Emotional Health Tips: Coping With Anxiety

Emotional Health Tips: Coping With Anxiety: "Coping With Anxiety
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If you suffer from anxiety, relief may stem from the support of family and friends, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
Ideally, family members should be supportive without helping to perpetuate your symptoms. However, if the family tends to trivialize the disorder or demands improvement without treatment, it's better to look elsewhere for help.
Talking with good friends or a trusted member of the clergy also can be helpful, although doctors warn that it's not a substitute for mental health care.
People with anxiety disorders may also benefit from joining a self-help group and sharing their problems and achievements with others, experts say.
� Dennis Thompson"

Alumbo Article - "Break-Up Survival Guide"

Alumbo Article - "Break-Up Survival Guide": "Break-Up Survival Guide
Surviving the End of a Relationship
From Relationship Advice from the Relationship Coach,
A regular column by Rinatta Paries, Nov 01, 2001

Summary:
Break-up is often painful. If you have recently experienced the end of a relationship, or if you know someone who has, this week's newsletter will help with surviving the break-up.

Losing a loved one is never easy. Even when the loss is your choice, it isn't easy. Whether a person experiences a break up of a relationship, a death of a loved one, or another powerful loss, there are predictable stages one goes through, predictable feelings one feels.

Swiss-born psychiatrist Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross described the five classic stages of the coping with grief and loss. According to Kubler-Ross, a person experiencing loss will go through all of the stages, in any order.

The five stages are:
Denial

Resentment

Bargaining

Depression

Acceptance

Loss and subsequent grieving is a powerful, transformative time. It is a time to take care of yourself, to let go of the past and to create a future. Unfortunately, many people get stuck in one of the stages of grief, unable to complete their process and move on.

If you are experiencing loss and grief right now, if you have recently ended or are in the process of ending a relationship, I would like to support you in moving through it in an empowering way. I've created the following list of suggestions for you to keep handy to help you cope:

Remember that you...

will feel pain

have survived this type of pain before and will this time as well

will feel lonely

are ok and lovable

Accept that...

the re"

Emotional Health Tips: All About Chemistry: Women and Depression

Emotional Health Tips: All About Chemistry: Women and Depression: "All About Chemistry: Women and Depression

Many women experience certain behavioral and physical changes associated with phases of their menstrual cycles. In some women, these changes are severe, occur regularly, and include depressed feelings, irritability, and other emotional and physical changes. Called premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), the changes typically begin after ovulation and become gradually worse until menstruation starts.
Scientists are exploring how the cyclical rise and fall of estrogen and other hormones may affect the brain chemistry that is associated with depressive illness. Postpartum mood changes can range from transient 'blues' immediately following childbirth to an episode of major depression to severe, incapacitating, psychotic depression. Studies suggest that women who experience major depression after childbirth very often have had prior depressive episodes even though they may not have been diagnosed and treated.
Pregnancy (if it is desired) seldom contributes to depression, and having an abortion does not appear to lead to a higher incidence of depression. Women with infertility problems may be subject to extreme anxiety or sadness, though it is unclear if this contributes to a higher rate of depressive illness. In addition, motherhood may be a time of heightened risk for depression because of the stress and demands it imposes.
Menopause, in general, is not associated with an increased risk of depression. In fact, while once considered a unique disorder, research has shown that depressive illness at menopause is no different than at other ages. The women m"

AskMen.com - Break up

AskMen.com - Break up: "
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7 Breakup Tips For A Broken Relationship
By Amanda Greene
Relationship Correspondent - Every 2nd Monday


When a relationship is on its last leg, who ends it? Recognizing that her habits have become annoying instead of cute is just the start. Her rude cell phone calls mid-meal, the way she thinks she's always right, and her complete lack of respect for your opinion should all be sending you a clear message.
Relationships often go bad -- and stay that way. Even when both people know that they would be happier with someone else, it's human nature to procrastinate about difficult decisions. So rather than riding inertia's wave, use these seven helpful tips to break loose and move on.
1- Make her the first to know
Out of respect for her, never tell your friends you're going to end it before telling her it's over. It's a simple thing women consider sacred. The all too connected grapevine is not the place she should or deserves to be told that you're no longer interested. You could discuss some relationship problems you're having with your buddies, but leave your final decision to break up with her out of it.
Use your judgment to decide which day would be best to break the news to her. If she's very emotional and you think that you'll break her heart, try to do it on a Friday. This will give her the weekend to recover and spend time with friends. But if she's the type to plow through full steam ahead, then perhaps ending it on a Monday is best. This will ensure that her busy workweek will keep her mind off the breakup and you.
Remember that there will be no 'perfect time' to end the relationship. The best thing to do is set a random Monday or Friday"