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Loss: A Human Journey
Loss is not merely the disappearance of something we once held dear—it is the reshaping of our inner world when that presence is no longer there. It touches every life, often quietly, sometimes violently, and always profoundly. Whether it’s the death of a loved one, the fading of a dream, or the erosion of health,…
Moral Injury
Restoring Integrity: Addressing Moral Injury In regions marked by prolonged conflict and humanitarian crises, individuals often face not only physical danger but deep psychological wounds. One such wound—less visible but profoundly impactful—is moral injury. This form of distress arises when people are forced to act against their core values, witness injustice they cannot prevent, or…
Psychological Buffer
Strengthening Psychological Resilience in Conflict Zones In environments marked by chronic stress, injustice, and emotional overload—such as those faced by humanitarian workers—developing an internal psychological buffer becomes essential. This buffer isn’t about suppressing emotions or pretending to be unaffected. It’s about cultivating the ability to respond to adversity with clarity, control, and compassion. This inner…
النشاط البدني
يعد النشاط البدني وممارسة الرياضة بانتظام أساسًا للحفاظ على الصحة والسلامة العامة، خاصة لموظفي الأونروا الذين غالبًا ما يواجهون بيئات عمل تتطلب جهدًا كبيرًا وتعرضهم لضغوط كثيرة. فوائد النشاط البدني لا تقتصر على تحسين المزاج والنوم والمساعدة في الوقاية من مجموعة واسعة من الأمراض المزمنة فحسب، بل تعزز أيضًا من مرونتنا وقدرتنا على خدمة المنتفعين…
Physical Activity
Physical activity and regular exercise are foundational for maintaining overall health and well-being, especially for UNRWA staff who often face demanding work environments. These habits not only boost mood, improve sleep, and help prevent a wide range of chronic conditions but also enhance our resilience and capacity to serve Palestine Refugees effectively. Incorporating consistent movement…
الصحة النفسية في أوقات الحروب
في أوقات الشدائد العميقة، مثل الأزمة المستمرة في غزة، فإن إعطاء الأولوية للاهتمام بالعافية النفسية وممارسة الرعاية الذاتية ليس مفيدًا فحسب، بل هو ضروري للمناعة النفسية واستمرارية تقديم الخدمات. إن تفانينا كموظفين في الانروا في دعم اللاجئين الفلسطينيين لا يتزعزع، لكن هذا الالتزام يعني أيضًا المحافظة على صحتنا النفسية ورعايتها. وبذلك، فإننا لا نحمي أنفسنا…
Well-being in Times of War
In times of profound adversity, such as the ongoing crisis in Gaza, prioritizing our psychological well-being and practicing self-care isn’t just beneficial—it’s essential for resilience and sustained service delivery. As UNRWA staff, our dedication to supporting Palestine Refugees is unwavering, but this commitment also means recognizing and nurturing our own mental health. By doing so,…
Effective Conflict Management in Teams
Teamwork is fundamental to UNRWA’s mission, and just like any group of dedicated professionals, conflicts can arise. Rather than viewing conflict as a roadblock, we can see it as an opportunity for growth and stronger collaboration. Managing these differences effectively is crucial for maintaining team cohesion, fostering innovation, and ensuring our collective productivity, ultimately contributing…
إدارة النزاعات داخل الفريق
إن العمل الجماعي أساسي لمهمة الأونروا، ومثل أي مجموعة من المهنيين المتفانين، يمكن أن تنشأ الصراعات. وبدلًا من النظر إلى النزاع كعقبة، يمكننا اعتباره فرصة للنمو والتعاون الأقوى. إن إدارة هذه الاختلافات بفعالية أمر بالغ الأهمية للحفاظ على تماسك الفريق، وتعزيز الابتكار، وضمان الإنتاجية الجماعية، مما يساهم في نهاية المطاف في بيئة عمل أكثر إيجابية…
Self-Care Tips After Trauma
Trauma can have a profound impact on a person’s mental, emotional, and physical well-being. It’s crucial to prioritize self-care after experiencing trauma. Here are some tips to help you navigate this challenging time: Acknowledge Your Feelings It’s normal to have a range of emotions after a traumatic event. Don’t suppress your feelings; instead, acknowledge them.…
Uncertainty-Strategies for Coping
Uncertainty is an inevitable part of life. Whether it’s uncertainty about our health, our jobs, or the state of the world, it can lead to feelings of anxiety, stress, and fear. However, it’s important to remember that uncertainty also opens up possibilities and opportunities. Living with uncertainty can become hard. Humans crave information about what…
Breaking phone habits
Do you feel like you spend too much time on your phone? Do you find it hard to resist checking your messages, emails, social media, and other apps? If so, you are not alone. Many people struggle with phone addiction, which can have negative effects on their health, productivity, happiness, and relationships. Fortunately, there are…
Anger
Anger is a normal and natural emotion that we all experience from time to time. It is usually triggered by something that we perceive as unfair, unjust, or harmful to ourselves or others. Anger can help us to express our feelings, protect ourselves, or motivate us to solve problems. However, anger can also be harmful…
Handling Disappointment
Disappointment is a complex emotion that arises when our hopes or expectations are not met. It’s characterized by feelings of sadness or regret, often related to a perceived loss. This loss could be tangible, such as the loss of a job or a failed exam, or intangible, like the loss of trust in a relationship. Causes of…
Managing Resentment
Resentment is a complex emotion often described as a feeling of indignation or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury. It’s a negative emotional reaction to being mistreated, and most cases involve an underlying sense of being wronged by another person. Causes of Resentment Resentment can be caused by several different…
A Healthy Daily Routine
Mental health is a vital aspect of our well-being, yet many people struggle with various mental health challenges, such as depression, anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem. While professional help is often necessary and beneficial, there are also some simple and effective ways to improve our mental health on our own. One of these ways is…
Handy ways to practice self-care
Self care is the act of taking care of your own physical, mental, and emotional well-being. It is not selfish or indulgent, but rather a necessary and healthy habit that can help you cope with stress, improve your mood, and enhance your quality of life. Here are 12 ways to practice self care in your…
Tips to shake off a blue mood
Depression is a common and serious mental health condition that affects millions of people worldwide. It can cause persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and loss of interest in activities that you used to enjoy. Sometimes, depression can also manifest as sudden episodes of low mood that can be triggered by stressful events, negative thoughts, or…
Protecting Children in War Zones
Children living in war zones face immense challenges and are at a high risk of experiencing psychological trauma. The exposure to violence, displacement, loss of loved ones, and disruption of daily life can have profound and long-lasting effects on their mental well-being. Risk Factors o The type, frequency, and duration of exposure to war-related eventso…
Vicarious Trauma
In recent years, the recognition and understanding of mental health issues have expanded significantly. Alongside this growth, the concept of vicarious trauma has gained attention as a unique form of psychological distress. Vicarious trauma refers to the emotional and psychological impact experienced by individuals who are indirectly exposed to the trauma experienced by others. We…
Living with Social Anxiety
Social anxiety is a common mental health condition that affects millions of people around the world. It is characterized by a persistent and intense fear of being judged, criticized, or rejected by others in social situations. People with social anxiety may experience symptoms such as nervousness, sweating, trembling, blushing, nausea, or difficulty speaking. They may…
Reasons Why You Procrastinate
Procrastination is a common problem that affects many people, especially students and workers. It is the act of delaying or putting off tasks until the last minute, or past their deadline, despite knowing the negative consequences. Procrastination can lead to increased stress, health problems, poor performance, and lower self-esteem. But why do we procrastinate? And…
How to Be More Empathetic
Empathy is the ability to emotionally understand what other people feel, see things from their point of view, and imagine yourself in their place. It is a key aspect of emotional intelligence, which also includes the ability to identify and regulate one’s own emotions, and to use these abilities to communicate more effectively1. Empathy can benefit…
Leaves Utilization and Burnout Rate in Workplace
Burnout is a syndrome resulting from workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized by three dimensions: feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion, increased mental distance from one’s job or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job, and reduced professional efficacy¹. Burnout can have negative impacts on employees’ health, well-being,…
Giving Advice
We all have opinions and experiences that we want to share with others, especially when they are facing a problem or a dilemma. We may think that we are being helpful and supportive by offering our advice, but sometimes we may be doing more harm than good. Here are some reasons why you should think…
Tips to Live with Anxiety
Anxiety is a common and normal emotion that everyone experiences from time to time. However, for some people, anxiety can become overwhelming, persistent, and interfere with their daily functioning and quality of life. Anxiety disorders are mental health conditions that involve excessive and irrational fear, nervousness, or worry about various situations or events. There are…
Recognize emotional immaturity
Emotional maturity is the ability to express and manage one’s emotions in a healthy and appropriate way. It involves being aware of one’s own feelings, empathizing with others, taking responsibility for one’s actions, and coping with stress and challenges. Emotional immaturity, on the other hand, is the opposite of emotional maturity. It is the inability…
When someone leaves
When someone we love leaves us, whether it is for a trip, a move, a breakup, or a death, we may feel a range of emotions, such as sadness, grief, anger, loneliness, or fear. These feelings are normal and natural, but they can also be overwhelming and debilitating. How can we cope with the sadness…
How Awe Can Make You Happier
Have you ever felt awe? Awe is the emotion we feel when we encounter something that is vast, unexpected, or transcendent, and that challenges our existing understanding of the world. Awe can be triggered by natural beauty, artistic masterpieces, human achievements, or spiritual experiences. Awe is a heightened awareness of beauty and mystery, and it’s…
Teaching purpose to our kids
As parents and caregivers, one of our most important tasks is to help our children discover their purpose in life. Purpose gives meaning and direction to our lives, and it is essential for our well-being and happiness. A purpose is a reason for being, a motivation that drives us to pursue our goals and passions.…
Nonviolent Communication-Self Care
Self care means taking the time to do things that help you live well and improve both your physical health and mental health. Self care can help you manage stress, lower your risk of illness, and increase your energy. Some examples of self care strategies to relieve stress are: Workplace Stress work place stress and interpersonal…
Earthquakes and mental health
Earthquakes can have devastating effects on people’s physical and mental health. Some of the common psychological effects after surviving a major earthquake are: one study that reviewed 34 articles on PTSD among earthquake survivors found that the combined incidence of PTSD after earthquakes was 23.66 %. This means that about one in four survivors may develop…
Nature as Brain Food
Our brains are hard-wired for the open, not for the totally artificial cave we call an office or home. Structured Indoor spaces are less challenging providing an environment where every footfall is certain. Watch the video below for the whole story: Source : https://www.medscape.com
How to Save Your Time
Time is our greatest asset. Once a single second passed away, forever it went. This is why we should be mindful to how we spend our time. Lay Down Your Goals Plan When you figure out your goals look at the big and full picture and list down the goal for your work and home…
Strengthen Your Resilience
In this video, An article by APA is summarized, providing some tips to build your resilience in the face of adversities:
Cut The Stress Down
The following checklist is designed to help you reduce your level of stress. Over the next 30 days see how many you can check off and keep practicing to improve the emotional quality of your life :
Stress Effects On The Body – Audio
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Notes On Burnout
Burnout is a set of symptoms people may experience due to stress related to work. CISMS/UNDSS distributed an educational document on burnout which contains the following: What is Burnout? function, which results from a sustained effort by that individual to achieve an unachievable goal in a work context. » Who is prone to Burnout? How…
Women and mental health
Mental health is one of the most pressing challenges in health care today. Particularly important are issues relating to the mental health of girls and women. Women are subjected to a variety of psychological stresses due to their unique nature and duties at home and in society. Some psychological issues, such as depression, anxiety, and…
Tips For Better Health
You may consider the following as habits of healthy people: Mindfulness Be mindful. You can either practice meditation or just stop to smell a flower. According to studies, mindfulness decreases stress effects, enhances mood, and relieves pain. It was found that mindfulness results into structural changes in brain areas of memory, emotions, and learning. Try…
Recovery From Trauma
Exposure to trauma is an unpleasant experience that leaves people affected for the rest of their lives. Most people recover gradually, but complete recovery is not always the case Surviving Exposure to a traumatic experience happens when you go through a highly stressful incident or series of incidents. A myriad of emotions happen like feelings…
Stress And Your Body
Stress is a normal body response to challenges. It is harmless if managed correctly but when you fail to manage it and when it accumulates for a long period of time it can become harmful to your health. Following are some symptoms prolonged stress and anxiety can cause : Racing Heart When you get scared…
Child abuse and neglect
There are several ways by which child abuse and neglect can have an impact on all aspects of a child’s development. These include physical, psychological, emotional, behavioral, and social development. Effects of child abuse Childhood trauma can have long-term consequences, and children can react differently to what has happened. As a result of being a…
What Causes Your Stress
Children are constantly screaming, your boss is angry because you are late in your tasks, and you have a lot of bills to pay. You are really stressed out. Stress is not a disease, actually it is an essential part of normal life. Stress has many positive purposes: It can motivate you to achieve best…
Attend to your mental health
Is it very important to pay attention to our mental and emotional health! Unfortunately, a lot of us ignore that and don’t care about it. Many have heard the common phrase: “All diseases are from stress and nervousness.” However, as a simple and natural step in the case of a somatic illness, a person seeks…
Some Wellbeing Practices
You can do a lot of practices to elevate your wellbeing and boost up your mood. Following are some easy practices: Move Your Body Moving the body and making some activity when one is stressed can reduce stress and bring relaxation. You can turn on your favorite song and dance in your room, go for…
Men and Mental Health
Written By : Mohammed Zaman Rajabi November is the “Men’s Health” month. Traditionally, societies expectations for men are for them to “man up”, “push forward” and “do not complain” and “stay strong”. These are the norms and values that boys are brought up with and could be detrimental to their mental health as they grow…
Relieve Stress With Breathing
Breathing is a strong tool to relieve stress and reduce anxiety. Just right now, take a deep breath and let it our smoothly, you will notice a difference. Simple exercises for breathing can benefit you a lot if they are a routine practice for you. Tips for a successful breathing exercise: Choose a suitable place…
Stop Stress Right Now
The way you handle your stress with it has a great impact on how you feel. Moreover, it affects other biologic functions like blood pressure, blood sugar, and hormonal levels. Following are a number of strategies to stop stress right away: Go Out It is widely believed among psychologists that spending some time outdoors, even…
Walking Mistakes
Walking is a great activity available for everyone. It counteracts stress, reduces weight, fights obesity, improves blood sugar and hypertension in addition to many other benefits for physical and mental health. But there are some mistakes we might commit when practicing walking. Following are some of them: Beware Fit The shoes should fit properly. Loose…
How Counselling Helps
We all go through difficult times in our lives. These difficulties could be related to aspect of our personal lives such as relationship, education, health, friendship, etc. or related to our professional work lives. You may be feeling blue or down lately. You may be having issues with your co-workers or supervisors. You may be…
Depression and Physical Health
Depression has a great impact on the body and its effects appear on many body systems. in fact, some depressed people will have physical symptoms as their main concern when seeking help for depression. Here are some of these effects: Sleep Sleep is profoundly disturbed in depression. Depressed people may have difficulties falling and initiating…
Learn to Keep Positive
Positive thinking is the practice of concentrating on the positive side in every situation with an optimistic attitude. Positive thinking does not mean ignoring reality or living in a fancy world. It also does not mean underestimating problems. Rather, it is an attitude of approaching the life situations with optimism that things will go well.…
Smart Phone Down Side
Do you know about the health risks that can result from your smart phone? Just like anything else in life, smart phones have advantages as well as disadvantages. Following are a number of risks to health that can result from smart phones use. Bacteria We carry our cellphones with us everywhere. Sometimes , we check…
Sleep Hygiene: Guidelines for a Good Night’s Sleep
We all have had some nights that we keep staring at the ceiling and wonder why we can’t fall sleep. I sometimes wake up thinking it is morning, but it is actually 3 AM. We all need to ensure we get better sleep and that is why changing our sleep habits and improving our “sleep…
Child Abuse
Written By Gamila Ahmed Unfortunately, in every society around the world, children are exposed to violence and abuse. Children suffer from all kinds of abuse, especially when a society is involved in crisis such as wars. Child Abuse is defined as “the harming, whether physically, emotionally, or sexually, ill treatment, abuse, neglect or deprivation of…
Tips on Diet for Prediabetics
Prediabetes is when your blood glucose level is higher than normal people but less than people who already have a diagnosis of diabetes. It has many names like impaired fasting sugar or impaired glucose tolerance Almost everyone who has type 2 diabetes T2D went first through this prediabetic stage. Prediabetes does not cause any symptoms…
Fathers’ love and kids development
According to new research results, father’s love is critical for children growth , their satisfaction with life, and their self-acceptance One of the consequences of corona virus pandemic is that fathers spent more time with children during 2020 and 2021 years. The influence of that on children well-being is not yet clear and more research…
Grief
What do you know about grief? Most people will experience loss at some point in their lives. Grief is a response to any form of loss. Grief is universal. At some point in everyone’s life, there will be at least one encounter with grief. It may be from the death of a loved one, the…
Clutter and Health
Clutter is the word used to refer to the scattered and disordered unnecessary things which can impede your movement and yet you keep them. But not all clutter are trash. Sometimes it is something sentimental from the past or aspirational to the future. At other times it could be something useful which you have no…
Improve your sleep
Insomnia is a sleep disorder in which you have difficulties falling and/or remaining asleep. The condition can be short-term and self-limiting or can last a long time . It may also come and go intermittently. Here are some tips to get the best sleep you can – they are an add-on to our topics on…
Do you drink enough water
Dehydration is the state when you lose more water than you take in. The body becomes unable to perform basic physiological tasks like maintaining body temperature, and excreting waste products. Water is lost from your body in sweat, tears, urine, and feces. Even with every breath some water is exhaled out. Effects of Lack of…
Parenting in the time of COVID-19
Article written by : M. Zaman Rajabi Before COVID-19, parenting was different, wasn’t it? Many parents would send their children to school or day care and would head to work or stay home. Anytime two parents would speak about “parenting” they would talk about how they were failing their children by not spending enough time…
Dizziness
Dizziness is a common complaint but a vague term. People use the word dizziness to describe many symptoms. Some people call clouding of vision on standing dizziness, some call feeling the surroundings rotate around them dizziness. Others call feeling unsteady or weak. Anyway, dizziness is one of the common causes of doctor visits and it…
Mental Tiredness
Mental Exhaustion happens when you feel overwhelmed particularly with long-term stress. You may feel emotionally drained, detached and apathic. Mental exhaustion to your brain is like bodily tiredness to your muscles. many things can lead to this state : job stress, family problems, care of kids or of aging parents, and many other stressors. Irritable…
Exercise to Ward off Depression
Depression has significant potential morbidity and mortality, contributing to suicide, incidence and adverse outcomes of medical illness, disruption in interpersonal relationships, substance abuse, and lost work time. Depression is a treatable condition, and it can be managed by medications, psychotherapy or both. Following are some exercise related behavioral actions to counteract depression. Make The First…
Curb Procrastination
Procrastination is the act of delaying or putting off something until the last moment, or until it is past deadline. It is considered by some researchers as a “form of self-regulation failure characterized by the irrational delay of tasks despite potentially negative consequences.” Following are some tips to overcome this regulation failure : Set Up…
Phobia vs Fear
The difference Fear is a natural mechanism designed to protect you from danger, but phobia not. Phobia has little to do with protection or danger. Phobia is very common and in USA about 20 million people have some form of phobia. Phobia is an extreme, strong and irrational fear some people experience when they face…
Stress and its management
Stress is not a disease or a disorder, it is quite normal. It is one essential part of being human and sometimes it works as a drive to achieve results and get things done. Even severe stress from serious illnesses, job loss, or loss pf a loved one can be a natural part of living.…
Social media and depression
The use of social media is found to be associated with increased risk of developing depression, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine online Dec. 10. 990 participants aged from 18 to 30 years old took part in the study to look for the association between the use of social media…
Effects of Grief
Grief is a natural response to loss. it is a strong, and overwhelming emotion for people, regardless of whether their sadness comes from the loss of a loved one or from a terminal illness or a big material or psychological loss. Grief has many effects on health, the following are some of them : Sleep…
Relaxation effects
Relaxation is an emotional state of low tension and arousal. Arousal may stem from many sources like anger, anxiety, or fear. In a relaxed state, the body is free from tension and the mind is free from anxiety and worries. Relaxation can reverse the effects of stress on the body. Although the stress response is normal towards danger, but unfortunately…
Anti-sleep habits
Sleep is a natural process which exists to come naturally and passively without you putting in any external energy. But people usually develop a lot of habits and behaviors that interfere with this natural process. Below is a list of some examples of sleep unfriendly behaviors. Post-dinner coffee Caffeine is present in many drinks like…
Counteract feeling down
Feeling down for a short time is normal and it happens to everyone from time to time. One can get himself out from it with a little self-care. But it becomes necessary to talk to your counselor/doctor if it persists for a long period and interferes with your work or home-life. Below are a list…
Yoga
Yoga is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India. Yoga is one of the six Āstika (orthodox) schools of Indian philosophical traditions (Wikipedia) Following are some advantageous features of this practice. Within Reach Everyone can do it. You don’t need a particular physical shape or condition, no special clothes or wear. Young people as well…
Healthy Habits
Simple, and easy habits, if adopted , can promote physical and mental health greatly. Below is a list of some of these simple actions for you to consider : Have Breakfast Breakfast jump-starts your metabolism and decreases your craving for food later. Studies show that adults who eats healthy breakfast perform better at work and…
After you overeat
Do you have a diet but at times you lose control and binge or overeat? Fortunately it is not a big deal. You should not succumb to guilt and indulge in some compensatory behavior like starving yourself or self-vomiting. This will harm rather than help. below is a list of actions you might take after…
Vitamin D
It’s important to take vitamin D as you may have been indoors more than usual this year. You should take 10 micrograms (400 IU) of vitamin D a day between October and early March to keep your bones and muscles healthy. There have been some reports about vitamin D reducing the risk of coronavirus (COVID-19).…
Belly Facts
Abdomen fat is not just that squishy layer right under your skin — the kind you grab to see if you can “pinch an inch.” Visceral fat is the name for the fat that lies deep in your torso. It packs around your intestines, liver, and stomach. It can also line your arteries. And it…
Should people already infected wear a mask?
Many people got COVID-19 and recovered, and they usually don’t wear masks believing that they won’t be infected again. Let us start with the essential fact; everyone should wear a mask in public, and at home if he is sick. Although it was hoped that recovering from covid-19 infection would give a life-time immunity, the…
Take Care of Your Heart
Walking Walking has a lot of benefits. 30 – 60 minutes walking, 3-4 times weekly, lowers blood pressure, reduces cholesterol levels, and decreases body weight. Similarly can do 25 minutes of harder exercise like jogging.In addition to that, you don’t have to do it all at once. Even 15 minutes at a time would work.…
Do you snore?
Snoring is the sound resulting from the vibrations of the relaxed tissues in the throat as the air inhaled rushes past them. About half of the population do it sometime in life. Chances are more with age. There are many factors contributing to snoring like body weight, general health, shape of the mouth/nose. How would…
Headache Possible Causes
Your Boss Tension headache or migraines can be precipitated by anything or anyone that increases your stress level. The exact mechanism behind this is not known. A lot of things can contribute to it, including some nerves in your brain involved in sensory pathways. It could involve too changes inside the brain itself. Weather Temperature…
Diet Mistakes
If your clothes won’t fit, the scale appears stuck, or your weight is bouncing back up, there’s a probability that you are making one of these ten weight loss errors. 1. Crash Diet You determined to lose some kilograms quite fast so you resort to a crash diet. You cut down your calories intake to…
Ease Out Your Day
Start Low If you happen to be a night owl and you find it difficult to get out of bed when the sun comes out, you can learn to do so, or rather, you can unlearn your established habit. start with small changes to your routine. The key is to get well-rested during the night…
Could it be burn-out?
Burn-out is a well know condition emerging in work environment. Although it is not recognized as a specific mental disorder in the current medical system, it has a lot of accumulating evidence. Burn-out cannot be diagnosed in isolation of work stress exposure; in addition to that, it has certain symptoms and signs, which we will…
Healthy Morning Tips
Prime up for a Great Morning Make a little prep work the night before in order to get a great calm morning. Things like choose tomorrow’s clothes, packing up work/school suplies, lunch preparing. And maybe easy breakfast preparation. Write Down Reminders Note down to-do list of tasks the night before and put the note somewhere…
Burnout Surprising Signs
Buying Sprees Compulsive buying — in stores or online — can be a distraction from stress-out state or it can serve as an esteem booster. The effect on mood is temporary but could be addictive-like. Always seek help for the underlying cause. Alcohol People can abuse alcohol to cope with depression and anxiety and to…
Everyday germy things
Cellphone It is with you everywhere — even into the toilet. As a consequence, it is 10 times dirtier than a bathroom seat. It could have E. coli on it. That’s a bacteria that can cause diarrhea and GIT cramps. It can remain alive for hours on your phone. Solution: Wash your hands with soap after you go.…
Loneliness Effects on Health
Research has shown how important social connections are to our happiness. Very happy people have rich relationships and spend little time alone, talking with friends is one of the happiest activities, and socializing give us a lot of positive emotion. On the other side, loneliness is correlated with health problems like inflammations, decreased immune response,…
Depression/Anxiety screening in local staff-Sana’a
Introduction: During Cultivating wellbeing sessions provided to staff in 2019, participants were asked to fill in a questionnaire and answers were collected and analyzed. The questionnaire includes Utrecht-3 for work engagement assessment, DSM-5 Self-Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure—Adult to screen for anhedonia and low mood (combined for depression) and for anxiety. Sampling: Attendants of…
Stopping a Panic Attack
Recognize the signs A panic attack can occur in any situation, not necessarily in a scary one. one can be on a hike, at a restaurant, or asleep in bed. A strong surge of fear happens suddenly. Then ensue physical symptoms like a pounding heart, sweating, shortness of breath, nausea, chest pain, or trembling. It…
Signs of insufficient sleep
Body Breakouts If your sleep is not enough for sometime, it may show on your skin. A link between acne and lack of sleep was found by some studies, perhaps related to the sleep effect on hormonal regulation. The immune system is also affected by the lack of sleep, leaving your body more susceptible to…
Ways to Control Your Eating
Gum chewing in the store If you are hungry and you go for shopping, you are more likely to but high caloric foods. It could be wise not to go shopping when hungry, but chewing a piece of sugarless gum during shopping can help too. According to 2 studies, chewing gum make people feel less…
Effects of Nighttime Habits
Exercise Exercise helps your body and sleep in general. But when you exercise, your body secretes hormones like cortisol which help you getting alert. So if you have to exercise in the evening, do it 2-3 times before your bedtime Late-Night Meal Avoid dining within 2 hours of your bed time. Eat several hours before…
Pandemic Crisis Fatigue
More than a half year now into covid-19 crisis, general population as well as staff members are reaching a point of emotional exhaustion. This can manifest as frustration, anger, hopelessness, and disappointment. People choose social media to express their feelings towards governments, China, or whoever they think is responsible. Anxiety and Grief Are Natural It…
Calculate Calories
Obesity is a substantial public health crisis worldwide, with the prevalence increasing rapidly in numerous countries. A report from the National Center for Health Statistics stated that in US individuals aged 20 years or older, the prevalence of obesity rose steadily from 19.4% in 1997 to 31.4% for the period January-September 2017. Obesity is a leading…
Proteins And Your Health
What Is Protein? Protein is a complex of nitrogen-based molecules composed of smaller units called peptides, which are made of basic units called amino acids, that do all kinds of jobs in your bodies. They contribute make up hair, nails, bones, and muscles. Protein is essential for the functioning of all organs and it gives…
Wellbeing Arena 