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This section focuses on moments when the mind is struggling and needs care.
Here we explore experiences like anxiety, depression, burnout, emotional distress, and mental overload from a human perspective — not to label people, but to help them understand what they’re going through and why attention and support matter.

Is Stress Ruining Your Life?

Do you find it difficult to make decisions? Do you feel generally unsettled and sometimes downright irritable? When you stop and think about it are you aware of an underlying sense of anxiety or worry that permeates every aspect of your life?

If you’re nodding your head to all or most of these questions chances are that you are suffering from chronic stress.

Although the word stress is frequently heard it’s far reaching long term damage is little appreciated. Allowing i...

Increasing Inner Peace By Reducing Your Stress

Peace-making is a healing process and it begins with me, but it does not end there. - Gene Knudsen Hoffman

There is a great need for peace in the world today. Most people would recognize that on a global level as all over the world, wars are raging and every day more people are becoming caught up in the violent turn of events, but how about on a local or individual level? Do you need more peace in your life? I think many people would answer yes to that question. As the quo...

Impact Of Stress And Anxiety on Soldiers and their Families

The articles is about the stress and anxiety experienced by military servicemen and women in combat, and the emotional distress of their families at the homefront. The article also details the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a condition that afflicts thousands of US military personnel who have been exposed to combat. Information is provided about the programs and medications given to those who were suffering from PTSD.

Ideas For Controlling Stress

In the past, the need for research has not been something that was needed. Now that stress has been shown to help bring about diseases, it is more important. These studies have brought some ideas and programs that will help to reduce stress.

What is the big deal about stress and controlling it? Studies show that stress is one of the major causes of illnesses and diseases. It is not the main reason for the disease or illness but it gives you a feeling of being sick and this...

How your personality effects the way you deal with stress

Did you know that your personality affects the way you cope with stressors in your life? Some people cope fine with levels of stress that others would find crippling. Our reactions to stress are partly inborn and partly learned throughout our lifetime. Everyone reacts to stress, it just depends on the level of stress you can handle before symptoms arise. Some people are really quite 'bomb proof' and seem to cope fine with a multitude of stressful situations, but even they will eventually react once the pressure becomes too much for them.

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