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it’s an epic showdown between boy and Beast 7-year-old Huxley Hardy Penner comes face to face with a black bear while riding a scooter watches the bear approaches the boy heading right towards him in broad daylight without panicking Huxley stares the animal down looking directly at him until the bear stops dead in his tracks no one could predict what would happen next then out of nowhere Huxley’s neighbor appears with his arms raised High the neighbor turns into a superhero and fearlessly approaches the animal engaging the Bear in a heart-stopping game of hide and seek watches the neighbor relentlessly pursues the bear from behind the car until the animal finally gets spooked and goes scurrying away crisis averted we spoke with Huxley and his mom Britney about the grizzly encounter which took place in British Columbia Canada we’ve had conversations about being aware hey be aware of your surroundings if there is a bear and you’re not with an adult you the you know be calm Wildlife experts stress that staying calm and looking big and overpowering are key responses when confronting a bear in the outdoors so cheers to Huxley and his neighbor for their perfect response Under Pressure I think most adults even in that moment would have perhaps panicked or run away or you know not everybody knows what to do there so I’m super proud of it and off Huxley goes on his scooter to his next adventure [Music]
This episode was pre-recorded as part of
a live continuing education webinar. On-demand CEUs are still available for this
presentation through ALLCEUs. Register at ALLCEUs.com/CounselorToolbox. I’d like to welcome you to today’s
presentation on the sociological approach to reducing risk and building
resilience. As I was putting together This presentation it was kind of like
right in the wake of when Harvey hit.
And then you know recently we’ve had the
shooting in Las Vegas, and some of the counselors, especially counselors in
training that can’t be practiced independently yet that are in some of my
social media groups and in my professional groups have been talking
about how frustrating it is and even some of us who are licensed but just
can’t wake up and go help the Red Cross right now about how frustrating it is
not to be able to help and how much we want to help so what I usually do
because you know I I’m generally not upwardly mobile where I can just drop
everything and go to a crisis what I did after 9/11 was look at what things
in that situation could I positively impact and how could I do it in a way
that made sense but you know for my life because I can’t you know at that point I
for 9/11 I had an infant at home and you know other stuff so we’re going to look
when we’re talking about addressing issues like the opiate epidemic or the
major problem of depression almost I guess anxiety almost one in four people
has anxiety issues and we’re gonna look at some of that and try to figure out
what can be done what can we do from where we are in a way that makes sense
because yes we can influence politics and advocacy but what can we do with
small chunks of time that are beneficial to helping the cause as well as you know
could help the clients we have currently so we’ll define the
socio-ecological not model which is Broth and Brenner’s model we’re going to
apply it to addiction and mental health issues and explore different variables
in this model and then discuss how this framework can be used in prevention and
treatment of co-occurring or independently occurring disorders so
we’re going to talk about how it may
sense to conceptualize not only the development of addiction but also the
development of things like eating disorders and mood disorders in terms of
a socio-ecological model and even some things like bipolar and
schizophrenia can be a person being genetically predisposed or whatever but
there could be certain environmental factors that could you know trigger that
first psychotic episodes so we want to look at what might be going on and how
can we help prevent or treat now prevention can take the form of
three different activities if you will prevent the problem so helping people
not get depressed at all ever so starting to provide those skills and
tools when people are knee-high to a grasshopper hopefully preventing
worsening of the problem so people don’t get severely clinically depressed where
they can’t get out of bed so the early intervention services and effective you
know frontline resources and preventing associated fallout okay the person gets
to press gets clinically depressed well let’s see if we can help them avoid
losing their job because they can’t get out of bed to go to work develop
additional health problems from being depressed or developing an addiction in
order to self-medicate that depression so we’ve there are three different
methods or avenues we can take in prevention and you know we want
to look at them all because when you’ve got somebody who’s becoming clinically
depressed you know they’re depressed you know situationally whatever something
happened and it started to turn into something more than just a couple of
days it’s going to start having associated fallout early and you know
it’s not going to be huge they’re not going to lose a job right off they’re
not going to start having major family problems right off but they are going to
start having little hiccups because that depression causes an imbalance in their
in their environment and we know environments like to maintain
homeostasis and you know the kids are gonna be like well Mom why aren’t you
getting up and doing these things and what’s going on and you know things are
going to start changing and the person will need to be able to deal with that
so the socio-ecological model explores and explains human behavior as the
interaction between the individual and environmental systems there’s
a fifth one that is more of your longitudinal but we’re going to
talk about the four main ones today the micro the meso the EXO and the macro
systems the microsystem involves well let’s start before that the individual
if you look at the model is sort of the bull’s eye here and the individual is
not considered a system but it involves all of the things about the
individual including biology and personal learning that make people who
they are okay so this person exists within a microsystem and that micro
system is their family peers School Church synagogue whatever and health
services things that they probably interface with regularly
work should also be on that but it’s for some reason it’s not on this diagram
anyway the mesosystem is the interconnection between microsystems so
how do family and peers interact I don’t know about you
thankfully my family might be very accepting of most of my peers but I know
other friends of mine who brought home peers who were not as well accepted by
their family so there was some conflict between the the family and the peers and
we know how much peer pressure and peer relationships are important in an
adolescents’ lives which creates conflict and consternation
how does the family interface with school how does Pierce how does
your peer group interact with school and do they see it
as a good thing to do they see it as worthwhile you know etc so when we’re
talking about the microsystem and the mesosystem we’re talking about
things that people interface with daily so I want you to think
about how the mesosystem and you can feel free to chime in on the chat
room if you want how does the mesosystem family peer
school church you know recreational activities health services impact the
development of mental health or illness now you notice I’m trying to kind of
switch ears for health because we want to promote health and we can look at the
opposite for mental illness but you know if you have positive family peer
interactions it’s probably going to support mental health it’s probably
going to support decision-making in the adolescent it’s probably going to I mean
and I’m thinking adults and adolescents here but family and friends you know if
you want to think about you know how do you get along with your significant
others peer groups and do they interface well or is it kind of like oil and water
how does the how does your family interface with your work how do they
deal with how many hours you have to work whether you’re getting called in at
night or getting emails or text messages at 8 p.m. or you know what
are their expectations and how does that influence if there’s a conflict you know
if the family doesn’t like what’s going on at work or the fact that you
know your boss is emailing you at 8 p.m. then it can create
conflict within the environment which can lead to increased anxiety and
depression and Yabadabadoo now how does mental health or illness impact the
mesosystem so again thinking about how if someone is clinically depressed how
does it impact their family how does it impact their peers and if you have a
family member who has you know clinical depression or generalized anxiety how
does it impact how your family interfaces with everything else because
you know you end up having somebody or somebody in the family who may be
caretaking for the person who has depression or anxiety or whatever the
mental health issue is who’s not able to do the stuff that they were able to do
so the rest of the families kind of pick slack so how does that affect how they
interface you know the rest of the family members interface with school and
work you know maybe they end up showing it
more exhausted so it’s important to look at the mesosystem
the exosystem involves links in a social setting in which the individual
does not have a direct active role so for example how would I impact my
spouse’s work and again if I am the identified patient and I’ve got clinical
depression and I’m calling my spouse to come home because I just can’t be alone
or my spouse is late to work or unproductive because he’s always
exhausted when he gets to work because he has so much to do since I am you know
not able to do as much right now then it could negatively impact his work and
so we want to look at how that impacts how the home environment impacts work
and how work impacts the home environment the macro system describes
the culture socioeconomic status poverty ethnicity etc so what we’re looking at
in the macro system is really the larger you know not just within your city maybe
or even closer to your neighborhood we’re looking at what you see in the media
what you see on national TV your your statewide elections your national
elections your state laws and culture and what’s being communicated if you
are a religious person what your religious culture communicates because
you know religion generally is not just in one little area it’s international or
national so what types of things does that communicate to to the person and
how does that influence the development or not development if you will of
depression anxiety or addiction so again think about how the exosystem of the
social setting in which the individual doesn’t have a directive or an active role
think about how much people were influenced after the elections I mean
yeah we had a role if you went out and voted you had a role but you don’t
decide the election so once that happens how do you know the exosystem
impact you know your your emotions your other
community events employment etc and how those things impact the family I know
you know there was a lot of consternation and concern among some of
my friends who are Jewish after the last election so their families experienced a
high ink or a great increase in anxiety development of mental health or mental
illness how does all this stuff that’s going on in the exosystem and
stuff that you don’t have direct control over how does it impact the development
of mental illness you know or mental health and we’re going to talk more
specifically in a couple of minutes and again likewise how does mental illness
or mental health impact the exosystem if you have a healthy workforce if you
have healthy people who are actively participating in work and going to community
activities voting to participate then you’re probably going to have a
healthier outcome than if you have people who are not able I mean they’re
so depressed they’re not able to even get out and participate so we want to
look at the reciprocal nature it’s not one way the community doesn’t just
affect us you know it may affect us but then how we react affects the community
how does the attitude of the culture impact the community if you’ve got a
a culture that is accepting of certain ideologies they’re accepting of LGBTQI
they’re accepting of people who are Muslim in their religion they’re
accepting of people who are Christian and their religion they’re accepting of
you know fill in the blank if the culture is accepting of that how does
that affect the community and those people within the community who might
you know otherwise not have been accepting does it kind of pressure them
in or does it cause anxiety and consternation in those people how
does the attitude of the culture for example about
premarital sex and marriage affect the family how does it affect the
development of and again we’re thinking about anxiety depression and addiction
so how does it affect the development of stress which may lead to mood disorders
or problems and how did the community families and individuals with mental
health or mental illness impacts the culture you know so we have an impact on
our culture we get together we see you know we have Generation X Generation Y
but the baby boomers all had their sort of or we all have our sort
of unique cultures and things that we bring to the table and things you know
that was given to us we said no we don’t want to thank you very much
so there is a give-and-take among the individuals within the
culture and that’s good because that means we can start small you know start
in our locale and create this positive mesosystem and then build from there if
If you have a positive community then that’s probably going to spread think
about when a company goes and dumps fertilizer for example into a waterway
it doesn’t just stay there over time that fertilizer bleeds out and
you start having algae blooms everywhere things don’t stay I mean in our society
things don’t stay in one place for very long they tend to move they tend to
migrate so positive will migrate that’s awesome
negative can also migrate so we want to look at how can we enhance the positive
migration and keep down the negative if you will so now let’s start talking
about what can we do and how can we operationalize all of this we realize
that if we affect the individual it’ll have a positive effect on the meso
system which can have a positive effect on the exosystem Yabadabadoo
so great we also realize that one of the only things we have a lot of
control over is the individual ourselves so a lot of people come to
counseling individually score so this is where we’re going to start
so what things contribute I start by listing risk factors for the
development of mood disorders and addictions and then we talk about capital you know what you have in order
to you need to have to prevent these things and then prevention
strategies so that’s kind of how we’re going to go it’s not going to stay
depressing individuals with chronic pain are at higher risk of mood disorders or
addiction addiction because of the pain management you know drugs that are out
there and you know once they start taking payment management drugs opiates
a lot of times the brain quits producing endogenous opioids the natural
painkillers so when they first come off the body doesn’t automatically pick up
so it takes a little while for the person’s pain tolerance to build back up
which keeps some people from wanting to get off the medication among other
things but chronic pain can also be debilitating it can make people lose
some abilities that they used to have or crush some dreams if you will you
no, I think I’ve told you before that I have a bad shoulder and carpal tunnel so I
can’t garden the way I used to you know I still go out and do it but I’ve got to
pay attention and only be out there for an hour too instead of spending six
hours out on the farm which is frustrating to me it was only mildly
frustrating but my grandfather when he started developing Parkinson’s couldn’t
make his miniatures anymore and he made gorgeous miniatures and I know that’s
not chronic pain but it’s kind of the same thing if you’ve got rheumatoid
arthritis he couldn’t make his miniatures and he became devastated and
became withdrawn so understanding that pain has multiple influences that can
cause depression that may trigger a grief reaction that we need to help
people address now the things I put in bold are things that we as clinicians
can easily help people prevent or/or address chronic pain we can help
For people with low self-esteem that’s a no-brainer
if people don’t feel good about themselves
and they’re looking for external validation they’re going to be at a higher
risk for anxiety fear of abandonment fear of not being good enough fear of
failure and depression a sense of hopelessness and helplessness substance
use especially early substance use can cause changes in the prefrontal cortex
leading to problems with impulse control and decision-making but it can also
disrupt the balance of neurochemicals leading to symptoms of depression and/or
anxiety so it’s important to understand that especially the earlier the
substance use starts the greater the chance that it’s going to cause some
sort of brain changes and we’ve also found that a lot of people, not the
majority but there is a percentage a significant percentage of people that
when they start using early they kind of quit developing coping skills after that
they find something that works they’re like oh I like this I think I’ll use
that from now on when we start talking about people who
started drinking or smoking marijuana when they were you know 9 10 11 12 you
might see more mood issues or addiction issues in those people than
people who didn’t start using mood-altering drugs as early as a history of
abuse can contribute to the development of PTSD but not everybody who
is abused develops PTSD but there can be episodes of anxiety and depression as
well as it increases the chances of the development of addiction genetic
vulnerability we know that mood disorders and addictions tend to run in
families and they’ve done studies that have shown that there is a genetic
component doesn’t mean it’s going to happen it just means you have this gene
there that could be triggered so we don’t want we want to make sure that
clients know that they are not just doomed you know they can prevent
triggering that but they need to be aware that they may be more vulnerable
inappropriate coping responses if we are not born with coping skills
so if somebody doesn’t know how to cope with life on life’s terms
because either because they’ve always been shielded or because they’ve never
had anybody helped them maybe they were kind of on their own from the
get-go so they learned to lash out and get angry or withdraw and get depressed
but they never really learned how to deal with the stuff they’re gonna be at
higher risk of mood and addictive disorders we can help people develop
coping responses are one of the things you want to look at when people are using
seemingly unhelpful behaviors is to remember to ask what is the cause of
this so we want to look at what is the root cause of what is prompting this
behavior and what is the benefit of the current behaviors and I’m going to keep
reminding you of that as we go through this violence and aggression you know
again what’s the cause of the violence and aggression did people do this person
learn that’s how you cope with distress in their family of origin is it a
protective mechanism because they’ve experienced situations where that has
helped them deal with conflict before what prompts this and what the benefit
to it when they act out when they’re violent and aggressive what is the
benefit it gives them power it pushes people away they just enjoy hurting
people hopefully that’s the minority but we want to ask that because we can’t
figure out an alternative until we know what the function is
same thing with risk-taking and impulsivity there are certain theories
that says some people need more stimulation than others they get bored
easily so they tend to be higher risk-takers and maybe more impulsive than you
want to ask if this person doing this you know I have a friend who is an
adrenaline junkie you know skydiving rock climbing you
name it he’s done it and you know more power to him I don’t see a purpose of
jumping out of a perfectly good airplane but he he thrives on that and when he
can’t get out and do those sorts of things he feels good so what is it about
this risk-taking and what kind of risk-taking it risk-taking as
in holding a balloon liquor store or is it risk-taking as
in doing something like skydiving which is theoretically safe and what’s the
benefit it makes gives them a rush makes
they feel good helps him you know escape or whatever great that’s fine
the rebellious nests you know again what is
and this is a key for adolescents especially but even if you’re a
supervisor working with employees if they’re being rebellious you want to
look and say what’s the point what’s the benefit to being rebellious what are
they holding on to and refusing to let go of that you want them to let go of or
what are they refusing to do that you want them to do and what’s the
benefit to it if they are being rebellious and they’re staying like
think again adolescents staying out all night OK well what’s a motivating factor
is it to get under their parent’s skin probably not is it to conform to peer
pressure you know oftentimes that’s maybe the case but you have to look at
the individual and say ok how can you do this in a way that helps you move
forward rejection of pro-social values if the people who espouse the
pro-social values are the people that the person rejects then they’re probably
going to reject those values so we want to look at you to know if you’re rejecting
those what values are you espousing and why are those important to you and
why are you rejecting these over here you know not saying it’s right or wrong
I’m just trying to understand where you’re coming from and you know that’s
something that we’ve got to be sensitive to and different people
are going to hold different values lack peer refusal skills to stay out late
to get into trouble to use drugs to have early sex whatever it is those things a
lot of times indicate poor communication skills and low self-esteem need to be
accepted you know all that stuff that’s challenging during during teen and early
adolescent years those are things we can help with being bullied you know that’s
a risk factor when people are bullied they tend to get depressed and when
they’re bullied they may turn to substances to try to make themselves
feel better to numb the pain they make self-injure there’s a lot of
different things might happen we can help people
develop skills to deal with being bullied since we don’t understand
a hundred percent why people bully we need to help the victims become
survivors we need to help them have the tools to be able to deal with it and
understand why it happens without letting it hurt them early and
persistent problem behaviors that’s just so broad but again look at why the
person’s child acting out an early sexual activity could be a history of sexual
abuse could be a dysfunctional family of origin and the child is trying to get
out I worked with a 14-year-old who once told me she was gonna get pregnant
as soon as she turned 15 because that’s when she could get into housing on her
own so she was intentionally going to get pregnant at 15 and there was a
reason for it she was very clear about her logic a lot of times it’s peer
pressure and acceptance but uh asking what is that what is the cause and is
this cause going to keep the person from developing healthy coping skills and
being happy is potentially going to lead to depression peer rejection you
know that hurts so helping people figure out how to navigate peer rejection
because you’re not going to be liked by everybody academic failure we can help
with now not necessarily as clinicians but we can advocate for the person we
can help them find tutors resources etc lack of information on positive health
behaviors put it out there most of the time youth these days have a pretty good
idea of what’s healthy and what’s not they just aren’t motivated for it
they’re motivated for something else when addictive behaviors are you used to
cope with stress or unpleasant feelings I said coping skills may fail to
develop or when they’re used to enhance self-confidence such as drinking before
going to a party then they may start to develop anxiety and self-consciousness
when they don’t have a drink on board so it may start
prompting the development of some mood disorders in addition to the fact that
repeated use especially in a young brain can cause some neurotransmitter
imbalances using addictive behaviors also to enhance other experiences ties
it to those experiences making them person more likely to use those and
similar situations desensitizing the brain’s pleasure centers so what am I
what do I mean I mean if you typically drink when you are watching football
then you’re going to be more likely to drink every time you watch football it’s
just one of those things you do when you watch football if you’re one of those
people who eat when they watch TV then when you watch TV you’re more likely to
eat when you go to the movies because that’s a similar situation you’re more
likely to want to have popcorn or eat so it’s important to understand that with
addictive behaviors if you have something that produces pleasure it can
be triggered you know the person can start thinking about it in a similar
situations using repeatedly can cause neurochemical imbalances in genetics you
know you can’t be born with a neurochemical imbalance not enough
serotonin too much whatever and poor health behaviors as I’ve talked about a
bunch of times not enough sleep quality poor nutrition and high stress
can also cause neurochemical imbalances so we can educate people about some of
the things that can cause depression and anxiety so they can prevent it we can
educate parents so they can start coaching their kids from the get-go so
personal recovery capital to develop what we need to be happy and healthy
human beings we have to have certain things to help us along the way we need
to have the things to enable us for physical health think about Maslow’s
pure hierarchy bottom level is all your health and biological needs we need to
have our physical health and that includes nutrition Slee
and you know not being in pain all the time sometimes you’re gonna feel pain
that’s being human that’s being alive but we need to have our health for the
the most part we need to have financial assets to get our basic needs met you
now get that food keep clothing on our back
transportation roof over our heads health insurance and access to medication and
there are two different things health insurance covers theoretically
going to the doctor and the mental health counselor etc access to
medication is not covered under a lot of insurance so remember that most
pharmaceutical companies have patient assistance programs that can help
clients access their medication if they can’t afford it because some medication
is a really expensive safe housing conduct that’s conducive to recovery and
that’s not just addictions if you’ve got somebody who is clinically depressed or
highly anxious living in a radically dysfunctional household where there’s
lots of yelling or arguing or other people who are similarly dysfunctional
it’s probably not going to prompt those positive cognitions and mindfulness and
everything that we’re trying to establish doesn’t mean they can move
unfortunately a lot of people can’t so we got to talk about how can you create
an area in your housing environment that’s safe people need to have adequate
clothing to stay warm to be able to dress for work and you know go
to their job and be dressed appropriately and transportation to get
their needs met most of us don’t live in a city where we can just walk but
walking I guess is a form of transportation we need to be able to
access the resources that are out there whether it be food or going to work so
we can pay our light bill or whatever it is
values awareness people need to know what’s important to them to
figure out what they need to do to be happy a sense of purpose helps people
keep going and we can help people with this I mean these are easy exercises
when you give them a values activity worksheet you know
what are your top five values when you look at the sense of purpose what is
your purpose in life and a lot of us don’t know but we know what we
want it to be or we can start theorizing about what is the purpose of what I do
as a job on a day-to-day basis, what is the purpose of this activity that I’m
doing so they can start to see some meaning in the stuff they do we can help
people develop hope and optimism and we’ve talked about that one people need
to have a perception of their past present and future they need to be able
to look over the past and it may suck or it may be great but they need to be able
to look back over it and go yep that’s it they need to be able to look at their
present and realistically assess what they’ve got and maybe what they don’t
have but realistically assess what they’ve got and look at their future and
go where do I want to go from here because you’re here and you don’t want
to stay here forever you can’t stay here forever because times gonna move on what
next people need to be able to see but understand that they’re not
necessarily controlled by their past or stuck in the present that they have the
ability to make choices every single moment to work toward what they want for
the future education training and job skills people need to be able to make a
living that’s just the way it is you need to be able to feed yourself and put
a roof over your head so we can make referrals to job training agencies we
can make referrals to social service agencies problem-solving skills
interpersonal skills and self-esteem are all things that we are super
skilled at teaching and we can teach these in chunks they don’t have to be
these long groups don’t have to be big drawn-out sessions we can provide
people snippets you can provide somebody with the concept of distressed tolerance and
the improve acronym in a handout and have them look at that or in an email
you know if you email your clients once each day or on your blog there are a lot
of different ways, you can just get that information out there and in front of
people so I can look at it I call I tell my
clients it’s bathroom reading you know I usually give them a handout or two and I
just put it on the back of the toilet and when you’re in there you know take a
look at it if it’s useful great if not bottle it up and throw it in the the
trashcan I’m good with that but there’s no
pressure and I’m not putting extra assignments on them I’m just providing
information about a skill and then if they want to pursue it further when they
come back to counseling we can talk about it so what can we do we can
promote positive health and wellness behaviors by educating people about why
they’re important and what to do and where to find more information you know
because some of these things like nutrition we can’t be prescriptive but
we can point people in the direction of where to get good advice and information and we can also model this you know in
our treatment plan at least in mind I try to make sure that people are putting
a print emphasizing getting enough
quality sleep eating well and maybe exercising at least moving around if
they don’t want to call it exercise but taking care of themselves and getting
some relaxation and recreation in their bonding to a pro-social culture is
difficult for us to do for people or do with people we can talk about what
are your hobbies what are things that you enjoy doing and encourage people to
try out volunteering or get involved in meetups to engage in activities
with other people but that’s something that they’re going to have to do
on their participation in extracurricular activities again kind of
the same thing we can point them in the right direction of volunteerism meetups
things through their through their church or their synagogue or their you
know whatever clubs that they’re involved in positive relationships with
adults now obviously this is more important if we’re working with children
or teenagers we want to help children and teenagers kind of see where adults
don’t have their head that far in the ground
but we also want to help adults learn how to more effectively communicate with
teenagers because a lot of adults lecture at and I know this and you’ll
you’ll understand when you’re older and you know lots of that kind of stuff
so things that we can do to enhance relationships with adults is to educate
people about you know how to effectively communicate with teenagers for
example who are trying to find their way and trying to assert independence and
resisting some rules how do you deal with that how do you communicate with
them in a way because a lot of parents have difficulty navigating that boundary
between friend and parent so we can help with that
active workshops in the community workshops you can do at churches at
libraries those are things you can do there you can put them on for like an
an hour once a month it’s good if you’re it’s free but it’s a good promotion for
your practice if you know you go out and do it and people come to learn something
from you, they’re like hey that might be helpful social competence it’s another
one of those things that we can do in little snippets we can provide tips and
tips and tools whether infographics on an Instagram page are really
useful for a lot of teenagers they want something that’s you know in a picture
and fast it’s a snapshot so social competence checklists are another
really good thing if you’re teaching different types of skills for
communication or how you’re supposed to use different forks I know the first
time I went to a formal dinner I was looking at all the silverware going I
have no idea what to do with this stuff the sense of well-being and
self-confidence we can help people develop this by encouraging them to
focus on what they do well we want to make sure they have plans
well that means goal setting and since a lot of people don’t know how to goal-set
they don’t have goals, so they’re just kind of floating out there not
looking at the future we want to help people look at the future and
figure out how they’re going to get there so they’re like wow this is
doable this is attainable this is another thing you can put work put
worksheets on your website you can do short workshops to help people
figure out how to look at how to define or learn how to define a rich and
meaningful life and figure out how they’re going to define their goals and
achieve their knowledge about risks associated with addictive
behaviors now a lot of kids you know think back to the old dare programs I
had a lot of clients tell me that those programs only taught me how to you
safely I was like well that’s not what they were intended for but we do want to
educate youth about you know still about the risks of some of those drugs and
even adults not just youth educate people about how dangerous or how
potentially addictive opiates for example can be after three to five days
your body has already started to build up a tolerance that’s kind of scary so
helping people understand that but also addictive behaviors like pornography a
lot of teens don’t think about it a lot of adults don’t think about
it until they’re stuck in it or online gambling you know those are some things
that can kind of catch people unawares because they didn’t think about it
wasn’t a substance we typically think of addictions as substances since it’s not
a substance they didn’t think about the effect that the pleasure from those
activities were going to have on our neurochemicals and create a
a situation where they didn’t feel okay they didn’t feel normal
they didn’t feel happy without having that in their life because their
dopamine receptors had been blunted individual prevention strategies
the big summary is we want to promote attitudes beliefs and behaviors
that ultimately provide the person with healthy coping skills whether it’s
through health class whether it’s through workshops I know at
organizations I’ve worked at before the Jaypee would come in and do periodic
workshops that’s a great way to connect with people and reduce utilization if
you do psycho-educational prevention group because an ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure we want to make sure that they’re aware of positive
health behaviors and how to access those resources in Gainesville I don’t know
about up here but I know in Gainesville the mall used to open at six o’clock in
the morning so people could walk inside in a safe place and you know be out of
the elements and yadda-yadda so just letting people know that that
existed was a big step because they were like well I don’t want to join a gym and
go to the mall with effective interpersonal skills we want to make sure people know
how to effectively communicate set boundaries all that stuff that we talked
about this can be taught it’s nice if your local news is willing to use you to
do you know wellness minute I find one of the best places to do that is
either right before or right after the weather because most everybody Tunes in
for the weather, I may not stick around for the animal of the day or whatever
well I always do but I’m always tuned in for the weather so if you get
either right before or right after that you tend to get higher viewership and
reach more people and a minute gives somebody a chunk of something that they
can use today-specific approaches may include education and life skills
training in schools you know is provided to the kids and have them share it
with their parents through the media and community center or library workshops
those are all great ways to get stuff out I encourage you if you want to get
into providing prevention and helping to help your community helping people to
prevent getting depressed or anxious or developing other problems to look at
doing some of these very time-limited things because you don’t want to
lose a lot of billable hours but we still want to be able to do more than
we’re doing at least that’s what a lot of a lot of us tend to feel
like the mesosystem so we’ve been talking about the individuals so far
because that’s where we can have the greatest effect the mesosystem examines
close relationships that may increase the risk of experimenting with high-risk
behaviors or developing mood disorders people’s closest circle of peers
partners and family members influence their behavior and contribute to their
range of experience if you’ve got a child that grows up in a household where
the parent or parents are clinically depressed they’re not able to
model effective coping skills where they model cognitive distortions guess what
jr.
Is gonna pick up if you are in a household where you know you’re in college and
you’ve got four other roommates and all of your your other roommates tend to be
negative and naysayers you’re either probably going to move or you may that
might start wearing off on you a little bit likewise if they are you know all
kinds of go-getters that can wear off on you too so you know there’s going to be
an impact risk factor is peer and family reinforcement of negative or unhealthy
norms and expectations so if your family says you know people suck they’re
always going to take advantage of you what are you going to take away from
that and is that going to contribute to you probably having difficulties with
trusting and maybe developing depression possibly so we want to look at what kind
of messages is the peer group or family sending to the individual that may
contribute to the development of mood or anxiety disorders early sexual activity
among peers could communicate that well this is the norm so everybody’s doing it
ties to deviant peers and gang involvement you know especially at that
particular group there’s a lot of pressure to conform or there’s a
negative consequences family members who don’t spend much time together and this
could be because parents work a lot this could be because everybody’s you know
involved in all kinds of other stuff but they found that
when families are disengaged the parents tend to miss out on subtle cues when
families are disengaged even if they don’t have children in the mix that
there tends to be a weakening of those bonds supportive bonds so people
are at higher risk for development of depression and anxiety because they
don’t have that you know everybody’s behind me sort of feeling parents who
have trouble keeping track of youth can indicate that the youth may be at risk
for developing substance or more mood disorders lack of clear rules and
consequences you think about even just being at work when there’s a lack of
clear rules and consequences you don’t exactly know what you’re supposed to do
I know for me that creates doodles of anxiety I like manuals and to date
pretty much every job I’ve ever taken I’ve walked in and there hasn’t been a
manual and I’ve been like okay there must be a manual written and that’s been
my first thing now I’m kind of on the structured side so I don’t expect
everybody is that way but most of us tend to experience a little bit of
anxiety about failure about acceptance if we don’t know what’s expected so it’s
important whether it’s a family or a job situation to make sure there’s clear
rules and consequences you know what’s expected and what’s going to happen if
you mess up or if you don’t meet this expectation there also needs to be
consistent expectations and limits you know when people especially children but
a lot of us tested our limits when we were kids and even as adults you know I
know you know going back to working in organizations I would have staff who
would test limits and see how long they could go without turning in a progress
note before I’d be knocking on their door going paperwork it’s natural for
people to kind of test limits especially with stuff they don’t want to do stuff
that’s not rewarding family conflict and abuse can cause a high risk of depression
and anxiety whether adults or children I mean if there’s a
a lot of conflict and chaos it’s exhausting and it can cause a lot of
dysphoric emotions and loss of employment that’s kind of
self-explanatory protective factors close family relationships so as
clinicians we can encourage people to identify who they consider their family
it may not be their blood relatives or their family who are there for them
who can they call it 2:00 in the morning and how can they nurture those
relationships encourage people to develop relationships with peers that
are involved in pro-social activities like hiking or volunteering in the
community consistency of parenting is important in terms of producing children
who are who are stronger healthier more resilient encouraging education and
parents who are actively involved can help prevent future depression because
they’re creating children who can join the workforce and have that
individual capital to prevent depression and anxiety and cope with stress
positively and this is a family protective factor and a peer for
protective factor why because we learn from observation so if our peers cope
with stress positively by prayer or exercise or whatever it is they do and
our family has other positive ways of coping with stress and we’re going to
have a greater venue of stuff to choose from supportive relationships with
caring for adults beyond the immediate family is encouraged so we want
children to grow up being able to interact with teachers coaches with
you know Scout leaders whomever and start seeing that people outside of the
nuclear family are trustworthy sharing and family responsibilities including
chores and decision making and that’s true for children teenagers and even
adults you know if you’re living in the same household it
important that everybody feels like they have a say in what’s happening
and participates in the upkeep of the family environment and family
members are nurturing and support each other and this is one where I tend to
stop and I do a love languages little mini class to help people remember that
we don’t always experience nurturance in the same way so understanding one
another’s love language is really important to be able to nurture in a
way that’s meaningful to that other person peer and family interventions are
designed to identify norms goals and expectations in the family foster family
problem-solving skills so there’s not just one person always fixing it develop
structure and consistency within the family unit promote healthy
relationships and engage peers and family of choice in the recovery process
so if somebody’s already depressed we need to be able to hopefully engage
everybody that’s involved in this person’s immediate environment in
helping them move towards recovery and you know preferably not dragging them
back down so we want to engage them and make sure that people have a supportive
others school and work risk factors lack of clear expectations both academic or
performance-wise and behavioral lack of commitment or sense of belonging at
school or at work if you just kind of go and you feel like a number you punch in
punch out that may not make you feel appreciated which can contribute
to depression and you know just bad feelings high numbers of students
failing academically at school and work translates to high amounts of
turnover if you never know who’s going to get laid off it increases stress and
anxiety and parents and community members who are not actively involved
in keeping kids in school and helping make sure that the workforce workforce
is strong but we want to make sure that people have access to how
when it’s needed we want to make sure that people have access to tutoring in
school if they need it to prevent failing school they have access to
transportation to get to work now those are things those are meta concepts that
are more on the community level but it’s important that as a community member you
know we look at different things that we may be able to participate in advocacy
and say you know it’s really important to get a bus system going I live out
about 30 miles east of Nashville and we must have the
the train that goes from my city out to Nashville so people have
access to more jobs so that was important for us to get past the City
Commission protective factors school and work positive attitudes gotta find a
reason why you’re doing this you know and sometimes it’s hard to find a reason
for algebra but we need to help kids find a reason for that we need to help
adults find a reason for why they’re going to work why are they doing what
they’re doing regular attendance shows you know it is associated with higher
mood less less risk of mood or addictive disorders because you’re able to get up
and do it and interface with people and get that social support hopefully from
your colleague’s high expectations are communicated effectively in setting
and positive social development is encouraged you know whether it’s at work
or at school, there are goals there are things you’ve got to accomplish there
are performance objectives but we also want to encourage morale and positive
social bonding whatever the setting having a positive instructional climate
again whether at work or school, I know we learn things when we’re on the
job we learn things and I don’t want people to feel like they’re having
difficulty like they’re stupid I want people to feel like anything that we
teach them as a challenge and something that may be beneficial down the road
leadership and decision-making opportunities are really important again
for students or employees to prevent burnout keep morale up reduce
anxiety and increase a sense of personal empower
and connection and active involvement for everybody is fostered and the school or
organization is responsive to the student’s needs making sure that in
school in the case of school they have access to tutoring resources it’s a safe
environment for them to be in and the children that are going to that school
have enough food in their bellies you know they can’t learn if they’re
hungry all the time workplace is a little bit different but we still need
to be responsive to people’s needs in terms of you know family requirements
whether they need to if they’re going back to school
shifting schedules a little bit we need to try to work with people instead of
being completely rigid and it’s my way or the highway when possible to
promote the best mental health characteristics of settings in which
relationships are often associated with the development of mood disorders and
addictive behaviors so we want to look at the characteristics of schools that are
they safe are they positive environments are they cheering squads or are they
places where people know they’re gonna go and get thrown under the bus
same thing with workplaces you know when you walk into a place you get most of
we get a sense and you’re either like oh this is a cool place to work or oh I
can’t wait til I can get out of here you know we want to go toward the
other end and neighborhoods when you go into a neighborhood – people take care
of their environment do they or do they have trash strewn all over their lawn
all of these things communicate how people feel about their environment and
generally how they feel about themselves and whether they have the energy to take
care of stuff or they just feel completely disenfranchised and don’t
care more about community risk factors no sense of
connection to the community neighborhood disorganization rapid changes high
unemployment a lack of strong social institutions lack of monitoring of youths
activities imbalanced media portrayals of safety health and appropriate
behavior misleading advertising and alcohol or drugs readily available
a lot of stuff we do we’re not going to be able to affect on the community level
so much but we’re gonna hit them real quick we want to improve the climate
process and policies within community schools and workplaces to make it safe and
promote positive health behaviors prevention strategies are designed to
reduce social isolation reduce and address stigma increase awareness of
local recovery models you know who’s out there that has recovered and can serve
as a role model improve economic and housing opportunities so people have a
house a safe roof over their head and they can you know earn money and feel
good about themselves increasing the accuracy and improving the positivity of
media messages and increasing physical and financial ability availability of
recovery so like I said I live in a little town so it’s nice that we have
a community mental health center here so people don’t have to rely on going into
Nashville but also making sure that services are financially available
whether you have a free clinic once a month or you know make sure you’ll you
take Medicaid but there are still a lot of people who have no insurance so where do
they go the socio-ecological model identifies
how the end the individual impacts and is impacted by not only his own
characteristics but also those of family peers community and culture prevention
takes the form of preventing the problem preventing the worsening of the problem and
preventing associated fallout like I said as clinicians a lot of what we’re
going to do is target the individual providing them with resiliency skills to deal
with some of this adversity that might be around them and to help them sort
through some of those media messages and go yeah
that’s not even true you know if I drink this vodka I’m not suddenly going to
have 14 supermodels hanging on me or whatever it is that’s being communicated
so encouraging people to be informed and Wylie consumers any change in the
the system will affect other parts of this system so if it’s a
positive change is probably going to have positive changes negative has
negative changes addressing addictive and mood disorder behaviors require a
the multi-pronged approach we need to look at the individual and you know provide
provide as many skills as possible there because that’s where we’re going to have
a lot of our impact especially in prevention but we also need to
realize that this person resides within a family you know whether they live
alone which sometimes is less problematic or they live in a household
with other people, we need to make sure that where they lay their heads at night
where they spend their non-working hours feel safe and is conducive to recovery
where they work or go to school also needs to feel safe and be conducive to
recovery and that’s part of the community so we need to kind of look at
these areas and if they aren’t safe or they don’t feel safe or aren’t conducive
to recovery, we need to help people how to figure out how they can fix that or
address it like I said they may not be able to move so what can you do to set
some boundaries to create as much safety as you can how can you do this and there
are a lot of different techniques that I’m sure you already have that you used
to help people but it’s important again not to just focus on the individual
because they don’t live in a bubble we need to look at everything right and are
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According to the American Psychological Association People with anxiety have a future-oriented fear which leads them to avoid anything that could potentially trigger a stress response. In 2017, the National Institute of Mental Health reported that approximately forty million people worldwide suffer from anxiety Anxiety disorders are highly treatable but recent surveys show that only 36.9% of those suffering from it seek treatment This might be because most people with anxiety worry about the judgment of others and how the stigma against mental illness might negatively affect their lives. Does this sound familiar to you? Do you worry you might be suffering from anxiety and just don’t realize it? Here are 10 tell-tale signs of hidden anxiety to look out for. 1. You don’t like talking to people face to face. You can easily keep a conversation going for hours when you’re texting or chatting online with a friend but talking to someone in person… No… that’s an entirely different story. Even if you already know them well or have talked to them online you still get tense and nervous talking to them in person You have trouble making eye contact or finding the words to respond and you want to end face-to-face conversations as soon as they begin to 2.
You’re always self-conscious. Do you walk into a room and immediately feel like everyone is staring at you, listening to you, and judging your every move? Or perhaps you’re overly conscious of the way you walk, the way you eat, the way you sit, the sound of your voice when you talk and so on This could be a sign that you have hidden anxiety 3. You’re easily upset or irritated. Has anyone ever told you you’re too sensitive? Do you find your feelings getting hurt easily? Are you quick to get angry or upset with others over the littlest things? This kind of emotional volatility may be a sign that you have high-functioning anxiety. As anxiety can often make us easily overwhelmed and emotionally imbalanced frequent mood swings, temper tantrums, and irritability can be expected when you’re overly anxious 4.
You’re panicky and easily startled. Anxiety makes you want to be as in control and vigilant as possible. An unexpected phone call, a random knock on the door, an email with no subject, or a forgotten task you can easily finish. Anything is enough to send you reeling with panic. You go into a tailspin whenever something catches you off-guard and you find it hard to relax even when the smallest things don’t go exactly as planned. 5. You’re indecisive. Do you have trouble making even the simplest of choices? Are you afraid of making up your mind about something because you’re so sure that whatever decision you make is gonna be the wrong one? Oftentimes, anxiety can manifest as perfectionist tendencies, fear of failure, or distrust in oneself. If you can’t make your own choices without thinking about it for hours and hours first or consulting with all your friends and family, you might be harboring some hidden anxiety. 6. You overthink past conversations. You tend to get hung up on past conversations no matter how much time has passed since then.
You analyze the other person’s body language, facial expressions, choices of words, and even the tone of their voice. You can’t help but think about what you should have done or said instead and it drives you crazy and keeps you on edge every time you remember it 7. You’re always making yourself busy It’s common for people with anxiety to have a strong need to keep themselves busy They’d like to occupy themselves with simple tasks and do as many things as possible in a day because sitting still and doing nothing for a long time can make them feel restless and on edge 8.
You talk yourself down all the time. Life isn’t always kind to us and self-love and a balanced lifestyle don’t come easily. Living with anxiety, especially if it’s hidden or suppressed, can make it hard for us to feel good about ourselves and let ourselves feel happy. It makes us believe that we don’t deserve it and traps us in a vicious cycle of negative self-talk and constant pressure to be perfect. 9. You have a lot of negative thoughts. Are you a pessimist who is quick to find the downsides in every situation? Do you find yourself getting upset or stressing out over even the most minor inconveniences? Is every day a constant battle with yourself against the spiral of panicked and rational thoughts you have? In 1997, famed psychologist and cognitive therapist, Aaron Beck, termed this kind of thought pattern as catastrophic thinking, Which he often observed in his patients who suffered from anxiety. And 10. You experience physical symptoms. Sometimes anxiety can be entirely physical because while your conscious mind may not always be aware of your anxiety it will make itself known to your body. Things like erratic heartbeats, chest palpitations, muscle tension, a clenched jaw, shaky hands up a sweating are all indicative of anxiety.
Your body may be trying to let your mind know that you’re feeling anxious and stop it before it gets any worse. Do you relate to any of the problems listed here? Or do you do your best to seem ok? And hide your symptoms because you feel embarrassed about your anxiety? The truth is: you’re not alone and having mental health issues is nothing to be ashamed of. What do you plan to do next? Let us know in the comments below! Don’t forget to like this video and subscribe to Psych2Go for more psychology content.
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wealth of everyday psychology. So, let’s explore. Have you heard of borderline
personality disorder or BPD before? It’s a personality disorder that affects about one to three
percent of the population. So, what is BPD? People with BPD struggle with self-image and self-perception. Their behavior and view
of others change quickly as they battle waves of
sadness, anger, or anxiety. It’s linked to traumatic events, brain chemistry, and family history. However, these factors aren’t always present in people with the disorder. Hidden BPD is a type in which the symptoms of the
disorder are internalized. They’re not displayed outwardly, making its diagnosis difficult.
This leads your friends,
partner, or family members to misunderstand your actions as having a toxic personality or a different mental
disorder like anxiety rather than borderline
personality disorder. Before we begin, we would like to remind you that the purpose of this video
is to create awareness and should in no case be
used to self-diagnose. If you find you can relate to these signs, please reach out to a
professional for help. With that being said, here are seven hidden signs of borderline personality disorder. One, self-hatred, self-harm. Do you often see the world in extremes and struggle to maintain
a sense of identity? One hidden sign of borderline
personality disorder is drastically low self-esteem or self-hatred.
This creates internal conflict
like constant self-criticism, negative self-image, and feeling
like you’re a bad person. Self-harm is another sign of borderline personality disorder. And this can escalate to suicidal thoughts or attempts at suicide. Two, difficulty regulating emotions. You cycle between periods
of intense emotions like emptiness, sadness,
anger, and anxiety. People with BPD struggle
to feel in control of their emotional
responses to situations. This is called effective instability and it’s more intense and longer lasting than hormonal mood swings. Because people with hidden BPD tend to internalize their feelings, their mood swings likely won’t
be as noticeable to others. It’s important to note, however, that intense mood swings can also be a sign of mood disorders which is why it’s so
important to get diagnosed by a mental health professional. In some cases, a person may be diagnosed with both a borderline personality disorder and a mood disorder such as bipolar. Three, internalized anger. Intense anger can also be a sign of BPD. Some people verbally or physically lash out at others brought on by BPD.
But in the case of hidden BPD, this anger is turned
inwards against the self and in the form of self-hatred or is suppressed which
is even more lethal. Such anger can also manifest as repeated frustration
or extreme irritation when faced with interpersonal stressors that people without BPD or
other personality disorders can handle without getting upset. Fourth, fear of rejection. Would you agree that
rejection is hard to stomach even in the best of times? For those with BPD, fear of rejection is
yet another hidden sign.
This could manifest in an irrational fear that loved ones will
leave you, social anxiety, or a desire to please everyone around you to try and prevent them
from rejecting you. The fact that people
with BPD often struggle to maintain relationships
only adds to this fear. Five, unstable relationships. Do you face difficulty maintaining interpersonal relationships like friendships, sibling bonds,
or romantic relationships? It can be difficult for people with BPD to preserve relationships because they often idealize
or think very highly of and then romanticize someone for a while and then devalue distrust
or become disgusted with them. A 2016 study suggests
that some people with BPD react to relationship
stressors with impulsivity which generates instability
in relations as well. Six, impulsive decisions. While cycles of impulsive
decisions commonly occur in those with bipolar disorder
and other mood disorders, they’re also a sign of BPD. Examples of impulsive decisions
someone with BPD might make are substance abuse,
spending or gambling sprees, skipping work or
appointments, unprotected sex, binge eating, or reckless driving.
Impulsive decisions are
a hidden sign of BPD because others may think this impulsivity comes from low impulse control or another mental disorder instead of BPD. And seven, disassociation. Finally, people with
borderline personality disorder may disassociate more frequently and for longer periods than typical functioning people. Disassociation is when thoughts or emotions enter your mind and you find yourself incapable
of focusing on your actions, instead operating on autopilot or watching yourself do things without feeling connected to your body. Disassociation is a hidden symptom of BPD because others may assume
someone who is disassociating is just tired or distracted. Disassociation can also
be a symptom of PTSD or dissociative identity
disorder, also known as DID.
But if it occurs alongside
the other things, it’s likely a hidden sign of BPD. It’s important to remember that mental disorders
affect everyone differently. Not everyone experiences all the symptoms. You might also experience
symptoms not listed here. That’s why it’s so important to seek help from a licensed mental health professional with experience in personality disorders if you think you or someone
you love might have BPD. Have you or someone, you
know, been diagnosed with BPD? Are you now better equipped to look out for its hidden symptoms? Let us know in the comments below. If you found this video helpful, be sure to hit the like
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Hey Psych2go family, welcome back to another video. Do you have an overwhelming fear of losing your loved ones? Do you distrust other people or have anxiety about being abandoned? Abandonment issues typically arise in childhood but can develop later on in life as well. The fear of abandonment is a serious type of anxiety that often stems from a traumatic experience. Some aren’t even aware of their repressed emotional trauma. But it can manifest into unhealthy behaviors over time. So, here are 7 Signs You may Have Abandonment Issues. One: you’re a people pleaser. Do you want to impress everyone you meet? Whether it’s your friends, acquaintances, or family members, you try to meet their expectations to get on their good side.
You’re the one who tries harder in your relationship, and you’re willing to put everyone else’s needs ahead of yours, as long as it gets them to stay. If you have a strong need to please people and gain their approval, you may still have some unresolved abandonment issues. Two: you struggle with insecurity. Do you sometimes think that someday, the people closest to you will get sick of you and leave? People who are afraid of being abandoned often struggle with feelings of insecurity and inadequacy because someone you love has walked out on you in the past. You’ve internalized the emotional trauma. You may have wrongly believed that it was YOUR fault that they left. This can result in low self-esteem and a need for constant reassurance. Three: you find it hard to trust people Do you find it hard to trust others to keep their promises or to be there for you? Do you want to be in control of your relationships and know everything that’s going on with your loved ones? Because you’ve been hurt in the past, you have a strong fear of being left alone.
In certain cases, it can lead to feelings of unreasonable jealousy, suspicion, and possessiveness over your friends and romantic partners. Four: you’re afraid to be vulnerable Do you feel uncomfortable during moments of emotional intimacy and honesty? Are you scared of getting close to someone or needing them too much? Your deep-seated fear of abandonment may manifest into a fear of intimacy and emotional vulnerability. You may unconsciously sabotage your relationships by pushing people away just as you start to care for them. You may struggle with commitment, and act detached and indifferent when you do care.
Five: you look for reasons to leave. Do you always look for reasons to leave in fear of getting too attached to someone? You hold your loved ones to unrealistically high standards and you only focus on their flaws. You don’t give them any room for mistakes. You do this knowing that they’re bound to disappoint you. And when they fail to meet your expectations, you use it as an excuse to give up and leave. Six: you move on too quickly Do you have difficulty forming meaningful relationships that last because of a deep-seated fear of abandonment? When you cycle through relationships one after another and move on too quickly, you’re not allowing yourself the time and space to deal with the emotional fallout. Instead, you dive into something new and exciting to distract yourself. You never want to be alone, because it would force you to confront the personal issues you’ve been repressing for so long. And number 7… you cling to unhealthy relationships Do you find yourself gravitating towards all the wrong people? Have you stayed with someone knowing they’re bad for you? The trauma of being abandoned, especially at a young age, can stay with you for a long time.
And since we’re all hard-wired to recreate our early childhood experiences for comfort and familiarity, your childhood taught you the wrong things about love. It’s not uncommon for you to be drawn to people who treat you poorly. Do you relate to any of the signs mentioned here? I know I did… Is a fear of abandonment harming your relationships and keeping you from being happy? Let us know in the comments below. If you found this video helpful, be sure to like and share this video with those who might benefit from it! Don’t forget to subscribe to Psych2go for more videos! Thanks for watching, and we’ll see you in the next one!
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[Music] hi everyone we it’s like to go would love to thank you for making us a digital family of more than 2 million it’s with your continued support that we’re able to bring you new content regularly our mission is to help everyone become more self aware of the various psychological factors that affect our lives one such factor that we hear about on a daily basis is anxiety but it’s important to know when it’s anxiety only and wanted to become something more so let’s find out anxiety in general is our normal reaction to stress in fact it can be a good thing anxiety motivates you to accomplish your assignments to study harder for a test and it can warn you when you’re in a dangerous situation it informs you to be extra vigilant about your environment the fight or flee generalized anxiety disorder or GED on the other hand is a full-fledged anxiety disorder that involves intense and excessive anxiety as a key factor along with other debilitating symptoms differentiating between normal anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder or di D can be tricky how do you know especially if you’re a little more anxious than others whether or not your anxiety is significant enough to qualify as a disorder so let’s begin with an introduction to the main concepts revolving around the – one normal anxiety is more of a friend than a foe according to the anxiety and depression Association of America anxiety is a normal and often healthy emotion which is characterized by feelings of tension worried thoughts and physical changes like increased blood pressure when we face potentially harmful or worrying triggers feelings of anxiety are not only normal but necessary for survival since the earliest days the approach of predators an incoming danger set off alarms in the body and allowed evasive action these alarms were in the form of a raised heartbeat sledding and increased sensitivity to surroundings danger causes a rush of adrenaline a hormone in the brain which in turn triggers the anxious reactions in a process called the fight-or-flight response this prepares humans to physically confront or flee any potential threats to sea all these are classic characteristics of normal anxiety such traits came in handy for our predecessors but we don’t have to be in a constant state of fight-or-flight anymore so running from larger animals is a less pressing concern in present times than it would have been for early humans anxieties now revolve around work money family life health and other crucial issues that demand a person’s attention without necessarily requiring the fight-or-flight reaction the nervous feeling before an important life event are during a difficult situation is a natural echo of the original fight-or-flight reaction it can still be essential to survival anxiety about being hit by a car when crossing the street for example means that a person will instinctively look both ways to avoid danger when the duration or severity of an anxious feeling is out of proportion to the original trigger or stressor physical symptoms such as increased blood pressure and nausea may also develop these responses are what moved normal anxiety beyond into gid generalized anxiety disorder GA D is when the trouble starts generalized anxiety disorder involves persistent and excessive worry that interferes with daily activities people with symptoms of GA D tend to always expect disaster and can stop worrying about health money family work or school in people with GID the worry is often unrealistic or out of proportion from the situation daily life becomes a constant state of worry fear and dread eventually the anxiety so dominates the person’s thinking that it interferes with daily functioning including work school social activities and relationships there are several key differences that make them distinguishable here are a few ways you can tell the two apart one presence of a stressor usually a normal anxiety occurs in response to a stressor such as an exam an upcoming interview a fight with a friend or a new job when you struggle with GID you’re anxious most or almost all of the time even when you can’t spot the source of the stress for instance people a generalized anxiety disorder can have a difficult time just getting through the day even seemingly small responsibilities like paying the bills make them feel anxious – intensity and length gid produces intense and excessive emotional responses even if you’re reacting to a stressor your anxiety is disproportionate to that stressor many people are on the edge before an exam but a person with jad might be anxious several weeks beforehand and will experience intense symptoms right before and during the exam also normal anxiety is fleeting while gid is ongoing and the feelings can last weeks or months three physical symptoms of jad excessive anxiety and wary aren’t the only symptoms that accompany GID there are physical symptoms – dizziness lightheadedness sweating trembling heart pounding headaches and nausea you feel like you can’t breathe can’t talk or have to go to the bathroom frequently people at jad also report feeling detachment and disconnected from reality they feel like they can’t think straight and have difficulty concentrating psychological symptoms are also present individuals experience racing or negative thoughts and are unable to concentrate and have worries about day to day things or impairment when you struggle with GID it affects your entire life it impairs or interferes with your schoolwork job and daily life avoidance is a symptom of jad and can be quite debilitating in other words excessive anxiety can cause you to avoid normal activities you might skip class miss a test stop going to work procrastinate grocery shopping or avoid anything that makes you feel anxious and 5 no control most people can reduce and control their anxiety through a variety of coping techniques and the ability to calm oneself however people at GID have significant difficulty finding relaxation calm and time away from their worries if you have more difficulty than other people you know in controlling your anxiety it may be more than normal anxiety did you often find yourself confused about these two conditions do these factors easier to differentiate between the two do let us know in the comments below if you are struggling with overwhelming anxiety and you can relate to some of these factors don’t hesitate to seek help from a mental health professional and subsequent treatment also remember to share this video with someone you think might benefit from these as well don’t forget to click the like button and subscribe for more content as always thanks for watching
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Benefits of Rosemary for Brain Function in Hamlet, Act, 4, Scene, 5, Ophelia notes that rosemary is for remembrance, an idea that goes back at least a few thousand years to the ancient Greeks who claimed that rosemary comforts. The brain sharpens understanding, restores lost memory and awakens the mind. After all, plants can be considered little chemical factories that manufacture all sorts of compounds that could have neuroprotective benefits.
So let’s cut down on processed foods and eat lots of phytonutrient-rich whole plant foods, including perhaps a variety of herbs.
Even the smell of certain herbs may affect how our brain works.
Unfortunately, I’ve found much of the aromatherapy literature scientifically unsatisfying, like there’d, be studies like this, offering subjective impressions and so fine sure sniffing.
An herbal sachet is indeed easy, inexpensive, and safe, but is it effective? They didn’t compare tests, scores, or anything Even when there was a control group where researchers had people do a battery of tests in a room that smelled like rosemary, lavender, or nothing, and even when they did compare test results.
The lavender appeared to slow them down, and impair their performance, whereas the rosemary group seemed to do better, But maybe that’s just because of the mood effects.
Maybe the rosemary group did better just because the aroma kind of pepped them up And not necessarily in a good way, maybe kind of overstimulating.
In some circumstances, there have been studies that measured people’s brain waves and were able to correlate the EEG findings with the changes in mood and performance, along with objective changes in stress hormone levels.
But is this all just because pleasant smells improve people? S moods Like if you created some synthetic rosemary fragrance with a bunch of chemicals that had nothing to do with the rosemary plant.
Would it still have the same effect We didn’t know until now that aromatic herbs do have volatile compounds that theoretically could enter the bloodstream by way of the lining of the nose or lungs and then potentially cross into the brain and have direct effects? But this was the first study to put it to the test.
They had.
People do math in a cubicle infused with rosemary aroma, and so yes, they got that same boost in performance, but for the first time showed how much better they did correlate with the amount of a rosemary compound that made it into their bloodstream.
Just from being in the room, and so not only did this show that it gets absorbed, but that such natural aromatic plant compounds may be playing a direct effect on changes in brain function.
If that’s just what smelling it can do? What about eating rosemary? We have studies on alertness and cognition and reduced stress hormone levels, by inhaling rosemary.
However, there were no clinical studies on cognitive performance following ingestion of rosemary.
Until now, Older adults, average age 75 were given two cups of tomato juice, with either nothing or a half.
A teaspoon of powdered rosemary, which is what one might use in a typical recipe, or a full teaspoon, two teaspoons, or over a tablespoon of rosemary powder, and they even gave them some placebo pills to go with it to even further eliminate any placebo effects.
Speed of memory is a potentially useful predictor of cognitive function during aging, and what they found is that the lowest dose had a beneficial effect, accelerating their processing speed, but the highest dose impaired their processing speed, maybe because the half-teaspoon dose improved alertness, while the 4 Teaspoon dose decreased alertness, So rosemary powder at the dose nearest to normal, culinary consumption demonstrated positive effects on speed of memory.
The implicit take-home message being more isn’t necessarily better. Take high doses of herbal supplements extracts tinctures, just cooking with spices is sufficient.
A conclusion, no doubt pleasing to the spice company that sponsored the study.
No side effects were reported, but that doesn’t mean you can eat the whole bush.
This poor guy swallowed a rosemary twig which punctured through the stomach into his liver, causing an abscess from which 2 cups of pus and a 2-inch twig were removed, so explore herbs and spices in your cooking Branch out.
Just leave the branches out.
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Are you extremely afraid of being judged by others? Are you very self-conscious in everyday social situations? Do you avoid meeting new people? These are all trademark signs of social anxiety, which affects approximately 15 million people in the United States alone.
Social anxiety disorder is classified as a significant amount of fear, embarrassment, or humiliation in social or performance-based situations.
It goes far deeper than mere shyness, where shyness is more of a personality.
Trait social anxiety disorder can cause significant disruption of your daily life.
Before we begin, we would like to mention that this video is created for educational purposes only and is not intended to substitute a professional diagnosis.
If you suspect you may have social anxiety, disorder, or any mental health condition, we highly advise you to seek help from a qualified mental health.
Professional With that said here are nine things that social anxiety makes us do One repeatedly double checking the location and time. Do you find yourself repeatedly checking your phone to make sure you’re in the right place? It can be terrifying for those with social anxiety to arrive late or walk into the wrong room.
So double or even triple-checking information is necessary.
Even if you know you’ve got the details right.
It can bring you peace of mind just to make sure it may be the difference between walking in with confidence or hesitation and two rehearsing conversations in your head ahead of time.
While this may be a subconscious practice at first many people who face social anxiety rehearse things they’re going to say before they have the actual conversation.
This often begins as imagining future conversations or running through a list of important points to discuss.
Some people find it more helpful to physically practice having a conversation as well.
That being said, not everyone who rehearses their conversations beforehand necessarily has social anxiety, Memorization and practice are both common tools to aid.
You feel nervous whether you’re anxious about public speaking talking to a specific person or being social in general Number three avoiding phone calls, even though it’s become a bit of a joke among millennials and Gen Zer, who prefer to text avoid phone Calls is actually a fairly common behavior for people with social anxiety.
Psychologist Lindsay Sharfstein told Headspace. Anxiety is typical for all of us.
It’s a universal emotion that we can all relate to.
For the most part.
We know that individuals are not afraid of phones.
They have phones in their office backpack purse.
What they’re typically afraid of is the evaluation or judgment that may happen when they’re on a phone.
This may be why some people prefer to text instead of talk on the phone.
The more one can put between themselves and the other person the more comfortable they generally feel interacting Four faking phone calls Have you ever pretended to be in the middle of a call just to avoid talking to someone or worn headphones to discourage others from approaching you, Although it’s safe to assume that phone calls are not something that people with social anxiety look forward to faking, a call can come in handy.
It can be a lot easier to act busy rather than face the awkwardness of an unwanted conversation.
So, this can become a habit of avoidance. If you have social anxiety, five constantly worrying about how everyone sees you.
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, those with a social anxiety disorder are increasingly concerned about how they are perceived by others.
The last thing they want is to come off as awkward, fumbling, or boring.
You’ve likely felt this way at some point throughout your life, whether it’s the desire to fit in with friends or make a good impression on a potential employer with social anxiety.
However, this pressure to perform feels constantly heavy and can lead to full-blown panic attacks when in social or performance-based situations Number six is feeling lonely.
Even when you’re surrounded by people, People with social anxiety can share this feeling with those who battle, depression and other mental illnesses as well.
So, unfortunately, a lot of people can relate to this isolating feeling When social anxiety keeps you from being your true self.
It can be difficult to feel included at all. It’s frustrating to be close to others, but not be able to connect with them in a comfortable way.
If you’re struggling to effectively communicate and are extremely hesitant to even start a conversation that adds to your feelings of loneliness, even when you’re, surrounded by others, Number seven clenching your teeth and other physical discomforts, you feel shaky or lightheaded when faced with A social situation: Does your heart rate speed up or do your hands tremble? The stress that comes with social anxiety can manifest through physical symptoms.
Many of the symptoms are signs of nervousness such as sweating, flushing, and feeling shaky According to Mayo Clinic. You might also be dealing with muscle tension, feeling that your mind has gone blank, or having trouble catching your breath.
Number eight obsessing over how you look When you’re, constantly worried about how others perceive you.
You’re likely to be concerned with how you look as well.
You might have a distorted body image and think that you’re less physically attractive.
Your thoughts can flit from your hair to your clothes or flaws in your skin.
Thinking that it’s just all wrong In an attempt to feel comfortable in your own skin, you might spend an inappropriate amount of time and money on fixing your appearance, such as shopping for better clothes, getting high-end beauty products, or going on diets.
If you think you’re overweight and number nine, you feel more like yourself around the people.
You’re comfortable with Yourself, think you’re picky about who you spend time with, and triumph over shyness by conquering social anxiety disorder, Dr. Marie B. Stein and John R. Walker discusses behavior in children called selective mutism.
This is when a child speaks and acts normally around select individuals but is completely silent around everyone else or when placed in certain situations.
This is a more extreme example, but it shows how those with social anxiety are more likely to relax and open up around people. They already know and trust, do you or anyone you know resonate with any of these points mentioned in this video?
If you’re concerned about social anxiety disorder, we encourage you to speak with a mental health professional.
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According to the American Psychological Association People with anxiety have a future-oriented fear which leads them to avoid anything that could potentially trigger a stress response. In 2017, the National Institute of Mental Health reported that approximately forty million people worldwide suffer from anxiety disorders that are highly treatable but recent surveys show that only 36.9% of those suffering from it seek treatment This might be because most people with anxiety worry about the judgment of others and how the stigma against mental illness might negatively affect their lives. Does this sound familiar to you? Do you worry you might be suffering from anxiety and just don’t realize it? Here are ten tell-tale signs of hidden anxiety to look out for. 1. You don’t like talking to people face to face. You can easily keep a conversation going for hours when you’re texting or chatting online with a friend but talking to someone in person… No… That’s an entirely different story. Even if you already know them well or have talked to them online you still get tense and nervous talking to them in person You have trouble making eye contact or finding the words to respond and you want to end face-to-face conversations as soon as they begin to 2.
You’re always self-conscious. Do you walk into a room and immediately feel like everyone is staring at you, listening to you, and judging your every move? Or perhaps you’re overly conscious of the way you walk, the way you eat, the way you sit, the sound of your voice when you talk and so on This could be a sign that you have hidden anxiety 3. You’re easily upset or irritated. Has anyone ever told you you’re too sensitive? Do you find your feelings getting hurt easily? Are you quick to get angry or upset with others over the littlest things? This kind of emotional volatility may be a sign that you have high-functioning anxiety. As anxiety can often make us easily overwhelmed and emotionally imbalanced, frequent mood swings, temper tantrums, and irritability can be expected when you’re overly anxious four.
You’re panicky and easily startled. Anxiety makes you want to be as in control and vigilant as possible. An unexpected phone call, a random knock on the door, an email with no subject, or a forgotten task you can easily finish. Anything is enough to send you reeling with panic. You go into a tailspin whenever something catches you off-guard and you find it hard to relax even when the smallest things don’t go exactly as planned. 5. You’re indecisive. Do you have trouble making even the simplest of choices? Are you afraid of making up your mind about something because you’re so sure that whatever decision you make is going to be the wrong one? Oftentimes, anxiety can manifest as perfectionist tendencies, fear of failure, or distrust in oneself. If you can’t make your own choices without thinking about it for hours and hours first or consulting with all your friends and family, you might be harboring some hidden anxiety.
6. You overthink past conversations. You have a tendency to get hung up on past conversations no matter how much time has passed since then. You analyze the other person’s body language, facial expressions, choices of words, and even the tone of their voice. You can’t help but think about what you should have done or said instead, and it drives you crazy and keeps you on edge every time you remember it seven. You’re always making yourself busy It’s common for people with anxiety to have a strong need to keep themselves busy They’d like to occupy themselves with simple tasks and do as many things as possible in a day because sitting still and doing nothing for a long time can make them feel restless and on edge 8. You talk yourself down all the time.
Life isn’t always kind to us, and self-love and a balanced lifestyle don’t come easily. Living with anxiety, especially if it’s hidden or suppressed, can make it hard for us to feel good about ourselves and let ourselves feel happy. It makes us believe that we don’t deserve it and traps us in a vicious cycle of negative self-talk and constant pressure to be perfect. 9. You have a lot of negative thoughts. Are you a pessimist who is quick to find the downsides in every situation? Do you find yourself getting upset or stressed out over even the most minor inconveniences? Is every day a constant battle with yourself against the spiral of panicked and rational thoughts you have? In 1997, famed psychologist and cognitive therapist, Aaron Beck, termed this kind of thought pattern as catastrophic thinking, which he often observed in his patients who suffered from anxiety. And 10. You experience physical symptoms. Sometimes anxiety can be entirely physical because while your conscious mind may not always be aware of your anxiety it will definitely make itself known to your body.
Things like erratic heartbeats, chest palpitations, muscle tension, a clenched jaw, shaky hands up sweating are all indicative of anxiety. Your body may be trying to let your mind know that you’re feeling anxious and stop it before it gets any worse. Do you relate to any of the problems listed here? Or do you do your best to seem ok? And hide your symptoms because you feel embarrassed about your anxiety? The truth is: you’re not alone and having mental health issues is nothing to be ashamed of.
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“Yoga Put to the Test for Headaches,
Diabetes, Osteoarthritis, and the Elderly” Yoga is an ancient mind-body
discipline which originated in India thousands of years ago, and that’s where most yoga
studies are done to this day. This has raised concerns
that national pride might incline Indian researchers
to quietly shelve any negative results and just publish studies
showing yoga works. This fear is not without precedent. For example, research conducted in
China, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan were found to be uniformly
favorable to acupuncture; all trials, without exception,
were positive.
Now, one possible explanation
for this finding is that acupuncture is just
more effective in countries where it is traditionally practiced,
but it’s a little suspicious. So, are Indian yoga trials
more likely to be positive than those from other countries? They looked at hundreds of
Randomized controlled trials of yoga, both done in India and
done in other countries, and trials on yoga conducted in India
had about twenty-five times the odds of reaching positive conclusions
as those conducted elsewhere. Again, yes, yoga might be more
effective in India than elsewhere, but it is a little suspicious. So, for example, if you’re interested
in whether yoga is helpful for treating headaches,
and you read that yoga appears to be helpful
For those suffering from tension-type headaches,
but then you find out that nearly all such studies were
conducted in India, what do you do
with that information? Also, notably, none
of the control groups had any sort of exercise component,
though this may be less critical for tension headaches, since
neither aerobic exercise training…
Nor does strength training
appear to help them. So, if we’re to believe
the Indian study conclusions, yoga may indeed help
with tension headaches, but even they found
no effect for migraines. What may help migraines,
though, are other types of exercise, specifically aerobic exercise,
decreasing migraine pain intensity, frequency, and duration,
at least in the short term. What about the benefits
of yoga practice compared to physical exercise
in the management of type 2 diabetes? A significant reduction
in both short-term and longer-term blood sugar control
was noted in the yoga groups compared to other
exercise control groups.
However, the findings may need
to be interpreted with caution, since nearly half of the studies
didn’t define and adhere to a well-planned exercise regimen
in the control group. Furthermore, an exercise intervention
comparable in intensity to yoga was followed only in three
out of the eight studies included. And, for what it’s worth,
The majority of the studies, six out of eight, were from India. When yoga was carefully
compared to sham yoga, which consisted of chair exercises,
standing exercises, and slow walking to match
the yoga session, the relative yoga
benefits evaporated.
Both yoga and sham yoga had identical effects
on blood sugar status. Hence, further well-controlled
Randomized trials are required prior to drawing conclusions
about the benefits of yoga in comparison to physical exercise
in patients with diabetes. Similar tentative conclusions were
reached for yoga for osteoarthritis. Put all the studies together
and yoga may indeed be effective for improving pain, function,
and stiffness in individuals with osteoarthritis of the knee,
compared not only to doing nothing but compared
to other kinds of exercise. They had some issues with
the quality of some of the studies, and so only a weak recommendation
for the use of yoga for osteoarthritis, but hey, if you like yoga or if yoga
is the only kind of exercise you’re willing to do, then
It’s probably better than nothing. Finally, in this video,
Let’s look at the effects of yoga compared to active and inactive
controls meaning like compared to other exercise regimens
or just like doing nothing on physical function and
health-related quality of life in adults aged 60 and older. Compared to doing nothing,
They found clear evidence that yoga improves physical function
and psychological well-being in older adults, so it definitely
better than nothing.
What about compared
to other exercises? Yoga pulled ahead for lower limb
strength and lower body flexibility, but for improving balance,
mobility, and walking speed, yoga appeared comparable. Psychologically, yoga appeared
to beat out other exercises for alleviating depression
in older adults, but not anxiety or perceived
mental health in general.
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