by Urveez Kakalia | Apr 11, 2022 | Mind, Body & Daily Functioning
Coping mechanisms are techniques people frequently employ while facing stress and/or trauma to help manage distressing or difficult emotions. It can help people adapt to stressful events while also sustaining their emotional well-being. Significant life events,...
by Urveez Kakalia | Apr 7, 2022 | Mind, Body & Daily Functioning
Emotion Regulation refers to an individual’s internal and external processes that are used for monitoring, evaluating and modifying emotional reactions, especially the temporal features to accomplish one’s goal. Emotion regulation, therefore, attempts to influence...
by Urveez Kakalia | Apr 6, 2022 | Mind, Body & Daily Functioning
Talkspace therapist Joanna Filidor, says, “Grounding techniques are tools used to self-regulate in moments of stress and anxiety. They serve as gentle reminders to stay focused and anchored in the present moment, which is what helps reduce the feelings of anxiety and...
by Urveez Kakalia | Apr 5, 2022 | Mind, Body & Daily Functioning
The Oxford English Dictionary defines intimacy as the “inmost thoughts or feelings; proceeding from, concerning, or affecting one’s inmost self: closely personal.” Intimacy helps people to connect with each other on various levels. Hence, it is an integral...
by Urveez Kakalia | Jul 23, 2021 | Mind, Body & Daily Functioning
We have all experienced sleep deprivation, where our minds pound as we struggle to think, our eyes cannot keep themselves open and our limbs feel too heavy to lift. The majority of the time, during this state, we instantly wish we were infants. It was the last time we...
