
By Madison Sonnier The article here “The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.” ~ Anais Nin When I was eighteen, I got depressed and stayed depressed for a little over a year. For over a year, every single day was a battle with myself. For over a year, every single day felt heavy and pointless.…
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17 Examples of passive aggressive behaviour
Passive aggressive behaviour can be difficult to recognise at first. It is recognisable by the disconnect between what the person says and what they do. Passive aggressive people tend to express their negative feelings in an indirect manner, rather than state their disapproval directly to the person concerned. There tends to be a great deal…
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What Life is Like When Your Mom is BipolarIt’s the only normal you’ve got
Article:https://medium.com/publishous/what-life-is-like-when-your-mom-is-bipolar-bf8fea4d59e3 “Michael, give me a kiss before you go to the bus.” “Because I’m going to kill myself while you’re at school today.” I was in the second grade. We had just moved into a new home and this was a day close to the beginning of the school year. I had three siblings younger…
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How To Be There For Someone Who Is Having A Mental Health Crisis
Link: here One of the challenging things about a mental health crisis is that often, even the people that care about you aren’t quite sure how to be there for you. After getting diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I lost a lot of friends during a time when I most needed support from them. In some…
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You’re breaking the darkness
Me: Hello God.God: Hello…Me: I’m falling apart. Can you put me back together?God: I’d rather not.Me: Why?God: Because you’re not a puzzle.Me: What about all the pieces of my life that fall to the ground?God: Leave them there for a while. They fell for a reason. Let them be there for a while and then…
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Are Abusers Narcissists, Psychopaths or Sociopaths?The differences between these three personality disorders
The article: here When describing an abusive partner, the terms narcissist, psychopath and sociopath often get thrown around. But what do they really denote? “A lot of people are using these terms interchangeably,” says Ramani Durvsula, Ph.D., psychologist and author of Should I Stay or Should I Go? Surviving a Relationship With a Narcissist, in…
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27 Ways to Shift Into Self Love Now
The article:here Self-love is so essential, and its becoming increasingly important now as we individually and collectively navigate through challenging times. But what is self-love really? Self-love is a concept that’s thrown around a lot… But what does it really mean? At the very core, self-love is about making an internal commitment to your own mental…
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Two Lessons on Blame from Brené Brown
The article here Here’s how to tell if you’re a blamer: When something goes wrong, do you immediately want to know whose fault it is or do you make room for empathy and accountability? If you’re guilty of the former, you’re probably a bit of a blamer—But take heart, you’re in good company. In this…
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16 Signs You Grew Up With Bipolar Disorder
The Article here There’s a certain misconception that children are “too young” and don’t have enough life experience to have a mental illness, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Studies show the age of onset for mental disorders usually occurs in childhood or adolescence. Of course, these mental disorders are often unrecognized by…
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15 Things People With Chronic Illness Mean When They Say ‘I Don’t Feel Good’
Article here 1. “I’ve reached my limit.” “When I say I don’t feel well it means I’ve reached my limit of what I can handle and my symptoms are becoming overwhelming.” – Laina M. “What I really mean is, ‘I am in excruciating pain, and I want to go home to curl up in bed and…
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12 Morning and Evening Routines That Will Set Up Each Day for Success
Stephen Altrogge. PublishedA pril 30, 2019 The article: here You wake up an hour before work and rush to get ready. You shower at lightning speed and grab an energy bar and coffee before running out the door. Still, work leaves you feeling discombobulated and overwhelmed. Long before the week is over, you’re burned out…
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10 Strange Behaviors Of An Authentic EmpathMany people are beginning to realize that they might actually be an empath. It can be both a blessing and a curse. Are you an empath? Do you want to learn more about the secrets of your personality?
The Article:here Once you learn how to protect yourself, you will find it much easier to traverse this world without being energetically destroyed on a regular basis. 1. You Take On Other People’s Energy You can’t avoid it. This is the essential trait of being an empath. You innately feel other people’s emotions and energy,…
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#Kindness
If teen movies have anything to say about it, the hottest people are usually also the meanest, while the nice guys are the ones who can’t get a date. But according to some rather encouraging new research, an attractive personality may be one of the most important factors in perceived beauty. In other words, being…
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HOW IS A NEW HABIT CREATED?
HOW IS A NEW HABIT CREATED? It certainly does not happen overnight. It takes practice and commitment but it is attainable. One Month – If you commit to 30 days of practice, you can train yourself to adopt this as part of your daily routine. Every Day – A daily practice helps a habit stick. Make it…
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What is Stress
The word “stress” comes from the Latin word “Stringere”, meaning to “draw tight”. Our body responds to stress as a survival instinct which comes in handy when you are being chased by a bear but not so much when you have 12 things to do in an hour! Stress may be a reality in our…
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Break Your Bad Mood in Three Minutes
The Article:https://www.mindful.org/break-your-bad-mood-in-3-minutes/ 1) Try the “Touch and Go” Practice: Settle in, close your eyes and gently begin to locate your breath. Where do you feel it the most? Rest your awareness on the breath, as if noticing the breath for the first time. You can place attention at the tip of the nose or the belly…
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8 Symptoms of PTSD We Need to Start Talking AboutBy Sarah Sharp
The Article:https://themighty.com/2020/04/ptsd-symptoms-we-dont-talk-about/?utm_source=newsletter_mental_health&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_mental_health_2020-05-06&$deep_link=true Physical health problems, cognitive issues,eating disorders… these are just a few of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) we don’t talk about. And that’s just the beginning of the list. 1. Physical health problems. Some of the physical symptoms of PTSD include cardiovascular, autoimmune, musculoskeletal, digestive, chronic pain and respiratory conditions, as well as higher…
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The Chart You Might Need If You Are a Childhood Trauma Survivor
The article: https://themighty.com/2020/02/power-control-wheel-childhood-trauma/?utm_source=Mighty_Page&utm_medium=Facebook According to ChildHelp, the largest organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect, the definition of child abuse is when a parent or caregiver causes (or threatens) injury, death or emotional harm to a child. Though this definition is accurate, it’s also a bit vague. Like most things, “harm” exists on a…
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How to understand , accept and Love your self
Make sure you practice this exercise for at least a few minutes every day. Here are some tips that can help you ground into this practice: Have a special, beautiful, notebookin which you write down the Mirror Exercise. Set time in your schedule to do this practice and commit to it! Create the perfect space…
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More ArticlesThe Negativity Bias: Why the Bad Stuff SticksWhat is the negativity bias? How can you overcome it?Article by:Margaret Jaworski
The article:https://www.psycom.net/negativity-bias How can you overcome the negativity bias? But there is good news. Despite the evolutionary hand we’ve been dealt, the degree to which we’re able to override our “default” setting and avoid falling into an abyss of self-recrimination, insecurity, sadness, anger, bitterness and other negative emotions depends on a slew of factors including…
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Mindfulness and Difficult EmotionsIt’s never too late to apply the skills of awareness.By Sharon Salzberg
Practice: Meditation on Calling Up Difficult Emotions The article:https://tricycle.org/magazine/mindfulness-and-difficult-emotions/ Sit comfortably or lie down, with your eyes closed or open. Center your attention on the feeling of the breath, wherever it’s easiest for you—just normal, natural breath. If it helps, use the mental note in, out or rising, falling. After a few moments of following…
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I Need You to Understand Why I’m So Sensitive to Everything
So please, have some understanding for me when I say I need some space. I often make the mistake of holding out too long, pushing myself too far and ending up over the emotional edge because I didn’t stop and recognize what my body and brain were trying to tell me before it was too…
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The Hierarchy of Mental Health Needs
Article: https://samsaragear.com/blogs/overcome-ed/the-hierarchy-of-mental-health-needs Many of us are familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs – which are well-known in the world of psychology. These needs include physiological needs, safety needs, love, esteem and more. The Hierarchy of Mental Health needs is a more granular look at the top section of this pyramid. Without mental health, our physical and spiritual…
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Pets & Bipolar: How Having a Furry Friend Boosts Our Mood
Article:https://www.bphope.com/pets/pets-bipolar-friends-with-benefits/ Whoever coined the phrase “man’s best friend” was on to something. Dogs—and cats and birds and other critters—have well-documented properties for boosting our well-being. When psychologists from Miami University in Ohio and Saint Louis University in Missouri compared pet owners to people who did not own a pet in three different studies, people with…
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Deep Relaxation from Five Good Minutesby Jeffrey Brantley, MD and Wendy Millstine
How often do you wish you could calm down or just relax? Everyone has a built-in capacity for deep relaxation, but they may not appreciate or know how to access it. This practice will teach you a way to connect with your own ability for deep inner relaxation. Breathe mindfully for about a minute. Set…
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30 Years of Managing Bipolar DisorderBy George Hofmann
A person learns a lot managing a mental illness over a lifetime. I recently heard from a reader who’s been doing it for decades… The Article: 30 Years of Managing Bipolar Disorder http://ow.ly/uJUY50zapJx The woman, Althea, said that she has been dealing with bipolar disorder for 30 years. That’s about how long I’ve had a…