Mental health

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Mental health

Advantages and disadvantages of hyper awareness

Hyperawareness can be both an advantage and a liability.

For example, someone can be hypervigilant of their social surroundings, allowing them to read the different social interactions and social relationships better than other people can.

However, hyper-self-awareness might subject that person to an increased amount of negative thoughts, and emotions, and as a result, create certain mental disorders such as depression and anxiety.

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Mental health

Is ignorance bliss or not?

Whether ignorance is bliss or not depends on the circumstances.

I can look back at many instances where it was beneficial for me to not know, or even realize, everything that was going on in the world.

The world was a magical place when I was younger. I truly believed I could be anything I wanted to be, regardless of my physical and cognitive limitations that were predetermined by nature.

Nevertheless, this ignorance also has some important downsides such as being unable to change things and learn new things, among many other detriments.

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The importance of good habits

Can you imagine having to think about every little thing that you do from your waking moment until you go to bed?

We would get overwhelmed by the various stimuli we would experience by constantly living inside our heads. Living constantly in our minds would be too mentally draining to keep up. Luckily for us, it doesn’t take all that long before a habit becomes automatic.

Let me explain why the importance of habits can’t be overstated.

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My best tips to cure depression

Depression is often called the “silent killer”. And for good reason.

It’s a terrible disease that regularly goes unnoticed by other people. Hence, its name.

You are suffering from your waking moment till the moment you go to sleep. That is if you are lucky enough to catch some sleep at all.

Today, I’m going to share my best tips to cure depression, or at least improve it, speaking from personal experience.

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How to control your thoughts to feel happier

Controlling our emotions is hard, if not impossible. Nevertheless, learning how to control what sentiments enter our minds is possible for everyone out there.

Our feelings are rarely given the attention they deserve, even though figuring out what those emotions mean, and why we are experiencing them in a certain way, might help us to gain a better understanding of our own psyche.

While our feelings can’t be controlled directly, we can learn to accept them, and acknowledge that positive and negative sensations will continue to come and go our whole life since that’s a crucial part of human existence. This is how to control your thoughts to feel happier.

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Why you should start putting yourself first

We live in a time and age where society often deems it egoistical and selfish to put our own needs and desires before those of others. Putting others before yourself is seen as a positive, even desirable personality trait.

Yet, I’m advocating for everyone to generally put their own needs first, and the other’s second to satisfy your own needs and desires. Otherwise, you become angry, jealous, and vengeful of others. And that’ll help nobody.

That’s why you should start putting yourself first more frequently.

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Why being a good person is a choice

“A good man is not a harmless man. A good man is a dangerous man who has it under voluntary control.”

This quote sets the tone as to how I view this topic. There’s no virtue in being kind out of weakness, or because you don’t know how to do anything else. Ideally, being a good person is a choice

Let me explain why there’s a difference between being good out of choice vs. out of weakness.

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How to get rid of the victim mindset

The victim mentality is a common occurrence victim mentality is a common occurrence, especially in modern times since people misuse it as a tool to garner attention and external validation. However, beggars can’t be choosers. That’s why it’s best to take control of your own life rather than blaming others or external sources.

We all know someone in our lives who never takes fault when something goes wrong, even when they’re the ones to blame.

That person in your life is most likely seeing and portraying themselves as the unfortunate soul, which is detrimental to their well-being and success. This is how to get rid of the victim mindset.

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The 5 stages of grief explained

We go through the cycle of grief and loss whenever we experience a tragic event. No matter how small, and in what area of life this traumatic episode happens.

We can feel sorrow over physical pain, but also over emotional traumatic experiences and losses. We can even feel them both at the same time.

Let me explain what the 5 stages of grief are in order.

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Why the willingness to fail is needed to go from failure to success

Failure and success go hand in hand.

We tend to learn the most from our mistakes since we typically experience them as something uncomfortable that we wish to avoid in the future. Thus, this sensation of pain and discomfort incentivizes us to become better to prevent us from going through this trauma again.

Still, failure often has a negative connotation in modern society. Yet, it is extremely valuable, and even necessary to improve. But before we can change, we must possess the willingness to fail. Let me explain why.

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