Tag: anxiety
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Saudi woman develops game to help diagnose anxiety
Rasha al Qahtani, an 18-year-old Saudi Arabian girl, has created a technique that can be used to detect generalised anxiety disorder in adolescents using video games. “I tried to heal myself, by myself, almost all of the time,” she says. “In Saudi Arabia, we are starting now to connect the dots and to raise awareness…
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Coronavirus: Six tips to manage self-isolation anxiety
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting our everyday lives, and with things changing so quickly, the stress of it all may feel overwhelming. Fear and anxiety about our health, finances, kids being home from school, caring for our elderly loved ones and social distancing can cause strong emotions in adults and children. Laura Rhodes-Levin, a licensed…
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Deepika Padukone delivers heartening speech on mental health at Davos
Deepika Padukone is on a mission to make the world a better place. After standing in solidarity with students of New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) who were protesting after masked assailants wielding batons and iron rods attacked the university leaving more than two dozen injured, she delivered a powerful speech on mental health at…
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Mawra Hocane says she is no longer embarrassed by her anxiety
In a bid to promote mental health awareness, celebrities have started coming forward with their own stories of battling with depression and anxiety. Mawra Hocane is the latest celebrity to open up about her struggle with anxiety. Though Mawra had earlier talked about dealing with it, she shed light on it again in a recent…
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Why practicing mindfulness is important
One of the most misunderstood concepts of modernity is ‘Multitasking.’ Multitasking at our jobs and social media interactions have reduced our ability to retain focus on one thing at a time. However, if we introduce the practice of mindfulness in our lives – one can not only rejuvenate the complex networking of neurons of our…