http://healinside.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:32:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The acts of self-consciousness and self-control go hand in hand. The fact is that when we are self-conscious we are better able to exhibit self-control. There are many persons out there that are not self aware or conscious of themselves and they are not in control of their emotions and ... http://healinside.com/2009/02/15/consciousness-in-healing-the-hidden-self/ We react to serious mishaps, life altering setbacks, disasters, abuse, and death by going through the phases of grieving. Traumas are the complex outcomes of psychodynamic and biochemical processes. But the particulars of traumas depend heavily on the interaction between the victim and his social milieu. It would seem that while ... http://healinside.com/2009/02/14/traumas-as-social-interactions/ Postpartum depression, or peripartum depresion occurs after a woman gives birth. Within a few hours of giving birth the amount of the two female hormones, estrogen and progesterone, return to their pre pregnancy levels. Many researchers feel that this drop in hormone levels, much like the smaller changes in hormone ... http://healinside.com/2009/02/13/postpartum-depression-coping-with-the-baby-blues/ Do you know the difference between being depressed or just being sad? Most people don’t. However, this matters because perhaps the best way to avoid health complications arising from depression is to deal with it in its early stages. It is normal to feel sad from time to time. Sadness is a ... http://healinside.com/2009/02/12/is-this-depression-or-am-i-just-sad/ More and more people are reporting incidents of domestic violence to the police. If you are a victim of domestic violence you will be aware of just how frightening it can be. The question that many people ask is what are the causes of this violence, is the person just ... http://healinside.com/2009/02/11/domestic-violence-and-depression/ One man is scaling each continent's tallest mountain to heighten global awareness of depression. Twenty years after the suicide death of his father, mountain climber Joe Lawson formed Expedition Hope to help raise awareness of depression and the risks of letting the illness go untreated. Lawson's father battled depression his entire life, ... http://healinside.com/2009/02/10/climbing-out-of-depression/ Atypical depression, a subtype of major depression, is the most common form of depression today. People who suffer atypical depression exhibit all the normal symptoms of depression but they also react to external positive experiences in a positive way. Atypical depression sufferers respond to their environment, enjoying the company of ... http://healinside.com/2009/02/09/the-ups-and-downs-of-atypical-depression/ Friends: “Above all else, guard you heart for it’s the well-spring of life” I remember telling an associate this quote once and his response (this from a ‘straight out the tough streets of Chicago’ guy) was: “That is deep…!” He was going through a depressing situation of his life and was discussing ... http://healinside.com/2009/02/08/overcoming-depression-the-power-of-positive-thinking-works/ Many a question has gone unanswered why people suffer from OCD and the reason for that is there is no known answer. What we do know? is that obsessive compulsive disorder affects 2% of the people in the UK. It is a disorder where a sufferer performs repetitive actions to ... http://healinside.com/2009/02/07/is-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-a-hand-me-down/ In any given year, up to 14 million adults in the U.S. are affected by major depressive disorder (MDD), commonly referred to as depression. Ten percent of women and 4 percent of men aged 18 and older now take antidepressants for depression. Surprisingly, however, many patients may not be aware ... http://healinside.com/2009/02/06/doctors-dont-ask-patients-dont-tell-some-surprising-side-effects-of-treating-depression/