Category Archives: Mental Health

Therapeutic Horseback Riding

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Thankfully, the horses and staff at a therapeutic riding center are only interested in providing support, compassion, a helping hand (or hoof) and education. The horses have no stigma about a person with mental health issues. The horses only want to know if you can learn their language. The horses know the right answer, a veteran just has to learn to ask the right question. Fortunately this is a language that a talented program director can teach brilliantly, with love and compassion for both the veteran and the horse.

Veterans participating in the program learn communication, patience, trust, mindfulness, respect and boundaries. These are all common themes at mental health programs. At a therapeutic riding center veterans are able to put them into practice in a more relaxed atmosphere where they are never made to feel wrong. The program staff and their horses teach veterans about mutual respect in the …

Manage Depression And Anxiety

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A person that is pushed over the top of his emotional stability can result in post traumatic stress disorder or in desensitization. The person suffering becomes an emotional time bomb that can explode at the slightest pinch. There are people who experience serious depression and that can have serious consequences.

Methylation is a process where some chemicals called “methyl groups” are added to DNA, other molecules and various constituents of proteins to keep them working in an ideal condition.

There is a chemical in our brain called Serotonin that works like a natural antidepressant. If Serotonin is not methylated, it becomes inactive and these leads into depression.

SAMe is an alternative natural solution and is more effective than many herbal antidepressants because it targets methylation. Pharmaceutical and Synthetic antidepressants do not target methylation, can cause harm in overtime and side effects.

So you are better trying a healthy and natural …

Live With A Challenging Illness

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To give you a simple explanation, my conscious mind and my unconscious mind blended into one mind. The critical faculty of my conscious mind stopped functioning and the logical part of the mind was suppressed also. My reality didn’t correspond with the reality of my surroundings. It was like not being awakened from a deep scary dream. There was nobody around who could actually help me with my situation. My partner was frantically driving us around, hoping to find the right healer that would know how to get me back to earth. After many varied attempts of renowned spiritual healers, there was no other option but to admit me to the intensive care unit of a hospital.

After spending several days in hospital and being medicated to the brim I reemerged back into what could be called the ‘former self’. Yet I was forever changed. There was no going back. …

ADHD in Adults

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Perhaps you remember it back when it was termed as ADD – a label that had been presented to kids who found it challenging to adhere to the rules or be aware in class. Even though the condition is far more common in teenagers and youngsters, the indications of ADHD (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder) can continue through into adulthood and continue for a good life.

From reputed authorities, it is stated that some people with ADHD exhibit fewer symptoms as they age, though others will continue to experience major symptoms that will affect their daily functioning. It was published that many adults with ADHD aren’t even aware they have it. On the other hand, they merely recognize that their day to day activities can be a challenge.

Until quite recently, scientists believed children would outgrow ADHD during adolescence, due to a number of developmental changes that happen in their brain chemistry. …