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We live in a hypnotic world. This world out there is not for you to correct your perceptions. If you thought that way you would be terribly mistaken. The consumer world is there to exploit your hopes, fears and desires. It is there to distort your perceptions. It is for you as an individual to become aware and correct those perceptions. Medicine is not an exact science but consumerism has influenced the medical profession to act in a way to give the public impression that medicine is indeed an exact science. Medicine is not a consumer item yet they go along with the notion that it is a consumer item. This way they can apply the same standards of measurement of quality that applies to any consumer item which of course further reinforces and distorts our perceptions into believing that medicine is indeed a consumer item. Politics is game of distorting people's perceptions. Medicine is all about clearing up people's perceptions and improving their mental health. If the medical pro...

Self-sabotage has been dubbed 'the enemy within.' I agree. It's self-defeating behavior that we use to solve or cope with a problem that ends up causing new problems. Bigger headaches. Greater stress. More worry. Yikes! Often, we don't know we're sabotaging ourselves. We think we're doing what we need to do to get through the day or cope with an issue. We tell ourselves "we're taking care of things." But we're not. Unwittingly, we're undermining and shooting ourselves in the foot. When it comes to our health, coffee and aspirin, skipped lunches and a drive-through dinner will make the body want to escape through wine at night. There's no judgment here. I know you're doing your best to get through the day. What I'd like to do is offer an alternative. One that encourages and supports you in considering another way of doing things: · One that facilitates instead of impedes health. · One borne of wisdom rather than impulse. · One th...

Dual diagnosis is one of the most complex brain disorders. Usually a combination of psychiatric illness and substance use disorder (SUD), it is comparatively severer and more complex than either of the two disorders as it involves the interplay between two equally complex conditions. Dual diagnosis, known as co-occurring disorders in the common parlance, is characterized by errant behavior, petty criminal offenses, and fluctuating moods due to the comorbidity of SUD and mental disorder. Depending on the kind of substance abused, users develop different combinations of coexisting disorders, such as alcoholism and depression. The repercussions of dual diagnosis are not restrained only to the individual grappling with the challenges of the disorder but equally impacts family members and friends as well. The family of the person suffering from dual diagnosis finds itself struggling with a new challenge every now and then. These problems can include arranging a ride to the hospital in odd h...

The digestive system when working in perfection is virtually not noticed. Emotions like the digestive system when balanced are virtually absorbed without any effort. The minute that the stomach begins to bloat and fear starts to grip ones gut we become startled by both our digestion and emotions. Anger can feel like emotional heartburn. Depression can feel like the gut won't move and the emotions are the cement. We all know our unique signature emotion. Are you the one that has a hot temper? Or do feel anxious and fearful right under the surface? Is life just too heavy for you so you can't get motivated to challenge its secret code. Only you can answer where you are on the spectrum of those emotional shades. Just like we know our emotions like our favorite old shirt we know our digestion and it's pattern. We know our eating habits and how our gut responds. The key to linking emotional pattern to digestive pattern is basal metabolic rate. Wikipedia defines Basal metabolic ra...

In today's world the food that rules are mostly fast food or junk food. People are usually too busy to cook at home or sit down for a home cooked meal. Everybody is running to keep up with their hectic schedule and there is either no time for cooking or no time for sitting down to have a decent meal. It is far easier to just grab a hot dog or a sandwich on the way to work or in the office cafeteria rather than spend some extra time to sit down at home and eat. Therefore, one of the many health hazards that doctors of the modern times are facing is the menace of obesity. It strikes before people even realize it and once they do they crave to get their perfect bodies back or dream of attaining a perfect body. For these, there are many diet plans that are popular amongst diverse strata of people but then a diet seldom works if it is not accompanied by fitness training. Leading a sedentary lifestyle and dieting never make one lose weight and soon people get frustrated. Hence it is impo...

In recent years major technological advances have been made to the point that personal training services can be delivered effectively and successfully online. Whilst traditional '1 to 1' training still has it's place, online will soon be the 'go to' solution for most busy people. Below are some of the many reasons why online personal training is fast becoming the top choice for so many gym goers and none gym goers:- It's extremely Cost Effective: If you compare the cost of traditional '1 to 1' training to online training the difference is undeniable. Often a Gym based personal trainer will charge more for a one hour session than they would for a full month's training online. How is it possible for the online trainer to make a living you may ask? The answer is two fold. Firstly the online trainer has no fixed overheads such as travel costs, and gym fees (gym's take a large percentage of all gym based PT's income, thus they have to charge the c...