Updated March 9th, 2021 What to do when you’re bored Is there a cure for boredom? Because let’s face it, feeling bored can happen to the best of us. Interruption might work well sometimes in relationships: read a The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, but Doesn’t, What Shouldn’t Make You Happy, but Does – but it doesn’t work so well when you’re bored with a task that needs doing. There’s no two ways about it, don’t take a break: it doesn’t work. I’ve tried it – more than once – on the assumption that taking a break would do me the world of good. Especially when I’m bored with all the online stuff I’m involved in, or when I’m fed up with cleaning in the house, but believe me it makes the experience worse when you get back to it. The trick! Stick with it until it gets done.…
As the Coronavirus pandemic rapidly finds its way around the world, so does disruption in the lives of majority people across the globe. This sudden disruption is highly likely to have a huge impact on the mental health of these people. In order to ensure that we stay mentally healthy, it is paramount that we understand how Covid-19 is affecting mental health. The following are ways the pandemic is affecting mental health. 1. Can lead to anxiety disorder This Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak has created a lot of uncertainty around every aspect of our lives. Besides worrying about our own health, we are also worried about the health of our loved ones. The stability of our future is uncertain in terms of work, finances and the social circles we had created for ourselves. All this is bound to cause anxiety in our lives. While it is normal to feel anxious under…
Are you currently in a chaotic situation where everything around you seems not to help you live a peaceful life? The one you’ve maybe been dreaming of. Or perhaps you feel the storms of life raging against you and you’ve lost course and want to restore the peace and calm you so need to get you back on track. If so, then you need to face a crucial fact, and that is; YOU ARE TOO BUSY! In which case you’ll find it hard to experience peace at all. Gosh! You’re too damn busy to get any peace whatsoever. If this is you, then it’s time to forget about everything else for some minutes and focus on YOU! You need all the energy and good vibes you can get to be able to live a peaceful like and keep things going smoothly, yet your current exhausted self can never make that…
Have you managed to master your body’s stress response? Probably not. And you’re not alone…not many of us have. You might even be wondering why it matters. Harvard Medical School tells us exactly why…because “chronic activation of this survival mechanism impairs your health.” When stress occurs in life, your central nervous system goes into overdrive and your “fight or flight” hormones kick in. The emotions of fear or anger are often felt first physically – for example your heart may race, your face might get flushed, your stomach may “sink,” your hands may tremble… All warning signs from your body that something isn’t right and you need to either go into full combat mode or run like crazy. Although your brain is technically always in charge, it doesn’t always know it. Remember how high school peer pressure could occasionally get us into trouble by making choices we otherwise wouldn’t? The…
Most of us would not readily admit this. But let’s face it, we live for drama. Ever been caught in a long line of traffic only to realize that it was being caused by a relatively minor fender bender on the other side of the road? Ever strained to eavesdrop on a fight between a couple as you stand in line for coffee? Ever found yourself gossiping about a boss or coworker? Consider all the ways we make mountains out of molehills. When you think about it, it’s quite a peculiar behavior. We, unlike other animals, create or are attracted to stressful and chaotic situations. It’s hard to believe, but we do it mostly for entertainment and distraction. It’s a good way to break the sometimes mind-numbing monotony of our lives. We participate in drama in order to escape boredom. Don’t believe me? Consider a recent study which demonstrated that…