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8 Tools to Break the Negativity Cycle
The more I experience and learn of PMDD, the more I think its treatment may actually be in the mind, not by altering it with prescription drugs like anti-depressants or even, necessarily, traditional “talk” therapies, but through retraining it to think different thoughts and take on new habits, to the extent we can, at any rate.
By Cheeky Minx9 years ago in Longevity
How Botox Can Treat Your Chronic Migraines. Top Story - June 2017.
Botox is a treatment, approved by the FDA, that can not only treat chronic migraines but also help smooth wrinkles. According to recent studies, these injections have been very effective in treating adults that suffer from chronic migraines, which symptoms include throbbing or pulsating head pain.
By Andrea Dawson9 years ago in Longevity
Finding The Strength to Admit You Feel Weak
Don’t let your emotions and self-consciousness get the best of you and cause you to feel like you are not good enough for anything or anyone; there are so many things that you can do to keep from falling down a pit of self-despair and anxiety.
By Brittney Mckinney9 years ago in Longevity
Healing Out Loud
My scars are my beauty marks. My hate is what deserves the most care and love. Attention to your wounds seals your leaks. Sealing these leaks empowers your drive toward your supreme fate. Our fate lays in every individual. We are united. Its time we acknowledge our influence and power. Stop pretending to be weak and useless. You have a purpose Here and How – be the Hero of your dreams, challenge Death as you embrace your eternal Being.
By Kali Shakti9 years ago in Longevity
Being Honest About Anxiety Changed My Life
I’ve had anxiety since, well, as far back as I can remember. In the beginning, it was mostly social anxiety; I was terrified of adults and hesitant with other children. It morphed into a Generalized Anxiety Disorder as I grew older, but it’s only been in the past two years that I put a name to the awful feeling I get in my chest that radiates through my body.
By Meg Crane9 years ago in Longevity
Taking Care of Yourself and Others, Especially as an Empath
One of the most important things we need to do when we are on this Earth is care for ourselves. A lot of people feel as though caring for themselves makes them selfish. It is not selfish to care for yourself. Remember, you cannot pour from an empty cup. Meaning, you cannot help other people if you are not taking care of yourself. In a time when many of us are fighting for social justice in the world, I felt it was very important to ensure everyone is taking proper care of themselves.
By Beth Gibbons9 years ago in Longevity
How To Burn More Calories at Work
Good dieters will often work on trying to fit in an extra round of weight training at the gym, or look up how to make healthy food substitutions. These tactics can and do work when it comes to helping people shed the pounds.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart9 years ago in Longevity
Jiggling for Justice
There is not a piece of me anywhere on my body that does not jiggle. I am not a hard body; I am a soft body. Nothing on me "juts" or "cuts"; it is all round and curvy, I do not have hard angles. You cannot see my ribs or my collarbone. I get the feeling when people hug me or cuddle up to me that I am much like your favorite overstuffed cushion. Squishy, soft and warm.
By Sarah Sparks9 years ago in Longevity
Beauty In the Eye of the Beholder
What is beauty? I'm sure that everyone has their own definition or standard of beauty. But, what do you consider beautiful when you look at yourself?
By Erica Lindsey9 years ago in Longevity
The Purpose of Life
How can one answer a question that has been asked by each person on this planet? What is the purpose of life, of our being, of existing, of everything?
By Ksenia Kozhenkova9 years ago in Longevity
Running Away from Myself
We live in a society where we are more educated, more advanced, and more aware of ourselves and the world we live in, yet we are still oblivious to so much that we should know. My story today is regarding mental health, more specifically depression and my battle to survive it. I don't think I have met one person who hasn't felt that cold, hopeless despair at some point in their lives. I cannot express the envy I feel towards those who seem perpetually cheerful. They are the type that have the ability to see the positive in every situation, people gravitate towards them because of their bubbly personality and enthusiasm for life. While individuals like this often suffer from depression themselves, their ability to keep optimistic is something I have tried to achieve for many years. I have only just begun to achieve it on my good days but I still have a long way to go. I first remember feeling depressed at around six years old. At that age I couldn't understand my feelings or how to express them, I used to cry to my mother that I should never have been born, I didn't know proper social etiquette around my peers so I was always the odd one out, my classmates labelled me as "weird," a lot of my teachers took me as lazy and unwilling to learn, unaware that I was struggling so deeply within myself that I was contemplating suicide at 6yo. I planned to eat some berries that I knew were poisonous but in the end I chickened out. It felt like I was tainted by an invisible darkness that nobody else could see and I was unable to put into words. I was drowning and nobody was noticing.
By Amba Em9 years ago in Longevity
Why I Decided to Not Be Like Everyone Else!
In a world, full of “carbon copy” people, I decided to be me! I refuse to conform to being who others tell me I should be. Instead, I stand on my own two feet, marching to the beat of my own drum.
By Nicole (Nikki) M.9 years ago in Longevity