A recent study has highlighted just how romantic relationships can have a disastrous effect on the mental health of young girls. The results of this study have been rather alarming for most researchers who were oblivious to the dangerous and often life-threatening consequences of failed relationships in the lives of young women. Continue reading “Problems In Relationships Affect Girl’s Mental Health”
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Low self-esteem is capable of making people feel bad about their lives, particularly the areas where they seem to fall short. However, what is interesting to note is the fact that over time, low self-esteem can give rise to mental conditions such as depression. Clinicians have admitted that one of the symptoms they look for while diagnosing any kind of mental condition is low self-esteem. Continue reading “Low Self-esteem Can Make You Vulnerable To Depression”
Selfies are simply photos captured by individuals, of themselves, using their camera or mobile, at arm’s length. From well-known political figures, athletes, to the Pope, selfies are the in-thing, in these modern times. The word ‘Selfie’ was even recognized by the Oxford Dictionary as the ‘word of the year’. With social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter packed with practically millions of selfies, should you go with the flow or do otherwise? Selfies are also said to be effecting people’s self-esteem. Continue reading “How ‘Selfies’ Affect Self-esteem”
According to the results of a recent study, the students of today are gripped by the haunting fear of failure in their tests. Most schools around the world emphasize on conducting tests throughout the year, in an attempt to regularly evaluate the performance of their students. Continue reading “Target-Setting Affect Students Self-Esteem”
The three-word phrase that is immensely popular with those people who make resolutions is ‘Get Into Shape’. Even though this phrase makes use of the word ‘shape’, it is actually referring to the health of a person. Media as well as advertisers the world over have made people believe that being beautiful is all about flaunting a bare midriff or sporting bellybutton jewelry. This worldwide obsession with so-called beauty is rather unhealthy as it negatively affects the self-esteem of a person, irrespective of their age or gender. Continue reading “Self-Esteem Reflects Aging Process and Longevity”
The popular social networking site Facebook has revolutionized the way we connect with those around us. Although this has made the world seem an even smaller place than it was before, it does have its own flip-side. A number of recent studies conducted in different parts of the world have highlighted the shocking truth about the disastrous effect that this social networking site can have on a person’s self-esteem. Continue reading “Can Facebook Affect Self-Esteem”
The French government has recently launched its very own smartphone app that has been designed with the intent of helping women boost their self-esteem at work. Women with higher self-esteem are likely to be effective in closing the gender pay gap that exists in society today. Leadership Pour Elles is responsible for this launch, which has been done in an attempt to mark France’s Equal Pay Day. Continue reading “App For Self-Esteem”
People have started realizing that teenage depression can be reversed and that one of the most appropriate ways for doing this is to create awareness about the problem among parents, teachers and also the affected adolescents. Therefore, a number of organizations, schools and other institutions are conducting various types of programs for making people understand the issue and know how to handle the affected teens. Continue reading “Programs Aimed at Creating Awareness about Teenage Depression”
If you think that teen depression will only cause sadness or bad moods in children, you cannot be more wrong. The fact is that this can be a serious issue because it can affect every aspect of the life of the affected teen. Some of the affected teens may take to excessive drinking or drug abuse, some of them may hate themselves and in extreme cases, they may harm themselves or even others. In some of the teenage girls, the issue may lead to pregnancy and in very extreme cases, teen depression may lead to suicides. Continue reading “Preventing Suicides in Victims of Teen Depression”
Experts classify depression into three types. Parents whose children have been affected by teen depression should know about these three types. The first type is Situational Depression and this is generally triggered when certain specific events occur. For example, if there is a break-up between the teen and his or her friend, there may be a problem. In the second type, the cause is genetic which means that the problem runs in the families of the affected teens. Suicides are common in this type. Continue reading “Parents Role in Treating Teen Depression”