mental health Archives - calm canada https://calmcanada.com/tag/mental-health/ Exploring modern mindfulness and mental health without the fluff Mon, 25 May 2020 22:37:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://calmcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-finelogo-32x32.png mental health Archives - calm canada https://calmcanada.com/tag/mental-health/ 32 32 Practicing Mindfulness – Beyond Buzzwords https://calmcanada.com/mindfulness-and-mindful-practice/ https://calmcanada.com/mindfulness-and-mindful-practice/#respond Sun, 05 Jan 2020 22:55:24 +0000 https://calmcanada.com/?p=828 How do you practice mindfulness? And what is it, anyway? Take a deep breath, inhaling for as long as you exhale. Do it again, inhale and exhale, taking notice of how the air feels in your nose and throat. If you followed along with that paragraph, consider yourself a more mindful individual than you were […]

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]]> https://calmcanada.com/mindfulness-and-mindful-practice/feed/ 0 How to control fight or flight anxiety https://calmcanada.com/fight-or-flight-anxiety/ https://calmcanada.com/fight-or-flight-anxiety/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2019 22:51:14 +0000 https://calmcanada.com/?p=801 It’s a late-night and you’re shutting the lights off in the unused part of your home. You have to pass a dark, exposed window to get to the bedroom, and realizing this sends a nervous zap up your spine that urges you to bolt for safety as you approach the vulnerability. Does that sound familiar? […]

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]]> https://calmcanada.com/fight-or-flight-anxiety/feed/ 1 When Your Anxiety Means Memory Loss https://calmcanada.com/anxiety-memory-loss/ https://calmcanada.com/anxiety-memory-loss/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:28:06 +0000 http://calmcanada.com/?p=780 Around 30% of people have anxiety disorders and everybody on the planet experiences some kind of stress. Everyone also experiences some memory loss and an increase in blank moments as we age. But imagine being in your 20s or 30s and honestly searching keywords like ‘early dementia symptoms’ or ‘how young can Alzheimer’s present?’

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]]> https://calmcanada.com/anxiety-memory-loss/feed/ 0 Let’s Talk Video Games and Mental Health https://calmcanada.com/video-games-and-mental-health-depression/ https://calmcanada.com/video-games-and-mental-health-depression/#respond Tue, 03 Oct 2017 04:30:34 +0000 http://calmcanada.com/?p=600 Stereotypes and misconceptions of gamers are pretty widespread, but the positive connections between games and mental health isn’t often discussed. There’s a stigma, and instead of emphasizing how video games can help anxiety and depression, games are often associated with addiction, a lack of motivation and even obesity. That can paint a terrible picture of […]

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]]> https://calmcanada.com/video-games-and-mental-health-depression/feed/ 0 You know it: Dogs can help your health https://calmcanada.com/dogs-helping-mental-health/ https://calmcanada.com/dogs-helping-mental-health/#respond Sat, 30 Sep 2017 20:36:04 +0000 http://calmcanada.com/?p=595 Different scene, same ancient bond I wake up to a sound that just barely registers at the edge of my mind. A flurry of movement under the comforter and a bark accompany it. I fell asleep before my husband came home from work, and a glance at the alarm clock suddenly frays my nerves — […]

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