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Happiness is a crucial part of one’s life, thus it is very essential to look for it. Experiencing happiness is essential for our emotional and physical health both. A stronger sense of happiness leads to better relationships, increase social connections and contribution to the lives of others as well. However, in today’s time there are very few people who look after their mental well-being; in response they get a lot of health issues in the long run. Therefore, one should pay attention to their brain along with the other works in day to day life. Happiness on the other hand does not come easily to some people, you may have heard many people complaining that they have everything in their lives still they don’t feel content. Why it is so? It is because of the low level of production of the “Happy Hormones” in the body! Like every other thing in the body, happiness is also controlled by several hormones, low or no production of which leads the affected person to the state of Depression! ...

In today's day to day life, stress regarding completion of tasks has become quite common due to which anxiety regarding work takes place. Many of you might have ignored it but it have great effects on the mental health in a long run. Such times when stress due to performance or task completion becomes out of control and continuous it is found that person may be suffering from Performance anxiety disorder. The disease may seem as common but it can be quite dangerous in a long run if not controlled. According to various surveys 9 - 25% of males and 6 - 16% of females suffer from Performance anxiety. Which reflects that it leaves an adverse affects both on men as well as women. So let's find out what Performance Anxiety disorder exactly is and how you can deal with it! WHAT IS PERFORMANCE ANXIETY? Performance anxiety is a strong or excessive feeling of fear and worry related to being able to perform well in any certain task. It can be related to any task whether to perform well in...

The word "Health" comes from the root word "Whole" which means feeling healthy means to be complete physically as well as mentally. Like you pay attention to other parts of the body, the brain also needs special care to work properly but out of ignorance you do some things which directly or indirectly damage the brain and mental health. During today's time people have to deal with much stress than earlier thus you must include some habits in your daily life which can help your brain to remain healthy for a long time and avoid those things which may damage your brain. So let's have a look at those 7 simple yet effective things which must be considered for a healthy life. 1. Stop working during any illness. while you are sick your energy gets depleted as the body is already working very hard to fight the disease, thus at such time any mental or physical work can lead to extra weightage on your brain which may cause damage to your mental health. Therefore durin...

Mental health is something to which most of us don't pay attention very frequently. Specially in India it is something which is generally taken for granted by the people as they think physical health is more important. But what most of us don't realize is that mental health is even more significant than physical health as sometimes most of the diseases are associated with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, stress, etc. Just like your body your brain too gives signal if it is not working well and if on time you pay attention to it then you can easily save yourself. But how will you get to know that are you well or not? There are some common signs which every person shows when his brain is not working well, what are those let's have a look:- 1- SADNESS there are times when you feel low and sad if it happens for a temporary period then it's fine but if the problem persists for more than 3 weeks it is a matter of concern in that case. Feeling of extreme sadne...

As a human being there are many times when situation is not under your control, the things don't turn out as you wish and then you come under a lot of 'Stress". When you are under stress you become aggressive, find difficulty in taking decisions, feel angry and sometimes hurt yourself or even others. Although the word "Stress" may seem a common word to you, but it is not as light and simple as you think of it. According to several researches stress is so common that approximately population of 74% people suffer from it. On the other hand it is so dangerous that medical experts estimates that almost 90% of diseases are related to stress, as it directly affects your mental as well as physical health. Therefore, it is very essential to pay attention towards it and know how it can be controlled! MEANING OF STRESS Stress is generally your body's response to anything that requires attention, everyone experiences stress to some point but the way of responding of eac...

Now a days due to tension of work life and personal life "Anxiety" is becoming a very common problem. Anxiety is fine if it is just for a specific moment or time due to any task and challenge. Thus if anxiety prevails for a temporary moment then it is not counted as a mental health issue as some people while facing a task or some challenge often become anxious and when that situation is over they again become normal. If you feel anxious for doing your work perfectly and on time, you are focused towards it and when the task is completed you come back to normal phase then it is a normal thing. Whereas, if anxiety becomes a habit for each and every situation you become anxious that is counted as a mental health issue as in such cases your entire focus is gone, your sleep is gone, you cannot even have your meals appropriately, sometimes all these things even brings your immunity down and thus harms your body too. Anxiety disorders can be a life long mental health issue and if not...

Human Mind is a precious tool which distinguishes us from other living beings on this planet, as we have mind which helps us to think about any situation, condition, or place. Thus, we humans are said to be the only living being blessed with the thinking capacity. It is thinking only which helps us in studying, inventing, solving problems of daily life and achieving success. But what happens when the mind gets out of control or instead of getting controlled by us it starts to control us? What if it keeps on producing unnecessary and destructive thoughts on a daily basis? Some times in a phase of life we get to worry about any one thing repeatedly. Such problem is often recognized as "Overthinking", which at first place looks like a simple problem and we take it lightly, but in a long run "Overthinking" can lead us towards serious mental health issues. So let's first understand what "Overthinking" really is and how we can stop it! WHAT IS OVERTHINKING ?...

Why do some people develop mental health issues, while others facing same type of situations or problems don't? Why some people are more vulnerable to mental health diseases and others are not? Why some are mentally strong but others are more likely to develop a depression, anxiety and other mental health disorders? Figuring out the exact reason for all such questions still continues to be one of the most difficult task for mental health experts. Researchers have still not found any exact conclusion that why some people develop mental health disorders while others facing the same situations in their life do not. Although the researchers don't have any exact answer to these questions, but they concluded that there can be more than any one reason behind any mental health disorder such as chemical differences in the brain, environment, genes, physical health, etc. But one of the reasons behind this can be the "Personality Type" of a person. According to several surveys c...