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Art has been used as a means of communication, self-expression, group interaction, diagnosis, and conflict resolution throughout history. For thousands of years, cultures and religions around the world have incorporated the use of carved idols and charms, as well as sacred paintings and symbols, in the healing process. The establishment of art therapy as a unique and publicly accepted therapeutic approach only took place recently, in the mid-20th century.

Society has always been apprehensive about patients suffering with mental disorders. Many people don't understand the meaning of mental illness. There are several myths and misconceptions prevalent among people and these are detrimental to society. It is important to get these stigmas cleared from the minds of people to ensure better treatment and care for mentally ill individuals.

One of the most highly publicized personality disorders is borderline personality disorder (BPD). Research shows that about 11% of people who seek outpatient treatment, and about 19% of those treated in inpatient settings have BPD. And about 74% of those diagnosed with BPD are women. According to the DSM-V, the American Psychological Association's diagnostic manual, in order to diagnose a person with BPD, they must manifest a pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affect, accompanied by marked impulsivity.

This book contains proven steps and strategies to help you tackle binge eating and bulimia nervosa. It will also help you to develop a healthier relationship with food. Just like binge eaters, sufferers of bulimia nervosa go to great lengths to make up for overeating. Prolonged fasting, excessive exercising, self-induced vomiting, and taking unnecessary laxatives are all symptoms of the illness. Bulimia, more specifically known as bulimia nervosa, is an eating disorder that can if not addressed cause serious damage to the body and mind.

As defined in psychoanalysis & psychotherapy, gaslighting is the act of trying "to cause another individual to doubt his/her own judgments and perceptions". The name is inspired by a famous Ingrid Bergman movie in which she is slowly driven insane by her husband. A common method of gaslighting is known as the "double-whammy", in which the gaslighter puts down the victim, waits for the victim's response, and then attacks the victim's judgment, perspective or questioning of the original attack.

Everyone has something called "a comfort zone". It's only human for us to do whatever we can to stay in our comfort zone, whether that is cleaning up an office, checking email, or an innumerable number of other things. Your comfort zone will hold you back from achieving your true potential. Look at it another way - every moment you spend doing those things that you're comfortable with could be another moment you spend honing the skills that will drive you to success.

Millions of Americans live with various types of mental illness and mental health problems. Mental illness refers to a wide range of mental health conditions - disorders that affect your mood; thinking, and behavior. Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders, and addictive behaviors.

If you're an avid, or even sometime consumer of many of the personal growth and development resources available, you've probably come across the word "authenticity", but what does that really mean? What does it mean to "be authentic"? According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, authenticity means being real or genuine, not copied or false; being true and accurate. In other words, authenticity means not blindly following the crowd. It means not changing who you are just to fit in. It means really thinking for yourself.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to overcome the fear of failing. When a person becomes unsuccessful and makes efforts at achieving something but that thing eludes him, then that circumstance can cause a "let down". Anything that is not successful can only be regarded as a failure. When a person makes a futile attempt at something he desires or is assigned a task and he fails to deliver, that is failure on the person's part. It can happen to anyone

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to help dissociative trauma survivors avoid self-injury and prevent self-harm. Self -harm is the demonstration of deliberately cutting or ruining one's body which regularly cause scarring or changeless tissue harm. There are a few unique terms which are used to portray self-injury which incorporate self-hurt, self-harmful conduct, self-mutilation, and self-caused viciousness.

You're about to discover strategies on how to stand up for yourself. It's a great way of thinking, and it is crucial to stand up for you. Yet there are methods for doing this that are really prudent. Ways that will help both you and your relationship. Ways that will keep you from defying the individuals you really need to face. Sincerely telling others what you need, your cravings, and how you feel shows individual pride, fearlessness, and regard.

Hypersexuality behavior is one of the more common aspects of an individual suffering from bipolar disorder, and causes the individual to continuously look to satisfy his or her sexual appetite. The condition can be a cause for tremendous amount of worry among loved ones of the individual that may fear for the person physical as we as sexual health. I've long said that society discusses human sexuality less in the bipolar disorder community.

Addiction and mental health is a serious and critical issue in our society. Imagine a city occupied by drug addicts and mentally ill individuals, how do you think such a city can fare? Probably you would agree that such a place is actually building a foundation set on a time bomb. When a person is addicted to a substance which serves a specific purpose and on the long run, the addiction becomes abusive; there is every tendency that such person can become a dangerous member of society.

Recent studies recommend that good nutrition is essential for our mental health and that various mental health conditions may be affected by dietary factors. A standout amongst the most self-evident, yet under-perceived factors in the advancement of major patterns in mental health is part of nutrition. The body of evidence connecting eating routine and mental health is developing at a rapid pace.

Music is the food for the soul, for the earliest means of entertainment, worship ,and celebration music played a pivotal role in these areas still today, music continues to play a unique yet very important role in the entire universe. The sound of it dominates the Earth and all human race bows to its rhythms. No one has been able to stop the diversification of music and music is so open ended that it continues to grow and bear different sounds which scientist have now notice that it could be explored for different purposes in all areas of life.

You'll learn what racing thoughts are, reasons for racing thoughts, panic attacks and racing thoughts, anxiety and racing thoughts, how sleep cures racing thoughts, and much more.

Attention management is the ability to control your distraction and maximize your focus, to be present in your moments, engage your flow, and unleash your genius. At its heart, attention management is about learning how to focus your attention, breaking free from all the things you're constantly distracted by or reacting to. Time management is a process by which one consciously keeps track of the amount of time they spend on each of their activities, in an effort to increase efficiency when it comes to usage of time.

Relationships are always easy when they first start. Both individuals are on their best behavior. They wear their best clothes, are very polite, and put in a lot of love and effort. But sometimes, despite the initial excitement and all those promises made, things don't go the way they were planned. 

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to show your partner you except their anxiety. Happiness, sadness, and anger are all common emotions. Anxiety is can be part of a dangerous disorder if you experience it excessively or if you cannot control it. Many people suffer from a rapid heartbeat, high blood pressure, fear, and panicky feelings as a result of extreme anxiety. Having an anxiety disorder can affect your mental well-being. It will also impact your daily life so you have to learn how to start coping with anxiety, you have to find relief and manage such anxiety attacks.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to learn to forgive. Anger is a human emotion. It is strongly linked to rage, and all of us have experienced it in some form since we were children. We are taught as children that anger and rage are not okay, and so we learn very early on to hide our anger and our rage. Anger is also linked to fear. It is often a fear response that triggers an angry outburst, and is part of the fight or flight response.