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Caring for Your Mental Health During Difficult Times
Mental health is an important yet often overlooked or undervalued aspect of overall well-being. Taking care of mental health is essential at all times, but it’s especially important now as people face unprecedented challenges due to the pandemic. Here are some tips for supporting mental health in yourself and your loved ones.
Why Peer Pressure Can Be Both A Positive And A Negative Influence
Just about everyone experiences peer pressure at some point in their life. Although most people think of this phenomenon as being associated with the teenage years, when adolescents develop a sense of self and try to navigate the dynamics of adult relationships, it can occur at any age. Read on to find out why that can be both a positive and a negative factor in someone’s life.
Addiction Recovery: Why Developing a Healthy Sleep Pattern Is Crucial
On the road to addiction recovery, several elements must come together to foster success. Medically supervised detox can be an essential first step. Finding the right rehab program is also important. Having a strong support group to help along the way can certainly be invaluable as well. Those are only a few of the factors that can aid in overcoming addiction. Studies are showing that developing a healthy sleep pattern is also a crucial piece of the puzzle.
The Onset of Alcoholism: Is It Nature or Nurture?
The nature or nurture question has been a theme of discussion for almost every aspect of a human being. Was that behaviour, illness, or attribute due to genetics, or did the person learn or pick up the issue? Even alcoholism raises this all too common question. Was it nature or nurture that prompted the illness? The answer is probably both.
