Chronic fatigue syndrome is also well known as CFS which is a disorder without a known cause and although CFS may be connected to a previous infection. CFS is a state of chronic fatigue that exists without other explanation for six months or more and is accompanied by cognitive difficulties problems with short-term memory or concentration.

CFS was initially termed encephalomyelitis because British researchers noted that the necessary clinical features of CFS included both an encephalitic constituent manifesting as cognitive difficulties and a skeletal muscle component manifest as chronic fatigue. The absence of cognitive dysfunction should not include CFS as a potential diagnosis. Read the rest of this entry »

Do these comments raise concern in your mind about our youth? It shocked me as I read these posts in the forums. Our youth are suffering from the after effects of stress and we’re not paying enough attention to their silent cries for help. That is even more disconcerting to me and I feel that we need to take action as parents, guardians, counselors and tutors to stop the atrophy of the future of the human race before it is too late.

Reasons for Social Anxiety Disorders in Teenagers

Social anxiety disorders do not raised of just one or two stressful days. It could be the net effect of years of stress imposed knowingly or unknowingly on the minds of our young, possibly since early childhood. The environment when person has grown up and often plays a big factor for shaping the character. Read the rest of this entry »

Being sad for a while is a common thing, but being depressed takes sorrow to a the next level. Depression known as a pervasive sadness which clutches you by the collar and transforms your life as it slips a burlap sack over your head. You begin to adapt to life with this sack on, and soon you sway every decision based on that sack blinding you to your true abilities.

Depression can be classified as 2 or more weeks of emotional and physical lethargy. Clinical depression lasts a month or more of depression. It could feel like living in hell itself with no hope to move forward. Symptoms include changes in appetite and sleep practices, loss of energy and interest in things that used to be enjoyable, feelings of worthlessness, difficulty concentrating or making decisions, and ideas of death or suicide.
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Serious illness is more than a crisis of the body; it is a crisis of the soul. Many patients react to a serious disease by becoming paralyzed by fear. Resistance quickly crumbles, and is followed by depression and despair. Yet others marshal the inner resources needed to overcome the crisis.

How can people be empowered to mobilize their innate resources for health and healing? The twin keys to unlocking the door are Comprehension and Communication.

Comprehension means first understanding that the outcome of most common diseases-cancer and heart disease-is rarely inevitable. Yourillness need not be your fate. Every doctor has seen patients with a life-threatening illness make a miraculous recovery after they were thought to be beyond hope. Read the rest of this entry »

Bipolar disorder is also known as manic depressive disorder. It is a mental illness that presents itself as mood swings or mood cycling. Many people do not realize that there are actually two types of bipolar disorder. Bipolar I disorder is typically defined as raging mood cycling with episodes of extreme mania and depression, as well as the occasional mixed episode. Bipolar I patients may also experience psychotic or hallucinating symptoms. Read the rest of this entry »