More info...
By Patrick Omari
 It's because of the monster, I told my friends. You can't stay the night at my flat because of the monster.
No, I wasn't talking about the one who lives in the wardrobe. He's scared of strangers. I'm talking about the monster in my head that makes me wash my hands dozens of times a day because I'm terrified of germs.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD if you can't be bothered to say the whole thing. There, I've said it. I've admitted it, I've named him. The dark secret I carry around with me, that I joke about so you don't guess at the real nightmare behind it, there it is.
OCD is the reason why I have the face of a girl in her late twenties, but the hands of someone who's spent the past 40 years as a scullery maid. Why when you see me washing my hands in the ladies', using more soap than a surgeon, I've not been working down a sewer - that's just how I wash my hands all the time. I
get through bottles
Nicotine Addiction And Usage
By Jonas Smith
 Through the use of cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco, nicotine is one of the most heavily used addictive drugs in the United States. In 2004, 29.2 percent of the U.S. population 12 and older-70.3 million people-used tobacco at least once in the month prior to being interviewed. This figure includes 3.6 million young people age 12 to 17. Young adults aged 18 to 25 reported the highest rate of current use of any tobacco products (44.6 percent) in 2004.
Findings for high school youth indicate that 25.9 percent of 8th-graders, 38.9 percent of 10th-graders, and 50.0 percent of 12th-graders had ever smoked cigarettes when asked in 2005. These figures were lower for all three grades from 2004 data, and for 8th-graders and 12th-graders, the decreases were statistically significant. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, causing approximately 440,000 premature deaths each year and resulting in an annual cost of more than $75 billion in direct medical costs attributable to smoking.
A Guide For Choosing The Right Psychotherapist for You
By Gloria Arenson
 Some people think that going to a therapist is like going to a car mechanic: they expect the therapist to diagnose a specific problem and fix it just as the mechanic puts in new brake pads or readjusts the carburetor. These clients expect something to happen to them. That is not the case. Don't expect the other person to have all the answers. Therapists don't come with crystal balls. You have the answers. They are already within you. The psychotherapist helps you discover those answers as you examine your thoughts, feelings and behaviors. I think of therapy as education. In therapy you may learn new skills to help you communicate better, decrease difficulties in your life and increase benefits.
Don't be afraid to shop around for a good match between you and your therapist. No matter how well trained the therapist is, if you are not at ease with her or willing to talk about personal problems or feelings, you will be wasting your money. Trust your intuition.
When my daughter was a teenager I was a single parent in a quandary
5 Surprising Consequences of Emotional Eating
By Mike Smith
 Everybody knows about the health risks of overeating. What some people don't know is that emotional eating is the biggest factor in overeating. Without understanding emotional eating, losing weight is virtually impossible.
Overeating and emotional eating, however, have many hidden consequences. Below are five you should consider.
1. It Can Damage Your Relationships
Relationship stress is one of the most common triggers for overeaters. When there's tension, or in the aftermath of a fight, food seems like a safe haven. Once in a while, this escape into flavor is normal.
However, the more accustomed you get to the relief, the sooner and more frequently you will turn to food when the going gets rough in a relationship. Instead of working through your differences in the living room with your spouse, friend, or family member, you will find yourself making a trip to the kitchen at the very first sign of tension. As time goes on, problems pile up in the relationship, tensions build, and tempers flair. The habit of turning to food for comfort gets so ingrained that you don't learn
Trading Psychology For Forex Trading
By Ryan19 Litchfield19
 Lean Tips For Sound Forex Trade Investments
With the use of better trade strategies, one can make sound investments and learn the art of forex trade.
Stock exchange trading can be sticky wicket for many of those novice investors who never had the opportunity of learning the craft of forex trade. Forex trading is extremely important for an investor to mitigate the risk by learning the rules of forex trade and stock exchange so as to make sound investments.
For all those who wish to seek highly professional advice, Ryan Litchfiled makes sure that you learn the art of trading without jeopardizing your hard earned money. One of the most important features in learning forex trade is never ever to put your emotions in your business. Yet, emotions are inevitable part of human beings and one cannot remain emotionally untouched for a longer period of time.
So, Ryan Litchfield makes sure that you learn the art of forex trading while handling your emotions in a better way. To help all those who wish to learn the art of making
How does depression affect your weight?
By Dr. Jennifer Baxt, DMFT, NCC, DCC
 When people think of depression, they tend to focus more on how it affects a person mentally. It is true that depression is caused by either a chemical imbalance, a traumatic event or is a condition that is passed down through genetics; however, regardless of the reason why someone has developed depression, it can have an negative impact on a persons physical health. It could be that they have lost interest in caring for their appearance, or lost interest in an activity they would normally enjoy on a regular business. Depression can even affect a persons weight by either gaining or losing weight, depending on whether they have decided to try and self-medicate their depression with food or by ignoring food all together.
It is common for depression to affect a persons weight, more so than most realize. The change in weight has even been caused by some anti-depressants that some depressed people have been prescribed; however, the common result of serious depression appears to be the loss of weight. In this situation, the person has lost interest in
|
