How to Overcome Shyness Have you ever experienced a situation when you were afraid or uncomfortable around the people surrounding you? Have you ever been hesitant to speak to someone or even speak up for yourself because you were afraid that you would say or do the wrong thing? Does your palms get sweaty, heart start pounding, or you get a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach when you have to be in the spotlight even for a few minutes? If the answer is yes, then you have experienced shyness at some point in your life, as most people have. Everyone of us experiences diffidence at one point or another in life. There are people who are hesitant to talk in front of a crowd, there are women who are too afraid to wear short skirts and dresses, there are a lot of men who are kind' a withdrawn to approach girls.  Though it is usual, shyness can sometimes ruin your day. When you’re too shy about anything, you can hardly express yourself, you’ll find it hard to gain friends, and peopl

Addiction Addiction takes many forms, but has some unique features regardless of the substance or behavior of choice. It is characterized by a compulsive craving or desire for the substance, impulsive behaviors, and continued use and abuse despite negative social, physical, and emotional consequences. Addiction means, most simply, a repetitive compulsion to ingest a particular substance or engage in a particular activity that results in pleasant feeling or “high” in the short-term, but which has harmful long-term consequences to a person’s health, mental state or lifestyle. Like many other chronic diseases, addiction can have periods of remission (absence of behavior) and relapse (recurrence of behavior). If left untreated, however, addiction can lead to long-term physical, emotional and social damage or, even, death. The most well known types of addiction are drug addiction and alcohol addiction; these addictions are often known as substance dependence. Substance dependence includes c

Eating Disorders are outlined by any eating pattern or habit that’s out of the realms of traditional. This might embody eating too very little or an excessive amount of food; most in order that it’s the potential to begin to have an effect on the person’s physical health. While the precise reason for isn’t known, it will typically be attributed to a mixture of things that embody environmental and biological factors Causes of Eating Disorders Eating disorder is a complex concept, with no single cause that can be cited behind the disorder. However several risk factors have been identified as contributing to the onset of eating disorders. Many experts believe that the interaction between biology, psychology and social factors influence the diagnosis of an eating disorder. Most eating disorders are diagnosed during adolescence, a time when several developmental, physical and social changes occur. It is often the case that the onset of an eating disorder follows a precipitating s

Understanding  Depersonalization Imagine being stuck inside a small glass box 24 hours a day wherever you go. Imagine feeling as if you're about to float away or disappear into thin air because you have no human body to tether you to the real world. Imagine being unable to hold a real conversation because you can't interpret the other person's words or register what they're saying. Imagine exchanging eye contact with a loved one and seeing nothing but a 2D comic-book image, devoid of emotion or meaning. Imagine seriously considering whether or not you might have died because you're unable to feel anything - physically or emotionally. Imagine looking in the mirror and not recognizing the person staring back at you. We feel so separated from both our body and mind that our reflections might as well be different people. The hypotheticals we gave you are all common descriptions of different people's experiences of depersonalization (often abbreviated to DP). But

PMDD: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) is a severe form of PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome). In this disorder, a woman feels irritable, angry, shows major depression symptoms * and lives in tension before her menstruation. About 3-8% of women suffer from this disorder during their menstruation years. It starts interfering with social and occupational life of a woman. Anxiety disorder, SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) * and Major Depression * is more prevalent in women suffering from premenstrual dysphoric disorder than their counterparts. [ * SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) and Major Depression are discussed at the end of this article ] PMDD Causes Large intake of caffeine Hereditary Hormonal changes resulting out of a woman’s menstrual cycle No exercise Lack of serotonin Consumption of alcohol Overweight    PMDD Symptoms Though the symptoms of PMDD are similar to that of PMS, they are more severe in nature when compared