A recent research has shown that as children reach the age of 8, they start getting influenced more by their peers than their parents. This behavior only increases as they entre their teens and they are more likely to engage in what they like doing. While many teens face anxiety and distress at some point of their teenage years, some face it more often than others. Anxiety can be described as a disorder associated with some of the major symptoms like increased sadness, depressed mood, low appetite, and decreased interest in all pleasurable activities. Continue reading “Tips to Help Lower Your Teen’s Anxiety Levels”
Author: Dr. Sarah
Marriage is a life altering decision. Once you get married things don’t remain the same as before. Marriage brings new people, challenges, joys and responsibilities in your life. But you pledge to face every challenge with your soul mate. But what if you realize that your marriage is not working anymore? What do you do when you cannot live with the person with whom you wanted to spend your whole life? This is undoubtedly one of toughest decisions of life. In such case, couples counseling can hep you. Continue reading “Timely Couples Counseling can Help You Save Your Marriage”
Teenage is undoubtedly one of the most perplexing phases of life. Teenage marks the start of experiencing new things in life. It brings certain joys and fears at the same time. There is a sense of freedom and responsibility for the first time. A whole new world opens up to teenagers. They are driven by the excitement of exploring everything new around them. Continue reading “Problems that Most Teenagers Face Apart from Self-esteem Issues”
Do you feel you are not good enough every time you are in a group of people? Do you feel ignored? Do you feel you are boring people when you talk to them? Do you keep comparing yourself with others only to feel bad about it? If your answer for most of these questions was a ‘yes’, you clearly seem to have self-esteem issues.
Self-esteem is a positive psychological phase when you are content with yourself and are convinced of the worthiness that you command. In simple words, self esteem is nothing but being happy with the way you are. It is highly recommended and one of the most important characteristic traits that a person should possess to have a healthy, happy life. The lack of self-esteem could lead to several social and behavioral disorders which can ruin a person’s professional and personal life. Continue reading “How to Re-Build Your Self Esteem”
Divorce, or legal separations between parents have deep and often personality altering effects on children, especially the ones who are big enough to be sensitive towards the stigma. Often tiny tots are blissfully ignorant and so they are shielded from the ill effects of separation. Even then, single parenting has its own deficiencies that crop up during child rearing and can show its effects later on. It is a much accepted fact that legal separation, mutual or not, does not only affect the spouses but leaves behind indelible effect on the children as well. Continue reading “How Does Divorce Affect Your Children?”
It is a well known and discussed fact that teens are turbulent creatures, they have a mind of their own, which seems to change every day. You cannot pet or scold little John or Mary like you used to do even a few days before. They need privacy and space and lots of amends in the household rules. It is herein that careful parenting is needed to mould your teen into a responsible and independent person. You cannot indulge in their fancies as you run the risk of making them vain, arrogant, and irresponsible. Leaving them on their own is also similarly risky as it is easy to be misled as young adults. Engaging them too much makes them dependent and introvert. So what is the best approach towards parenting? Read on to know more. Continue reading “Help Your Teen Become an Independent and Responsible Adult”
It is not easy being a teenager. You yourself have gone through this confusing age, so you can very well understand what exactly happens at this time. If your children are in their teenage, you need to understand them to make sure that they do take any wrong step at this important phase of their life. You need to support them as a friend and guide them through this difficult but important stage. Continue reading “Understanding Teen Depression”
Just because you are under the constant pressure of having a tough image, doesn’t mean you are actually all that tough. In fact the constant pressure of taking every failure and challenge right on your face can lead to anxiety in men. Not many men would want to accept it, but yes, they do face anxiety problems as frequently as women do. Continue reading “How Anxiety Affects Men”
It can get a little difficult to deal with depression and anxiety. Both these conditions can have a major impact on your life. So it gets essential to treat them in a properly,and timely manner. One of the best ways of dealing with these problems is to go for counseling. It will relax you and help you in coming out of depression. It will help you in worrying less and leading a better life. Continue reading “Help Yourself in Dealing with Anxiety and Depression”