Anxiety and Depression Tips

Recognizing Guilt

Guilt is a feeling of worry or unhappiness that you have because you have done something wrong or, you have let yourself or others down by failing to meet a particular standard. This standard may be self-imposed or set by others. In the overall scheme of emotions, guilt is generally categorized as a negative one.

Guilt can be healthy or unhealthy. If the guilt is proportionate or rational, it can be called healthy. Still, it is a negative feeling. You may expe...more

What Is Adjustment Disorder
Adjustment disorders are considered to be a group of conditions which usually occur when a person experiences difficulty in coping with the stressful life events. These usually include relationship issues, job issues or the demise of a loved one. The incapacity to adjust to stressful events leads to psychological and sometimes physical symptoms.

Symptoms of Adjustment Disorder

The psychological and physical symptoms linked with adjustment disord...more

Grief is a complex emotion that may give you side effects like guilt and make you struggle as you try to get through your everyday life. It is usually caused by some loss in life which may have to do with relationships, work or any other reason like a chronic physical ailment or disability. Complicated grief disorder is a condition where the extreme level of grief impairs a person and how he or she behaves in his or her daily life. It can have a debilitating effect and make a person helpless whe...more

Anxiety is one of those things that almost every individual faces at some point of time in his/her life. You can be anxious about many things. Sometimes, however, these can lead to a more complex set of problems called phobias; where a person develops anxiety towards a seemingly benign object/situation. For example, a person would be uncomfortable in water, and develop a phobia of swimming, or a person can be allergic to insects and get a phobia/fear of insects.

Anxiety can lead to an...more

More than 70% of sexual problems are because of psychological reasons. Relationships are never easy all relationships go through ups and downs, and are often faced with challenges, small and large. Simple day-to-day stressors can strain a relationship and threaten its stability.

Common Relationship Issues

Many couples face issues communicating effectively. Typically, relationship concerns include -

Routine conflict
Barriers to communication
Financial difficul...more

Anxiety, depression and substance use disorders are on the rise in people working in MNC's.
Few of the reasons given by my patients are:
1. Long and erratic working hours
2. Office politics
3. Competitiveness amongst colleagues &
4. The pressure to meet deadlines/ targets.

In the long run, these plus many other stresses in their personal life, add up and exceed the brain's capacity to handle pressure.
The outcome is sleep problems, excessive alcohol/smoking (to c...more

We have heard people talk about diabetes, heart disease, and high cholesterol with no guilt or embarrassment. This is despite the fact that these are lifestyle-induced and could have easily been prolonged or prevented with some lifestyle modifications. However, we do not hear people talk about depression or anxiety disorder or any other mental disorder with such candidness. For example, depression is extremely common, with a greater number of younger people taking to subscription medications for...more

Siblings are most definitely, the best thing to have ever happened to anyone. We fight, we laugh, we play and we defend. No matter, whether you are the best buddies or you cannot even stand being in the same room, you two (or three or four!) share an inseparable bond, which will last for a lifetime. Siblings are surely in for the long haul, while friends and colleagues may just come and go. But do our sibs really influence us?
1. The weight issues!
Obesity has been known to run in genera...more

Psychology can be defined as the scientific study of the human mind and its functions. But nowadays, one of its many types is gaining some ground known as Positive Psychology. Positive Psychology is the scientific study of what makes life most worth living. It focuses on positive events, positive influences and positive experiences of a person to uplift his emotions, state of mind and, ultimately, his life. It is a field that finds out how ordinary people can become happier and fulfilled.
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Everyone has to deal with a difficult relationship at some point or the other. Some might have a difficult relationship with their parents while others may have troubled times with their partner. Where the relationship goes from here depends largely on how you deal with it.

Here are a few tips on how to successfully deal with difficult relationships.

Focus on what you can control: There are some things that can be controlled and others that are completely out of your control. H...more