Depression

When you think of treating depression, only social workers or psychologists are often consider the first healthcare professionals that come to your mind. But Not nurses, why ?. This question always bother me.

I am a nurse working in a hospital for most of the time, I meet or take care of patients who don’t confess their depression is relatively high. That’s why it is very important as to be nurses to examine or take a deeper look on how depression happens.

Depression is a feeling like you’re drowning in River. You’re struggling to get air to be alive while everyone around you is having a great time swimming into the same River but they are enjoying their life but NOT YOU . None of them notice your gasps for air as the water fills up to your lungs.

Your body tries to come out of the life threatening situation but as much as you tries always fails, and eventually you begin to think that just let it go and sink into the water is the better choice. No one even notices that you are dying until sometimes it’s too late to notice.

How A NURSE Can Spot Depression ?

Nurses should have a comprehensive or better understanding of Depression when patients enter into ward, at the time of physical assessment, Nurse try to find the some warning sign through a small talk with patients.
Some of the following sign and symptoms can be noticed on assessment like -

1. Sleep disturbance
2. Changes in appetite
3. Feeling hopeless
4. Irritability
5. Feeling less engaged in activities that you used to enjoy
6. Feeling lonely
7. Not finding joy in life
8. Bringing less energy to work

If you find any of these sign, there are chance that my patients may be depressed because of the following problems -

1. The death of a loved one
2. Relationship dispute
3. Financial losses
4. Stressful life events
5. Recent Medical conditions

How NURSES Can Be Antidote for Depression?

Appreciation and Motivation - A NURSE Can be like Antidote for Depression by Appreciating your patients on a daily basis is a great way to helping them. They must feel that they are very important for their friends,family and colleagues and that they are capable of doing any things in life despite any circusmstances occure. 

The Great William James, a well-known psychologist said, “The deepest principle of human nature is a craving to be appreciated.” everyone need to feel valued in others life, should be recognized for his own contributions and accomplishments.

A appreciation on a right to a right person can boosts his or her spirit, passion, and purpose.  It builds self-confidence, self-esteem and entire self-image. It gives motivation to work harder and do more.  We all know that MOTIVATION is the inversely proportion of DEPRESSION and as much as we appreciate to our patients, the more we will be able to save them from depression.

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Important Habits To Reduce Stress And Anxiety

It had been a tough days in our lives. Our hospitals had become over crowded with COVID-19 patients, and deaths rates were rising. Vaccine distribution had been slower than we had hoped. all of that, there are the daily questions: How could I stay safe? When would I be able to meet my family and friends?  How long time it will take to it get back to normal?

Any of these issues, would stress us out -- but right now, everything seems to be happening at once.

The question is, how do we stay calm at this time? And how could we help our families do the the same? I rely on these simple daily rituals to help myself stay calm during challenging times and the support of family and friends can make a huge difference — but, for many of us, have an unfortunate reality that our anxiety and stress will never disappear completely and the best what we can do is find the effective ways to manage it,

I've learned that there are also certain daily habits that will help to reduce the anxiety.

These daily habits that are definitely worth adding to your routine and will definitely reduce your Anxiety.

1. Plan your Daily Schedule

 The first thing I do every morning, before I get my Tea , is to think about my important task for the day. What will be my main task of the day? I always focus like this, not only helps me prioritize,

but it also keep me at front . Sometimes I write journal because it allows me to learn about our thought processes — seeing it all on paper gives us clarity, insight, and perspective. It also helps us to identify our triggers and gives us the chance to challenge our irrational and unproductive thoughts.

Often it can feel like life is dragging us, but making an schedule like this can help us to control over what we want to do with the day only that is given to us by the God.

2. Exercise

Multiple studies have displayed that exercise is the most effective to combat stress and anxity. Physically active people tend to have lower chance of anxiety and depressive disorder than those who don't exercise daily,

you can choose a form of exercise that you genuinely enjoy — whether it's pilates, biking, running, dance, or a spin class.

3. Good Sleep

Sleep deprivation is so harmful effects to our health that can actually cause an anxiety disorder.

For those of us who already struggle with anxiety, getting a good night's sleep is important. turning off you tube, Instagram and Netflix and getting a full night of sleep is more important then it.

4. Drinking Coffee or Tea

Do you know I'm Tea lover, I have an obsession with Tea that is unhealthy but not as much as coffee have.

But it has been proven that caffeine can intensify the symptoms of anxiety and other disorder. If you currently drink about four cups of coffee in a day, don't quit it — but try to slowly reduce your caffeine intake.

we can switch to beverages which have a lower amount of caffeine, like black tea, or order a half-caffeinated cup of coffee if you're feeling seriously exhausted.

5. Meditation

the only five minutes out of your day will play a huge role in easing overall anxiety. People with anxiety often spend a great time worrying about the past or the future — in short, we have a lot of trouble being "present" in the moment. Meditation teaches us to live in today.

These are most basic method is to focus on breathing and, when your mind wanders, it re-direct to breathing. If you continue with the practice of daily meditation, you'll slowly develop the ability to pay attention on your present.

6.  Keep Your Social Media Away

social media can be unhealthy for anyone, but it can intensify anxiety symptoms for those who are already struggling with anxiety and Depression.

I have seen that many people get seriously stressed out and anxious if they post something on Instagram and if they don't get enough "likes." I'm not saying that we should deactivate every social media , but it could be helpful to set a time limit per day and then stick to it.

7. Spend Time Outdoors

According to a research, spending time in "natural environments" is beneficial to our mental and physical health. So, make a habit of going outside for at least a few minutes everyday and you will experience a decrease in your anxiety.

8. Spend Time With friends and colleagues

Research has found that people get social support of friends are better to handle the stress and anxiety. And it's a good excuse to get in some quality time with your favorite people each day.

Why Sometimes Stress and Anxiety are important?

Instead always considering a troubled, anxiety might actually help us you to feel more motivated. Many Research has showen that students, Professionals and sport persons who experienced some anxiety actually improved performance on tests or while participating in their competitive sports.

some degree of the anxiety in those who have a good memory may actually enhance performance.. Consider ways that your anxiety and stress give an incentive for you to be successful in some of the areas in your life.

Our anxiety helps you in putting extra effort into work and personal and tasks,that makes a good impression towards your goals. When You mind your own anxiety, try to think how many of ways that you can use it to inspire your growth and self-improvement,Self-Nurishment.

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Worst Apps for Your Mental Health

Social media is a new experience for the human being. With social networks People are becoming more deep-rooted in people’s lives each year and in each generation, it is very important that we understand the full impact of social media on our mental health and social lives.

In a survey, the ages of 14-24, their findings offered a clear picture of how social media platforms affect mentally including anxiety, depression, sleep deprivation, and body-image.

Instagram

Instagram has most negative effect on young people’s mental health. The popular photo sharing app badly impacts body image and sleep, increases bullying and “FOMO” (fear of missing out), and that leads to greater feelings of anxiety, depression, and loneliness.

Positive Effect - The positive effects of Instagram include self-expression, self-identity, community building, and emotional support.

Facebook 

Facebook also have similar negative effects of Facebook in the categories of bullying, FOMO, body image, anxiety, depression, and loneliness. Facebook also has a very bad impact on sleep.

Positive effect- Facebook have some strong positive effects of emotional support and community building, promoting informative content.

YouTube

YouTube have a major downside that it has the most negative effect on sleep

Positive Effect- positive effect on mental health of YouTube. The video streaming platform had a very high in this categories like awareness, self-expression, and community building and it is one of the most informative platform where million of people learning as well earing hard money . 

Why Social media are important?

Connect with loved ones. Social media is a great way to stay in touch with your friends and family, whether they live nearby or across the globe. Use your social media channels to reach out and see how your loved ones are doing, share personal stories and photos and remind you of the important people in your life.

Follow and share inspiring stories. Follow and shareing inspiring stories that make you feel more confident and positive toward your life. 

Make community impact videos. Organize projects that can positively impact your community

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