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In Hard Times The Stronger You Have to Be!

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Lately, several people have communicated to me that they feel extremely anxious about the times the world is going through now. The Covid-19 global pandemic has affected the lives and livelihood of millions around the world.

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All this chaos that exists affects the mind and mental health of individuals. Anxiety, stress, depression, post-traumatic stress and other mental disturbances appear and unfortunately are not well attended and recognized on time. So, it is when you know that things are not working well that you have to work on your mental health and your emotions so you can not only survive but thrive in tough times:

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  • Accept that some situations are beyond your control.
  • Motivate and inspire yourself everyday
  • Allow yourself time to grieve and feel all the feelings.
  • Never be afraid to ask for help.
  • Whenever possible, offer help to those in need.
  • Take joy where life offers it.
  • Reframe your negative thoughts.
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Enjoy Those Little Moments of Happiness Avoid Sadness Today!

«Tell me more about all those little moments of happiness you remember, that are now hidden inside the little things where time still dares to dream.» —Dr. Martha A. Castro Noriega, MD

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Donald Trump Hate Groups Increase in America – San Diego Holds Many

BEFORE I START THIS POST, PLEASE READ: I am not affiliated to any political party. I am a free thinker and nobody owns me, nothing owns me. I owe nothing to nobody. So, no, I don’t hate Trump, I don’t love Obama nor vice versa. I just analyze publicly certain situations when I think they are out of control.

And United States of America so called president (yes, with ‘p’ lower case) is out of control. It is chaos reigning in the world right now. If there is chaos in the USA, there is chaos in the world, simply because the US has been the leader of the globe for decades. And that -chaos- is not good for the USA and it is not good for the planet.

I cannot call him «President Trump», because he might have the title but he does not behave like one. I have no respect for him at all. He is crude, rude, low class, vulgar, even perverse. Yes, I have been quiet, but he has gone too far. He is absolutely and irrefutable out of his mind, saying things like «there is a vaccine for AIDS» …. WHAT?! When I heard this, how can I say it without insulting him badly? ah, no, impossible to find a decent word.

What I cannot comprehend is why there are still many people who believe the words that come out of his mouth and follow him to his rallies. He is not «going to drain the swamp» people, because HE IS part of the swamp. He gives tax relieves to his friends. He hasn’t revealed his taxes because he has powerful friends who protect him from doing so, because it is good for what ever they are doing with him and through him: M.O.N.E.Y.

Worst of all, he has created a climate of hate, terrible fear and death. Frankly, I am making this post as a statement of my opposition to killing and the suppression of life. As a medical doctor I have the obligation and responsibility to save lives, to extend the lifespan of my patients, I make their lives more comfortable and help them live with physical and mental dignity.

Trump, with the hate that invades his tiny little mind, is infecting humanity and it’s my obligation to say it so, as a doctor. As a medical doctor I oppose the use of choke-holds, I oppose brutality and aggression against ANY human being. I will NEVER agree to the use of deadly force to control any type of situation (those that many hate groups, consider it to be «normal»!) Those are excuses to kill because of hate and rage.

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MY FINAL THOUGHTS: Hate creates sadness, anxiety, depression, physical illnesses that can threaten human lives. Hate produces a huge increment in suicide numbers, a terrible loss of lives. STOP HATE! It is imperative that we stop hate. Yes, one person cannot stop violence in the world, but we can do something pro-love, against fear, against hate in our neck of the woods. If we defend and/or save one life in our lifetime, oh goodness, it’d be a wonderful thing. Let’s try to do it. Just one, one at a time. Let’s teach our children love and compassion, not fear, not hate.

Let’s teach love and compassion

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These are some reports about HATE GROUPS in the US since the Trump Era

White nationalist hate groups in the US have increased 55% throughout the Trump era, according to a new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and a “surging” racist movement continues to be driven by “a deep fear of demographic change”.

«Though the experts appear to understand the threat, they remain hamstrung by the Trump administration, which has hired members of hate groups into high-level positions and has on its staff people like Stephen Miller, the senior policy adviser in the White House who has long been allied with anti-immigrant hate groups,» it said.

The law center said the number of hate groups rose by 7 percent last year to 1,020, a 30 percent jump from 2014. That broadly echoes other worrying developments, including a 30 percent increase in the number of hate crimes reported to the F.B.I. from 2015 through 2017 and a surge of right-wing violence that the Anti-Defamation League said had killed at least 50 people in 2018.

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List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as hate groups

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Are We Alone In This World Of Ours?

Well, I think it all depends how you look at it. People surround us, unless you live in the woods, people are all over the city and communities, right? But still, we can be all alone. Because loneliness can be physical or spiritual (mental loneliness for the ones who do not believe in a spirit inside of us).

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When we are born, we are born alone, and then we die alone. It’s in the time in between, when we grow up, develop into adulthood and elder age that we tend to feel or be alone.

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For the lucky ones, the ones who are really loved by their parents, relatives and friends, they get to part from this world surrounded by them and blessed by them. But many get to die…alone, physically, I mean.

Because many others, even though they have nobody with them in their final time on this earth, they die with a smile on their face showing a glory of peace. As a medical doctor I have seen these faces, when none of their relatives showed up at the end.

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Only me, as her doctor and two nurses around her, but she was so peaceful and content when she passed. Her last words were full with blessings to me and my nurses. Bless her soul. She was full with love inside of her. She did not die alone. And not because we, the three of us, were with her, it was because of the way she lived her life and respected herself, the way she loved herself.

This tells me that, even when people are surrounding you, you can be all alone. and if you live alone physically, but you have taken care of your mind and soul through out your life, you are NOT alone! But, you can have both, definitely! I have seen that too. And it’s wonderful when you can see that a human being has love all around him/herself.

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Maybe it’s like K.D. Lang sings in Constant Craving: «Even through the darkest phase be it thick or thin, always someone marches brave here beneath my skinMy thought: that someone…it’s YOU!

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How to Help Your Mind to Be Happier Healthier!

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Keep your mental status sane, in shape, exercise your mind every single day so your body follows through. Maintaining healthy and powerful thoughts is what you body needs to be strong and young, healthy and beautiful.

How To Help Your Mind

Though sometimes it may be hard to keep up your hopes and feel confident, but you must always believe in yourself and your talent. Faith, Belief , self-confidence are enough to turn around any negative situation in a positive one!

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Eat well, say NO to drugs, get plenty of sleep and sunlight, avoid stress and conflicted stressful people, practice some activity and moderate exercise at least 3 times a week, everyday do something you really enjoy, connect with others (be sociable, in person or online), do things for others.

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Be Happy Let Yourself Find Joy and Fight Depression!

Be Happy To The Fullest!

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Living is an art or is a path to destruction, and unfortunately the lack of love and compassion within the family structure is what triggers so much loneliness, depression and anxiety in many. 

We are born, if we are lucky enough, to two loving parents who care about us so much to let us grow into kind, compassionate and successful human beings.

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But sometimes things go wrong: the family is dysfunctional, parents or children don’t care about each other. They become bitter and depressive, even when they finish graduate or post-graduate school; hey, maybe they even become rich, but no matter what they do in life unhappiness is always there. 

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These kind of frustrated person is the one that we should not become. At some point in our lives we should understand that there is only one life to live and to live it well.

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Dalai Lama on Chaos Quotes How to be Mentally Healthy in 2020 and Beyond

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We certainly live very chaotic times around the world: there is terrible misinformation about health and economics. Some countries like the US and many others, are experiencing total destruction, societal violence and the disruption of order and true compassion.

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But we also know that we still are going through a pandemic that has put millions of people from all countries in the world under financial struggle, food chain disruptions and sometimes famine.

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All this injustice seems unreal and it can be very painful for many, taking a toll on their mental health. We have to take care of our mind everyday and not to be embarrassed to ask for help.

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We need to heal our minds, give it especial attention and treat it with care. How are we going to heal the rest of our bodies if we don’t heal our mental state first?! How are we going to heal our society when the heads in authority position in our countries are sick and broken?

Be kind to yourself and others. Promote compassion and love.

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Quotes Of The Day About Patience For You To Avoid Anxiety Today

Did you have enough patience to watch to entire short video of the human-snail crossing the street? 😇

«Great things take time»

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«Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude…while waiting»

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«Patience is the companion of wisdom»

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«Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.»

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Rainbow over the Ocean for you to Smile Today! Mother Nature Pt 2

Let us rejoice for everything we have. Our health, the health of our loved ones. Let’s take care of it and cherish it every minute of our lives. Let’s keep our mental sanity in check to have peace and happiness at all times, no matter what problem comes to our lives.

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Learn How to Read Your Body Signals to Avoid Anxiety and Be Happier

LEARN HOW TO READ BODY SIGNAL TO AVOID ANXIETY

Take a deep breath. …

Get active. …

Sleep well. …

Challenge an anxious thought. …

Say an encouraging statement. …

Stay connected to others. …

Avoid caffeine. …

Avoid mind-altering substances.

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The ability to perceive the signals of your body is known as interoceptive accuracy (IAc). There are, different psychosomatic cues that you pick up within yourself during states of anxiety. But above all, a beating heart is the hardest one to ignore.

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It’s for this reason that heartbeat perception, as brain scientists call it, is a direct proxy for measuring people’s IAc and reported anxiety and stress levels.

IAc and a beating heart

Having the ability to accurately detect your own heartbeat is critical for reappraising your anxiety on a moment to moment basis. We know that anxiety is as much in the body as it is in the mind, and that a (mis)perception of a fast heart rate can easily contribute to the catastrophization of a panicked state.

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It’s why some of the most effective anxiety-related therapies, like progressive muscle relaxation and deep breathing, tend to focus on muting a physiological response followed by a cognitive reappraisal technique.

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What this says is that your ability to detect and therefore modulate your bodily responses during an anxious state is not fixed. These signals are amenable to change. You can learn to more accurately perceive your beating heart in a high-stress environment. You can apply reappraisal techniques in mitigating your anxiety.

The findings of this study have the potential to inform research on stress and anxiety management. For example, having a general idea of how much your IAc is dependent on biological predisposition could provide leeway to pharmaceutical interventions to help combat debilitating responses to stressful situations.

For now there’s therapeutic power in knowing you can improve your IAc and work towards minimizing your anxiety.

“If you believe in yourself, everything is possible. Live the life of your dreams. Let it be!”—dramacn

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