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Welcome to our space dedicated to well-being news! Here, you will find informative articles, well-being tips and the latest scientific research to improve your daily life.
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What is a phobia?
Phobos is the incarnation of fear, he followed his father on the battlefields. The panicky fear that he triggered at the mere sight of him reflects what a person feels when confronted with the object of their fear. There are many phobias and some are more well known than others, including agoraphobia and claustrophobia. On the other hand, aviophobia is less so as it affects many of those who would also dream of discovering fine sandy beaches.
Workaholism: addiction to work
Workaholism or “boulomania” in French refers to work addiction. Unlike many other addictions, its symptoms such as presenteeism (presence at work even when one should not) or overinvestment in work are often valued in companies, which makes it more insidious and difficult to treat than the majority of addictive disorders. However, as with all addictive behaviors, it exposes affected people to very significant risks for their health (hyperstress, burnout, depression).
Therapy ACT
In mental health and in the context of psychotherapy, one element often comes up as a source of suffering: the need for control, and the distress it brings when, inevitably, certain elements escape this control, which can lead to a feeling of helplessness. The ACT is one of the tools to overcome this difficulty.
Emotional dependence
I could die without you”… Have you ever caught yourself saying this sentence, or thinking it? You particularly suffer from friendly or romantic breakups, and you have the impression that this pattern is recurring regularly? It is impossible for you to imagine being able to make a decision or even being able to live without the other? It is therefore highly possible that you suffer from emotional dependence, and that it eats away at you on a daily basis, in your personal, relational or professional life.
Gender identity: better understanding to better support
Questions of gender identity and inclusiveness have been at the heart of the media landscape for several years. From a health point of view, transgender people often suffer from significant therapeutic wandering due to poor education on transidentity and lack of information from professionals. A short introduction to better understand gender identity and how to better care for trans people.
High Intellectual Potential
HPI, Surdoué or even Zebra. All these terms overlap under the same principle. HPI is a term that we hear a lot about lately, whether on television through the news or series (eg: HPI with Audrey Fleurot), or even on social networks. Let's take stock of High Potentials together.
HPI stands for “High Intellectual Potential”. This indicates that people have higher cognitive intelligence than people in the same age group. For a person to be considered HPI, they must have an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) higher than 130, which corresponds to 2.3% of the population with the highest IQ.
Mental health and climate change
You may be wondering what link there may be between climate change and mental health? After all, how can one impact the other? The WHO (World Health Organization) indicates that climate change represents a significant risk for mental health. So in addition to impacting our planet, these changes will have an impact on anxiety, depression, violence and even post-traumatic stress.
Pessimism
“Stop always being pessimistic!” Have we often repeated this type of sentence to you? Pessimism is something we can all experience at certain times in our lives. However, some of us will be too pessimistic or even maladaptive, which will have an impact on our personal and professional lives.
Positive psychology
Even today, many therapies focus mainly on what is wrong. Thus a lot of knowledge has been accumulated concerning the negative which surrounds humans. But little attention has been paid to the strengths of people that enable them to be in a state of well-being. To get better, it is also necessary to understand what makes you feel good.
Sophrology
Reducing your anxiety by being completely in control of your body and your thoughts is the very principle of sophrology. This therapeutic technique is based on various methods of relaxation, breathing, and imagery which bring rapid and long-term relief. Sophrology has also proven itself when used accompanied by virtual reality.
Better understand Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD)
It is a disorder that we hear more and more about, with the impression, sometimes, that it is thrown around indiscriminately. It remains one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, which the constant improvement of diagnostics is bringing to light. However, it remains too little known in its operation and presentation. Shedding light on ADHD and what this acronym means.
Virtual nature, real well-being
Regular exposure to nature is an integral component of good mental health. The sun, greenery, and wind are all elements that contribute to good psychological balance and a better quality of life. However, certain unforeseen events in life sometimes prevent us from fully enjoying these benefits. Highlighting an alternative solution to allow as many people as possible to enjoy nature: virtual nature.