New Perspective on Life
My boyfriend left me to shower this morning as he had things to get on with. As I stepped out the shower and dried myself I started to feel really anxious. We chowed down on pizza last night, a very late night snack, mine was a low fat option but I knew my body wouldn’t … Read more
The Issues with Depression Depression can be difficult to talk about and even more difficult to explain. Depression is different for everyone and challenging to deal with especially when the symptoms conflict with completing everyday tasks. It can be debilitating and paralyzing, prohibiting you from doing what you usually do on a daily basis. Understanding … Read more
Work, work, work! It seems that everyone these days just thinks about the professional aspect of their lives. Obviously, work is important, but when you think about it, if all you do on a daily basis is immerse yourself in your job, you won’t be only missing out on everything else that life has to … Read more
Vacations with Tati In the first week of May, I visited my closest friend Tati in Syracuse. When I’m with Tati we go on adventures and I have the opportunity to try new daring things I would otherwise pass up. This May I went jogging in six feet of water for the first time. I … Read more
Retirement is something we have ambiguous feelings about: it’s what we look forward to because it will mean we no longer have to go to work, but also we dread it because it’s an undeniable sign that we’re old. Even though retirement has a lot of wonderful things in store for us, the way we … Read more
The Cycle of Depressive Silence It’s been some time since I’ve seen symptoms of my depression. Recently, however, I couldn’t help but notice the old cycles of those symptoms reoccurring and reappearing. I’m sleeping for longer hours, isolating myself, feeling a great sense of irritation and hopelessness and lastly losing my sense of communication. Since … Read more
We tend to underestimate the power of a smile. We have our neutral facial expression most of the time and perhaps we secretly admire people who smile often. When you think about it, a smile for no reason from a random stranger in the street makes us happier. It puts us in a better mood, … Read more
We are our worst critics. Not only are we blind to our own qualities, but we always know which of our flaws hurt the most. That silent, but powerful sound of self-criticism and self-doubt is all too familiar. It keeps echoing in our minds, following every step we make and pointing out our own mistakes. … Read more
[contact-form to=”nikkiboreham84@gmail.com” subject=”Shopping kills dark clouds.”][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name” required=”1″][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”1″][contact-field label=”Website” type=”url”][contact-field label=”Message” type=”textarea” required=”1″][/contact-form] So.. Bad week for me the last 7 or 8 days. Kids acting up, I’m sooo sleepy, depressed and just overall miserable. My dark cloud was definitely moving in and setting up house but then yesterday I got … Read more
A form of psychotherapy used to make a change in a patient that’s under hypnosis is called hypnotherapy. With guided relaxation techniques, patients are put into a state of sleep, or unconsciousness, which invokes feelings of intense tranquillity and concentration that further offers the hypnotherapist the opportunity to find the root of the patient’s problem. … Read more
