When it comes to treating mental disorders naturally, most of us know that changing basic aspects of our lives can help make a difference in our mental health. People who have depression or other mood disorders sleep too much or too little compared to people without a mood disorder. Treating insomnia naturally leads to resolving
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“The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”  – Benjamin Franklin Unfortunately a growing number of Americans seem to be running away from true happiness rather than toward it. No generation has had greater access to health care or educational opportunities, yet depression and other emotional and mental signs of fatigue from daily living have never been more evident. One-third working adults report chronic debilitating stress, and more than half of all “millennials” (eighteen-to-thirty-three year olds) experience a level of stress that causes them to
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As the country reels from news of yet another senseless mass killing in suburban Milwaukee, coming on the heels of the even more deadly massacre in Aurora, Colorado, Americans are left to wonder what could possibly be responsible for this outbreak of bloody insanity and murder. But as terrible as these two incidents were, they have an undeniable ring of familiarity about them – since the year 2000, there have been twenty-six cases of mass murder (four or more victims) in the United States, as opposed to twenty combined during the 1980s and 1990s. And
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Mental health is a general term that describes your state of emotional or psychological well-being. Lack of adequate emotional well-being presents a major challenge for societies throughout the world, including the United States. While many of the factors associated with mental health have a biological or genetic basis, many other important factors have an environmental or social basis, and each of us possesses a psychological outlook based on a combination of these internal and external forces. In addition, most of us possess the ability to improve our mental outlook by modifying our attitudes toward life
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Those who travel in off-the-grid and prepper circles obviously put a lot of emphasis on survival, and rightly so. But life is about more than just survival. God gave us the gifts of creativity, intelligence, and the capacity to experience joy because He wanted us to use them, and one of the biggest indictments against
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There are nearly twenty million adults in the U.S. that have depression. Although many of them can be helped, most of them never seek treatment. The first step toward wellness is to seek out your healthcare professional. Depression may be a symptom of another condition, like hypothyroidism or anemia. It is a serious illness that
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We all know that we’re in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. However, just recently the Chairman of the Federal Reserve declared the recession to be ‘very likely over.’ I don’t have a crystal ball (and I suspect Ben Bernanke doesn’t either), but it seems there is a good chance that
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