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Anxiety Scales

Anxiety scales are questionnaires that individuals and mental health professionals use to determine a person's level of anxiety, if any. There are different anxiety scales to measure different types of anxiety. Some scales are for a particular age range and gender.

What Are the Causes of Compulsive Behavior?

Compulsion is defined in the medical field as a strong and often irresistible impulse to commit an act, even one that is potentially dangerous and against one's own desires. There are many manifestations of compulsive behavior, ranging from compulsive sex to compulsive overeating. Modern psychology

Understanding Post Traumatic Stress

Post traumatic stress disorder can affect people who have experienced a traumatic event and those who have witnessed that event. Most people who have gone through a traumatic event tend to experience symptoms such as having frequent bad dreams, feeling unsafe and being fearful most of the time. Fort

Signs of High Self-Esteem

Self-esteem is how you honestly feel about yourself, including your positive and negative qualities. The opinion we have about ourselves starts in childhood with the relationships we have with family and friends, and it is continuously shaped throughout our lives. A negative, overly critical environ

How To Start A Healthy Life

Maintaining a healthy weight can lead to a more healthy life.Watching what you eat and exercising everyday are vital components for a healthy lifestyle.

Support Groups For PTSD Survivors Can Help

Trauma of any kind has a long lasting effect on individuals and it is important that PTSD (Post Trauma Stress Disorder) survivors know that there is help and to be ok with asking for help.Shame plays a large role in PTSD and many victims feel that they are weak because they can't get a handle o

How Would You Like Skin Like Cleopatra's?

In my experience women are very aware of their skin, the look, the feel, the texture, the color etc. Cleopatra was supposedly one of the most beautiful women of all times and had the most wonderful skin. She is rumored to have daily bathed in the Dead Sea and it was that salt component which gave he

Removing the Suicide Command

An attempted suicide can leave an unconsciously driven command in the mind and body that can be a difficult and frightening thing to remove.This article explores how a person can undo the command by taking into consideration the intellectual, biological and social aspects of a suicide attempt.

ADHD and Adults - New Survey Reveals Greater Problems

Recently another reminder that ADHD impacts millions of adults as well as children was published in a national survey of 1,007 adults with ADHD. The survey looked at how adults with ADHD cope at home, at work, and in relationships with others.

How to Change Negative Statements Into Positive

The words we use have a powerful effect on ourselves and others. If we allow words to naturally flow from our mouths without ever examining them, we fall into many bad speaking habits. One of the most devastating habits is the tendency to make negative statements. These are counter-productive and un

How to Revitalize Your Body

It can be argued that the human race has never been healthier and that more and more people are living better healthier lives than ever before. But it could also be argued that many of us are heading for an early demise because of what we are putting in and using on our bodies.

Hypnotherapy - The Impact Of The Rise In Media Interest

Following a recent news feature on the growing popularity of hypnotherapy in Cheshire, a great many people have been voicing their opinions as far as what hypnotherapy in general is all about. It's been interesting to see the widely conflicting views held by so many people, with some having no

How to Combat Anxiety Attacks

Anxiety attacks, commonly called panic attacks, affect approximately 6 million adults in the United States, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. When you have an anxiety attack, you may feel completely panicked and fear that you are losing control. It's not unusual to experience hea

PTSD: What Can Therapy Do For Me?

The most important aspect of healing PTSD is making the commitment to find the therapies and practices that work for you. Our healing paths intersect and mirror each other, but they are their own individual journeys. This means hearing how others have healed can give you ideas for how to progress yo