کسی سماجی یا معاشرتی میل جول کے دوران گھبراہٹ اور بےچینی جیسے احساسات سے کون واقف نہیں۔ بعض اوقات کسی اجنبی فرد سے ملاقات کے دوران بھی زبان گنگ ہو جاتی ہے، یا پھر کسی بڑی سطح کی پریزینٹیشن سے پہلے آپ کی ہتھیلیاں پسینے سے شرابور ہو سکتی ہیں۔ اسی طرح لوگوں میں بات چیت کرنا ہو یا اجنبی
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Do you feel nervous before giving a speech, when passing by a dog, before an exam or walking on the edge of a cliff? Surely, the answer is “Yes”. Such occasional anxiety is just a normal part of our lives and on the positive note; anxiety is a vital healthy emotion which serves a basic purpose i.e. “motivates us to
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Our lives have become so fast that we hardly find time for ourselves. The hectic everyday schedule can make us feel exhausted, fatigued or tiredness. If we don’t take it seriously and don’t take precautionary measures, physical and mental fatigue can result in some serious ailments. Countering fatigue For a healthy lifestyle that meets our expectations, we need to counter the
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What is the true definition of Healthy Living? It sounds silly that we need to define “healthy living”. Yet, most of us think that it means a disease-free life. However, “healthy living” has a more holistic concept associated with it. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Interestingly enough,
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If there’s something like teen body clock, it sure isn’t in sync with normal days and nights. Getting up early in the morning isn’t exactly a teens’ thing, so is going to bed at night. Therefore, the sleep-wake patterns of most teenagers are disturbed and the result is that they are sleep deprived almost all the time. All this has
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Ready to give up smoking? Quitting smoking is tough, but it can be done. Try one of these 5 game-changing strategies to stop smoking and start your path towards a healthier, smoke-free life. Firstly, understand WHY Understanding your problem is the first step to a smoke-free life. People turn to cigarettes for so many different reasons, whether it’s stress, dieting,
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What is Stress?.. Stress is not a disease; it’s a natural response of your body to danger, such as when our body perceives that it is being attacked. However, when the stressful condition continues for an indefinite time period, it becomes an illness. Untreated stress often causes the blood pressure to rise and may also give way to more serious
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Mindfulness is “the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us.” This meditation technique has been around for centuries, however, its trend has caught us again recently. Mindfulness benefits by helping us live in the present, enjoy the moment –
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PTSD, a word most commonly heard in novels, biographies, stories and movies. What is PTSD and does everyone get it? Is it as easy as shown and read about? But what really is PTSD? POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: PTSD a psychiatric disorder that may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a “traumatic event”. You may feel no interest
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