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Why Do Abused Victims Stay?

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

It can be difficult for many people to understand why a person would stay in an abusive relationship, but there are many reasons. Strong emotional and psychological forces keep the victim tied to the abuser. ... Read more... »

Identifying and Treating Major Depression

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

I feel like I'm floating under an endless gray sky in an endless gray sea of tepid water. There is no horizon. There is nothing to break the monotony. I feel nothing. I see nothing. ... Read more... »

Men Can Get the Blues

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Depression traditionally has been considered a female disorder. But men can and do get depressed. The big difference is that men may be less likely to seek treatment for depression because they see mental illness ... Read more... »

Depression Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

But when the melancholy fit shall fall Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud, That fosters the droop-headed flowers all, And hides the green hill in ... Read more... »

All About Eating Disorders

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are both eating disorders. Anorexia involves people who intentionally starve themselves when they are already underweight. Individuals with anorexia have a body weight that is 15 percent or more below ... Read more... »

Learning About Self-Image and How We View Ourselves

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Self-image is both a conscious and subconscious way of seeing ourselves. It is the emotional judgment we make about our self-worth. We form our self-image through interaction with others, taking into account their reactions to ... Read more... »

The Power of Positive Thinking

Monday, May 29th, 2006

No one can avoid all negative feelings in life and it's not realistic to think you can or should. But the happiest people somehow know how to buffer them by keeping life's inevitable tragedies from ... Read more... »

Beating Feelings of Shyness

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

A simple intervention proved to be very powerful for altering the extent to which shy women were able to face their most feared shyness-arousing situation -- being alone with a handsome man-- and act as ... Read more... »

All About Shyness

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Shyness is one of the most common social problems afflicting millions of people from children to the elderly, yet most shy people feel that they are uniquely shy. The shy child and the shy adult ... Read more... »

Facts About Shyness

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Many people don't know the basics about shyness. Some people think it's just something people will grow out of with time. For most people, shyness is learned. But for some, shyness starts in infancy, with ... Read more... »

Moving Beyond the Loss of an Ability

Friday, February 17th, 2006

If we let our abilities define who we are, it makes sense that we might think less of ourselves when they are gone. However, we can move past any losses we encounter by using our ... Read more... »

Building Self-Esteem

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Self-esteem is how you feel about yourself as a person. Those with high self-esteem believe that they are adequate, strong and worthy of a good life, while those with low self-esteem feel inadequate and worthless. ... Read more... »

Accepting the Body You Have

Friday, February 17th, 2006

By the third week of January, many New Year’s diets have been broken, and it’s time for some sound advice on achieving a quality lifestyle instead. Ninety-five percent of all women don’t have the ideal ... Read more... »

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