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3 Easy Habits that can Improve Your Emotional Health

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Have you noticed that negative thoughts run through your mind constantly? If you regret the decisions you make, compare yourself to others or you are a pessimist; you desperately need to turn your life around. A positive mental health allows you to realize your full potential, address obstacles in the best possible way and be a happier person. So, if you are consciously aware that you need to improve your emotional wellness, you are on the right track. Here are four habits that can help you improve your emotional health: 1. Take on New Challenges and Motivate Yourself Challenges spice up your life. They get you out of your routine and give you a sense of achievement. Challenge yourself to achieve something you have never done before or you find intriguing to learn. Once your take the challenge - get in shape, learn a new language or any other you can think of- motivate yourself to stay focused. Regardless of the complexity of your challenge, you must keep yourself motivated to av

Meat and fish are useful for men

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Men, especially the elderly, can get a lot of benefits for physical and mental health if they are dieting based on meat and fish. In a study of Japanese scientists, which lasted seven years, attended by more than 1,000 elderly men. Volunteers who "leaned" on meat and fish, thus reducing by 39 percent the risk of reducing the mental and physical functions (compared with men who did not practically eat animal protein). Unfortunately, the same trend was not seen in women. Initially, participants were asked to give details about their diet, including the consumption of animal protein. Health status, as well as social and intellectual aspects of volunteers was recorded twice - at the beginning of the study and seven years later. The volunteers were divided into four groups, depending on how much meat and fish are eating. At the end of about a quarter of the study participants showed a decline of intellectual and other skills. Basically this sad trend was observed among those

Called Internet addiction symptoms

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American psychiatrists recommend formally recognize Internet addiction disease and make it into a directory of mental illness. In the United States Psychiatric Association said that this dependence suffering people experience withdrawal symptoms ("break"), if some do not have access to a network or computer, while the network is constantly growing. People with Internet addiction lose interest in other cases and alone can not change it. They come online to improve your mood. According to studies, a change in the brain of these individuals such as drug addicts, and. Violations occur intercellular connections in areas of the brain that control attention, emotions and control. Internet addiction - typical compulsive-impulsive disorder, according to Dr. Jerald Block of the Oregon Health and Science University.

Most suicide attempts are made at a time depressed person

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Time to recognize the danger signs and intervening, you can save a life. But to recognize the signs of suicidal behavior in people from his inner circle is quite difficult, so we have collected. 11 behavioral signals that should alert: 1. Loss inherent in earlier energy - usually manifests as a constant feeling of boredom and fatigue. 2. Prolonged sleep and appetite disturbances. Rights haunted scary dreams are possible picture of disasters, catastrophes, accidents, loss of life or death, or ominous own animals. It is also possible as a violation of appetite, and its absence. 3. Excessive self-criticism, or the constant feeling of guilt. Can also occur as expressed feelings of inadequacy, shame, self-doubt. Also, this syndrome may be masked by deliberate bravado, defiance, insolence. 4. Fear, anxiety and aggression. Depression manifests itself in melancholy, and in an unusual man earlier anxiety, insomnia , anxiety. It is this type of depression often leads to suicid

Defend yourself: A mix of martial arts and practical self defence

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In India, post the now infamous, tragic, Delhi gang rape, the number of women signing up for martial arts based self-defence classes has increased by leaps and bounds, resulting in a mixed response in context with the actual effectiveness of some forms of what is popularly known as "MMA" or Mixed Martial Arts. Understanding the pros and cons of some popularly taught forms of MMA, and juxtaposing them with practical knowledge such as learning how to remain calm during an attack, will allow us to develop an easy-to-master and easy to implement set of personal safety skills which will serve to protect us in case we are attacked. One of the most popularly-taught forms of self-defence is Krav Maga, which constitutes a blend of mixed martial arts techniques such as boxing, Muay Thai, jiu-jitsu and Wing Chun, is non-competitive in nature and was developed in order to train Israeli Military Forces. Krav Maga is popularly taught, and is said to be effective for women as it is easy