What is Bipolar Disorder? Bipolar Disorder, earlier known as Manic-Depressive Disorder, is a mental disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels. People with Bipolar Disorder experience unusually intense emotional states or “mood episodes.” Bipolar Disorder which makes...

Sound sleep is one of the many ways of living a healthy lifestyle. However, concerns like difficulty in falling asleep, disturbed sleep patterns, irregular sleep cycles have become common nowadays. Such issues if experienced repeatedly can result in Sleep Disorders. What...

Everyone feels worried or tense sometimes. Stress is the physical and emotional response that’s necessary for dealing with situations that are frightening, confusing or exciting. But if there is too much stress, it can trigger off many diseases and disorders. What...

Shyness is not the same as social anxiety. People who suffer from social anxiety tend to become extremely anxious when in the company of others. They are acutely uncomfortable if they are to face people in any social context. Social Anxiety...

Self-Harm is causing injury or harming oneself deliberately. It is indicative of a tremendous amount of stress and emotional turmoil. A severe form of self-harm is an act of suicide attempt. What is Self-harm? Self-harm occurs when a person hurts or...

A traumatic event is a highly stressful event that often occurs without prior warning, and it can overwhelm, frighten or even threaten one’s life. These events can cause a great deal of suffering to the mind. Repeated memories of the trauma,...

We all feel anxious and panicky at times. However, Panic Disorders are acute anxiety attacks which are characterized by extreme fear which is usually inappropriate to the situation. Most of the time, it simply occurs out of the blue with no...

Unwanted and repeated thoughts are called Obsessions and the urge to repeat certain acts is called a Compulsion. Everyone has them now and then. But, if these begin to interfere with the day-to-day functioning so much so that each day seems...

While some eating habits help us stay healthy, others simply don’t. Some eating styles and habits often stem from the excessive fear of putting on too much weight. This can lead to unhealthy habits such as severe dieting, starvation or induced...

Drug Abuse is the extreme use of a chemical substance that causes interference, damage, and dysfunction to the brain and the body. Repeated and regular use of drugs can lead to its dependence. What are Drugs? The word ‘Drugs’ means any...