Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Sunday, September 30, 2018

Applied Positive Psychology Is About Killing The Anxiety Bug

By Gregory Myers


With so many ways to push you off the edge, it is no wonder that there are more people every day getting sick, and this too, mentally sick. Crime does play a huge role but sometimes, minor illnesses such as anxiety can actually be the biggest killer and some of the most affected people are the younger generation who are still in college and meant to be worried about their learning. However, with the help of applied positive psychology they are able to resume some semblance of normality.

If you are someone that is trying to deal with anxiety and struggling to find a way to pass it, you may want follow a few simple steps. Firstly, it is important to watch what you eat. The stuff that one consumes has immediate and sometimes severe effects on your body. If you have something that your body rejects, you can quite sick or you can become unhealthy and not even know it. When you change this habit, you will start to feel better and this will also improve your mental state.

When it comes to social media, there should be boundaries. As you would with kids, there is a set time allocated for them to use their devices and times when they need to do a chore or homework. The same concept needs to be followed even with adults. It is quite easy to become side-tracked and so involved in what is happening elsewhere, that you forget to deal with the now.

The tendency is that if you feel anxious, you will question everything that you need to do. It is a sense of paranoia that takes over your mind and body. The best way to combat this is to just go ahead and do it. You will find that you immediately feel a sense of relief. And once it is over, there was no reason to stress in the first place.

Breathing exercises are common to find among people who are paranoid or anxious all the time. This action helps you to feel better and keep it together at times when you feel overwhelmed. If you go to college, you will easily find other groups that practise the same art closer to exams or deadlines. If your institute has a medical section or a therapist on site, you may want to also ask them for advice.

As a last resort, you can always visit your GP to tell them what you are feeling and have them diagnose you. In this case, you will probably be given the name of a psychiatrist that you can see. From here, he or she will talk you through what you are feeling and you will eventually have to go onto medication.

It will be light dosages and a higher dosage for those who struggle with their anxiousness a bit more than others. What you don't want, as a young student, is to be on medication when there is no need to be. Your attention should be on educating yourself and not remembering when to pop the pill.

You need to open yourself to exploring other ways to try and combat it by yourself and only thereafter, if you find that nothing works, then you see a GP. Don't ever feel that you need to blame yourself for something that is not your fault. These conditions are unavoidable but what you do afterwards, is completely up to you.




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