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There are a lot of miserable people in this world and there is a vast industry to help them:
- An army of therapists
- Libraries of self-help books
- Self development and motivational speakers
- Psychics
- Agony aunts
- Prozac and other drugs
Anyone can set themselves up as an expert on curing human misery. Most of these people are papering emotional cracks, putting plasters on mental wounds. Few really go into the very nature of the mind and how we get miserable in the first place. They may claim to do this by going back into childhood stuff, your relationship to your parents and your siblings. Of course, if you were regularly beaten by your parents, then you are probably fairly miserable now, so there is some merit in re-visiting childhood trauma.
How far do you want to go back? What caused your father to beat you up? Did his father beat him up? What about his grandparents and his great grand parents. When did this cycle of abuse begin? Read more
You cannot avoid stress – it is part of the hectic world you live in.
Did you know that ?
- Up to 80% of all diseases are stress-related?
- Workplace stress costs the (USA) nation more than $300 billion each year in health care, missed work – (source New York Times Sept 5, 2004)
- Stress is a major cause of people not turning up for work
- Stress is the major cause of couples splitting up
- One of the main causes of stress is worrying about your finances
- Stress causes over tiredness and this causes more traffic accidents then drunk drivers.
Do you know how much stress is costing you?
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Can movies cure anxiety symptoms?
Some people believe that we live in a dark time and this has been reflected in the most popular sci fi movies and TV series that we watch. Films such as Watchmen, Lord of The Rings, and TV series like Battlestar Gallatica are all about dark times and threats from hostile forces. Even the recent Star Wars movies have been grim and not exactly a bundle of laughs.
These films reflect anxiety symptoms bought about through the collapsing financial system and terrorist threats. These anxiety symptoms include:
- General insecurity
- Fear of walking the streets
- Not spending due to financial insecurity
- Trying to make life safe as possible
Is there a new trend in films starting that will help alleviate your anxiety symptoms and make you feel good again?
