Teens today, are actively using a variety of social media networking sites. What started out as harmless networking is now being linked to anxiety disorders by researchers. Although social media has its fair share of positives, kids are being subjected to varying degrees of oppression and complexes by signing up on social media platforms. Continue reading “Excessive Social Networking Can Cause Teen Anxiety”
Author: Dr. Sarah
The recent article that was published in “The Atlantic” giving details of the prevailing trend among teens is alarming. This article explains the links between the social media and teen depression. Continue reading “Love, Teen Depression and Social Media”
A recent study confirms that teen depression and casual sex have strong links. This is highly dangerous and can affect the lives of these depressed young people. It appears that this phenomenon has all the ingredients and possibilities to make it into a vicious cycle. In short, those teens who have depression issues are more susceptible to have casual sex and this in turn, will aggravate their depression issues. Continue reading “Link between Teen depression and Casual Sex”
If you think that love is enough to keep relationships strong, you are pathetically wrong. The fact is that there cannot be anything more difficult than maintaining relationships. You should therefore learn what ingredients are required for keeping your relationship strong. A study says that women do not hesitate to seek help if relationships with their male partners go wrong. But, men have a long way to go in learning to seek help. Continue reading “Ingredients for Keeping Your Relationships Strong”
Teen depression is treatable but unless parents come to know that their teens have been affected by this problem, they cannot take any action. But, the bitter fact is that not all forms of teen depression can be prevented. Continue reading “Identifying as well as Preventing Teen Depression”
If you think that adults alone are capable of getting anxious, you are wrong. Even children may get anxious but the reasons may be different. Especially, children in the age group of 13 to 18 are prone to be affected by anxiety issues. But, there are holistic ways to handle children with anxiety. Continue reading “Holistic Ways of Handling Children with Anxiety”
If you are a teen and if you feel sad occasionally, that is perfectly normal. But, if the sadness continues to remain with you for a prolonged period or if it gets intense, it is called teen depression. You need not immediately start worrying about it because there is good news for you. You can certainly tackle this issue and in fact, the power to tackle it is within you. Let us have a look. Continue reading “Easing Teen depression with Physical Fitness”
There is a strong belief among many of us that we cannot be trained in parenting. Though this is true to a certain extent, education plays a major role in helping parents deal with their children. The destiny and lives of children rest solely on parents irrespective of the fact whether the parents are educated or not or whether they are single or married. Continue reading “Connection Between Education, Parenting and Marriage”
YOU. Yup. You. I can hear the collective protests; “But I might lose my job….I have a foot injury…There’s a sewage leak in the backyard.” I invite you to gently address that complaining part of you now. Silence that negative voice before it puts a damper on your 2014. Imagine that part of you as just one of many. One that may need a little help to get on board with hope. If you need some therapy to set that attitude straight, why not get some? There’s one thing that’s going to determine how this next year goes more than anything else. Here’s lookin’ at you, kid.
When I was in college, I dated a fellow who wistfully recalled his own college years (he was a few years my senior) as “the best years of my life.” He further stated matter-of-factly, one fateful afternoon, “My life will never be that good again.” I looked at him, searching for any hidden vestibule of optimism. It wasn’t there. Around that time, his best frat buddy from Florida said, “I can’t wait to get married and settle down so I can let myself go.” That twenty-something-gang’s complacency wasn’t just unsexy to me, it was untenable. I just couldn’t hang.
The time to live your best life is always NOW. Think you’re too old? Think again. Think you’re past your prime? Well, that’s up to you. No excuses. You decide if 2014 counts in the landscape of your life. Imagine your stint on Earth as a work of art. You are the sculptor and 2014 is a lump of clay. The great Michelangelo said, “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” So what are you going to create? Your clay awaits.
The new year is a reminder that we get to start again. It would be more useful if it came on a daily basis, but let’s take it while we can. One year is ending. Another is beginning. What are you going to do about it?
Here’s a little exercise to get you started. It’s the easiest sculpting maneuver imaginable. I know because I’m using it. Take a piece of paper and make two columns. On the left side, write “Less” at the top. On the right side, write “More.” Then make 2 lists- one of what you want less of and the other, what you want more of in the coming year. For example, under the less column you might write: procrastination. Under more, you might write: initiative, and so on. Less desperation, more ease. Less obligation, more inspiration. Less self-destructiveness, more self-discipline. Less longing, more contentment. Less Eeyore, more Tigger. You get the picture. Maybe you don’t want to make such a list. (Less work, more play?) But at a minimum, find that little voice that says “So what?” to the New Year and put a new spin on it for 2014.
Relationships need nurturing. First of all, you should understand that you and your partner are separate individuals and both of you deserve your own space. You should have the maturity to accept that you may live without your spouse and she or he may also live without you. So, you should show commitment and work separately and together for making the relationship work as a union of two happy individuals. Continue reading “Common Yet Important Things that Keep Relationships Going”