We are in the middle of an anxiety pandemic. We hear about young people with no underlying illnesses die, the news are all around the spread of the disease, and we are afraid to get close to others, touch things, and get obsessed when we touch our faces. This aspect of the pandemic can lead … Continue reading combat pandemic Anxiety
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Help Children process Feelings
You can help your child process emotions of any kind when you see him facing some hard time. Following is a simple practice to do so: Usually when the children become angry, sad, or severely upset, we try to distract or redirect them away from the painful feelings. But this isn’t always the right hing … Continue reading Help Children process Feelings
Gratitude Practice
There is a lot of accumulative evidence confirming the effectiveness of practicing gratitude as a wellbeing practice. Gratitude practice helps combat depression and alleviate anxiety and has many positive effect on physical health. Click below to listen to this practice from Ohio State University:
Is Covid-19 man made?
It is human nature to seek answers and explanations for the events around us. And although it is a unique human ability to ask questions about the occurrence of phenomena, the human brain still cannot avoid falling for shallow and wrong answers. Since the start of COVID-19, many assumptions and rumors about a conspiracy were … Continue reading Is Covid-19 man made?
Home-made mask
“How to Make a Homemade Mask out of Fabric or Cloth: Following are instructions on how to make a mask at home.Materials : • Fabric (100% cotton is most effective) • Fabric Ties • Scissors • Sewing machine or a needle and thread Instructions: • Measure and cut 2 pieces of fabric in a rectangular … Continue reading Home-made mask
Talking with children on COVID-19
The general principles Stay calm and be reassuring. Children will react to both what they hear and how it is said. They Can pick up cues from what they hear around them. They can catch easily the emotion on your face while talking. Be available. Make time to talk to them. Be sure they know … Continue reading Talking with children on COVID-19
Body image distortions
Source : FISH ’S Clinical psychopathology Body image distortions Hyperschemazia, or the perceived magnification of body parts, can occur with a variety of organic and psychiatric conditions. When part of the body is painful it may feel larger than normal. When there is partial paralysis of a limb, the affected segment feels heavy and large, … Continue reading Body image distortions
Attitude to hallucinations
Source : FISH ’S Clinical psychopathology The patient’s attitude to hallucinations In organic hallucinations the patient is usually terrified by the visual hallucinations and may try desperately to get away from them. Most delirious patients feel threatened and are generally suspicious. The combination of the persecuted attitude and the visual hallucinations may lead to resistance … Continue reading Attitude to hallucinations
Hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations
Source : FISH ’S Clinical psychopathology Hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations First mentioned by Aristotle, these hallucinations occur when the subject is falling asleep or waking up respectively. It has been suggested that hypnopompic hallucinations are often hypnagogic experiences that occur in the morning when the subject is waking and dosing-off again, so that they actually … Continue reading Hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations
Autoscopy
Source : FISH ’S Clinical psychopathology Autoscopy or phantom mirror-image Autoscopy, also called phantom mirror-image, is the experience of seeing oneself and knowing that it is oneself. It is not just a visual hallucination because kinaestethic and somatic sensation must also be present to give the subject the impression that the hallucination is oneself. This … Continue reading Autoscopy
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