Dada a dificuldade em perceber o limiar entre timidez e ansiedade social, nem sempre as pessoas que sofrem de ansiedade social sabem que podem ser ajudadas. O objectivo deste artigo é permitir uma perspectiva abrangente que permita identificar sinais específicos de ansiedade social, reconhecer como funciona uma pessoa com ansiedade social quando tem interacções [...]
"Se fosses mais optimista, não estarias tão deprimido" - Mito ou ciência? Eventos negativos e inevitáveis ao longo da vida…. Quem não os teve, tem, ou acha que terá, atire a primeira pedra. Todo o ser humano, mais tarde ou mais cedo, com menor ou maior intensidade, passa por situações inesperadas e maioritariamente stressantes [...]
O sono é fundamental para a boa saúde física e psicológica e não garantir o número de horas de sono suficientes a cada momento é arriscar muitas coisas importantes. Manter um bom sono é uma questão de bons hábitos, bastando cumprir algumas regras básicas. Em modo rápido e simples, deixamos-lhe 4 vídeos para que [...]
When concepts have things in common, they also tend to get mixed and lost in their genesis somewhere in everyone’s mouth. This leads to several misconceptions and incorrect information being spread across our society, especially nowadays with the global world wide web. A common misunderstanding is usually present between social [...]
The field of mental health can be a confusing one. Unlike the medical field where you have general practitioners and then specialties with names that clearly point towards whatever it is that is upsetting you, the mental health field has different kinds of professionals who look at the same problems in a slightly or [...]
We all want to find happiness, to smile and feel good about ourselves and our lives. This pursuit of happiness is intrinsic to human nature, with several studies revealing that people rated being happy as being more important than having meaning in life, being financially “comfortable”, etc. One would love if we could just have [...]
We are all familiar with this title tagline from a famous TV Series. However, the expression is also highly used these days because of the difficulties of “surviving” through the winter, the so called, winter blues. On a daily basis, we can already notice the slight changes in mood in everyone’s faces, the sense that [...]
First things first: To master how to ease stress we have to understand it. Stress can be explained as any adaptation required to a person. It is a physical and mental imbalance caused by internal or external factors, such as violence, change of habits, technology and perfectionism for instance. If this imbalance is restored [...]
