The average child spends six to seven hours each day looking at a screen. Almost a third of their days are taken up with activities like messaging their friends, playing games online, and getting deep into the murky worlds of Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok. Screen addiction is an increasingly common phenomenon amongst adults and children alike, and it can have disastrous effects on one’s health. It can impair concentration and memory, making it harder for your little one to do well in … [Read more...]
Never Alone: Using Modern Tools To Battle #Addiction
Addiction has always been a challenging issue for humans, even since the very earliest days of society. There are a lot of things which you can easily find yourself addicted to, and the modern world is being filled with more and more of these things all the time. Social media, fast food, and drugs are all great examples of this, and being addicted to any of them can make life very difficult for you. While the modern world has made many of these things possible, it also offers a lot of tools for … [Read more...]
Signs You’re Using Alcohol to Self-Medicate
There’s nothing wrong with ending your day with an alcoholic beverage, but when you start using alcohol as a means to cope, it can become a serious problem. Though it may not seem like an issue to have a cocktail, a glass of wine, or beer to relax and unwind after a hard day, if you’re doing it to relieve stress, depression, anxiety, or other overwhelming emotions, you’re self-medicating. What is Self-Medicating? Self-medicating is the process of coping with extreme physical or emotional … [Read more...]
9 Ways You Can Help A Loved One With An #Addiction
Watching a loved one struggle with an addiction, whether it's alcohol, drugs, gambling or something else can be an incredibly stressful and challenging time for their friends and family. There are financial worries and physical worries, as well as the mental issues that often come with it. Naturally, you will want to do everything that you can to help them out, but have no idea where to start. Here, we are going to take a look at what you can do to help someone who is struggling with … [Read more...]
Let’s Talk Men’s Mental Health
As the saying goes, women are from Venus and men are from Mars. We might be the same species, but there’s no denying that as men and women, there are considerable differences between us. Not just physical but social too- the way little boys and little girls are raised and what society expects of each gender does shape and mold us over the course of our lives. As women, society promotes soft, nurturing and caregiving qualities. It’s seen as more acceptable for women to cry and seek help when they … [Read more...]