Stress Tips

With exam time around the corner, the stress is on both parents and students. Some kids spend very less time with books and understand all that is there in them. Other children may have a hard time trying to focus on studies and even harder time in recollecting what they have studied.

What can help improve focus, concentration and memory? Try some of these tips and identify what works for you and build your own rules.

Create a suitable environment - Some claim that they study b...more

Depression a common mental disorder occurs mostly due to genetic, biological, environmental and psychological factors. In recent times, depression is on the rise especially, due to a busy life schedule, excess stress, trauma, grief, difficult times, unhealthy lifestyle, low social support etc. Depression primarily occurs due to a chemical imbalance in the brain. Antidepressants improve the brain signalling system by stimulating the chemical messengers, or neurotransmitters like serotonin and d...more

What is stress?

There are situations in life when a person is required to perform beyond his/her normal capacity, or situations when some expectations are not met. This creates anxiety, fear and anger. This is a situation where a person feels inadequate, under-confident and experiences loss of control. This affects a person's physical and mental wellbeing. This feeling of fear, anxiety, restlessness is commonly known as "tension or stress".

Symptoms of Stress :

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As stress and unhealthy lifestyle take a toll on your mind, are you concerned about keeping your brain sharp in order to excel? Well here are simple tips that would enhance your brain power to its zenith.

Practice meditation and yoga: Chronic anxiety can wreak havoc on your brain. Thus, deep breathing exercises such as meditation or yoga is the need of the hour for a more focused and calmer brain and mind.
Train your brain: Engage in exercises that constantly pose a challenge to you...more

Corporate culture is blooming now more than ever. The continuous development in the corporate industry is attracting people from various genders to work and build a better future. However, as productive and pleasing it may sound, the added pressure is always there for people to fulfill their marked goals, either set by corporate or individuals. With the cutting-edge competition in the corporate industry, the stress levels are high. Because of the tendency of women to produce more stress hormones...more

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Stress has become an integral and inevitable part of life. From personal life to professional commitments, the trigger can be anything. While there can be many common and harmful effects of stress, one that deserves a special mention is a headache. Almost 90% of the people worldwide get a Tension Headache (a term often used for a headache associated with stress).

In case, when a headache is due to tension, the head feels tight and heavy. Further, a person may experience pressure mainly...more

A gift to someone or oneself, chocolate always brings a smile to the face, it is also well associated with cravings, enjoyment, pleasure, and feelings of nostalgia from childhood.

Chocolate comes in different flavors but to indulge in the right kind, is the decision one has to make to get the health benefits. Chocolate with a high concentration of cocoa makes the chocolate darker helps gain health benefits.

Incorporating a piece of dark chocolate in one s lifestyle gives variou...more

There s a two-way connection between stress and sex. While it has been proven that sex can be a good stress buster, the reverse is true too. Someone who is stressed may not be able to enjoy happy sex life. Delving deeper into the subject you can find that sex has a lot of ramifications and many physiological aspects that are often overlooked. It is a well-known fact that people who are stressed have a poor sex life and some of the reasons for the same are listed hereunder:

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For many people, striking a healthy work-life balance almost seems like an unachievable goal. More often, we struggle to juggle heavy workloads, take on family responsibilities, manage relationships, and end up compromising on our interests. It is no surprise that one in every four Indians is living a stressful life.

In a rush to get it all done in one go be it at home or in the office we tend to forget that our stress levels go up and productivity drops. Chronic stress affects our ...more