Things People With PTSD Want You To Know
One in 10 people will experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet public understanding of the mental health condition is still limited.
The anxiety disorder can be triggered from any event an individual finds traumatic, such as rape, bullying, witnessing a crime or giving birth.
Symptoms can include flashbacks and insomnia while sufferers often experience related mental health conditions, such as depression.
1. PTSD Can Affect Anyone
Imogen Groome was diagnosed with PTSD after being sexually assaulted in her first year of university, but says people often associate the condition with people much older.
“When I ask my friends about PTSD, a lot of them think only of war veterans or people who have experienced terrorist attacks,” she says. (more…)
World Mental Health Day – signs that you are mentally ill but scared to admit!
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While one seldom speaks about mental health issues, the problem just gets bigger with every passing day. When we choose to put our psychological troubles — depression, anxiety and phobias behind us, mask it and act ‘normal’ according to the standards set by society, we are killing ourselves slowly. We refuse to look for help because of the stigma attached to the condition.
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Ways to Naturally Lower Your Blood Pressure
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“When your heart pumps blood through the blood vessels, the blood pushes against the walls of your blood vessels. This creates blood pressure. Your body needs blood pressure to move the blood throughout your body, so every part of your body can get the oxygen it needs (heart.org).”
High blood pressure cannot be cured, but it can be managed. In some cases high blood pressure is genetic, therefore out of your control. In other cases high blood pressure can be due to an unhealthy diet, lack of exercise and stress. (more…)
Indian businessman Balwinder Sahani buys $9 million Dubai license plate for Rolls Royce
Insurance for your gold holding: How it protects the valuable asset
Tumbling gold prices may see demand pick up; festival season all set to sparkle
Gold prices tumbled after a month of steady run at Rs 31,000 mark to Rs 30,020 per 10 grams on Thursday buoying consumer sentiment. Customers have increasingly started visiting stores making enquiries though they are still shying from buying the precious metal.
Standard gold prices registered a major fall in Mumbai by Rs 1,180 in the past four days to Rs 30,020 per 10 grams on Thursday from Rs 31,200 on 30 September. Sentiment took a hit in the global market after gold fell below $1,300 an ounce for the first time since June amid mounting concern that an improving US economy will prompt the Fed to raise rates soon, boosting the dollar and taking the sheen off the safe haven appeal of the metal, traders said, reports PTI.
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Famous brands that started out with different names
Until the U.S. Presidential elections in November 2016, the country’s leading beer brand, Budweiser, renamed its 12 ounces cans and bottles as “America.” To notch up the patriotic feel, the packaging will also carry slogans such as “Land of the Free,” “Indivisible Since 1776” and “Liberty and Justice for All.” Tosh Hall, creative director at the company’s branding firm JKR, said: “We thought nothing was more iconic than Budweiser and nothing was more iconic than America.” Let’s take a look at other iconic companies that were named differently when they began.
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Foods Diabetics Should Never Eat
Some may be sugar-free but they are not carbs-free,” Malkoff-Cohen says. They are still made with flour and have processed carbs that will increase your blood sugar levels. White or wheat flours are basically the same as far as diabetics are concerned, she adds. They will still raise your blood sugar levels. “Almond flour is better because it has more protein and is made of almond, not grain,” she says. (more…)
India never counts bullets while retaliating: Rajnath Singh
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India never attacks anyone but will retaliate and “not count the bullets” if attacked, home minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday after assessing security on border with Pakistan in the wake of surgical strikes.
Singh, who visited BSF’s Munabao Border Outpost, assured the security personnel that the government will do everything to improve the border infrastructure, including completing the floodlighting and a parallel road along the fencing, and their service conditions. (more…)
US officially accuses Russia of hacking DNC and interfering with election
The US government has formally accused Russia of hacking the Democratic party’s computer networks and said that Moscow was attempting to “interfere” with the US presidential election.
Hillary Clinton and US officials have blamed Russian hackers for stealing more than 19,000 emails from Democratic party officials, but Friday’s announcement marked the first time that the Obama administration has pointed the finger at Moscow. (more…)