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PRESERVING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

6 Comments / Parenting / Inner Space Team / December 4, 2011 / communication, family, for children, parent child, parenting, relationship

As parents, we are naturally concerned about our children. We want them to have a bright future and be self sufficient. Anything that we see as taking the child away from this prospect worries us. We worry, fret and spend considerable time and energy correcting the child. “Don’t do this, it’s bad for you.” “Why don’t you listen to me?”, “I’m saying this for your good and nobody else’s!!” are some statements you would probably connect with. At times, we happen to spend ALL our time with the child in correcting him/her. We consider it our duty to mould them right. Hence, many of us would be constantly on the lookout for the negative behavior, be it disinterest in studies, lack of social interaction, excessive viewing of television, argumentativeness or aggression. Every repetition of that behavior frustrates us and we chide and scold our children or maybe even beat them. However, a good number of times, our child continues to engage in the negative behavior. Therefore, is the current approach you are using effective? What is going wrong here?

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WHY DO WE GET ANXIOUS?

2 Comments / Anxiety / Inner Space Team / November 28, 2011 / causes of anxiety, managing anxiety, mental health, stress management, treatment of anxiety

Anxiety – that uncomfortable feeling in the pit of your stomach, making you uneasy and jittery.. what causes that? Why do we get anxious?

A good chunk of the answer to this lies in our thought processes. We often have recurrent patterns of thought that cause, contribute to or maintain anxiety. Some such thoughts are described in this blog.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF TRADITIONAL PLAY

Leave a Comment / Children / Inner Space Team / November 24, 2011 / for children, parenting, sports and games, teen issues

Play. A word that is synonymous with setting the mind free, using imagination and almost creating a new world. However, today, we are increasingly turning to electronic games to fill in most of our play time. Video games and the like are certainly entertaining and stimulating. With advanced technology and thrilling effects, they sure give us an adrenaline rush! However, forms of conventional or traditional play can also offer us a number of psychological benefits in addition to physical benefits. We could be missing out on a world of good that our good old indoor board games, outdoor games and imaginative play could do to us. Wonder how? Let’s explore.

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WHAT IS ANXIETY?

2 Comments / Anxiety / Inner Space Team / November 17, 2011 / causes of anxiety, managing anxiety, mental health, symptoms of anxiety

Anxiety can be described as a state where one experiences symptoms that are bodily, emotional, behavioural and cognitive (involving thought and mental processes). Tension, worry, nervousness and apprehension are some of the words commonly used to describe anxiety.

We have all experienced anxiety, be it in the form of nervousness before going up on stage, tension for exam, apprehension about a decision, worry for our kids or stress for an office presentation. Anxiety can range from being mildly discomforting to severely debilitating and if not dealt with properly can manifest as disorders that negatively affect your daily lives.

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EXCESSIVE DAYDREAMING

2 Comments / Self-esteem / Inner Space Team / November 8, 2011 / negative thoughts, overthinking, self esteem, worrying

Your day starts with a mild stir. A stir nowhere else but in your mind. As you go about your daily chores, you feel like your mind is only partially involved. A simultaneous series of thoughts are on too. Your imagination is rolling and how! You imagine yourself giving a stage performance, that boy you like finally making conversation with you, you topping in class or bagging that coveted project….. you are daydreaming. Why are we discussing this? Isn’t daydreaming one pleasant escapade that is safe? Oh yes, it is! However, there are some of us who daydream excessively, so much so that our schedules are delayed or disrupted or our head begins to feel heavy. We probably end up underachieving or simply being dissatisfied with this almost compulsive tendency…yet, it has its own rewards. Let’s understand this better.

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FORGIVENESS

Leave a Comment / Anger Management / Inner Space Team / November 3, 2011 / communication, managing anger, mental health, self help

Forgiveness is often seen and dismissed as a virtue of the saintly. Most people cling dearly to their anger, pain and sense of injustice. The choice of not forgiving might temporarily give you a sense of power – power to condemn, power to judge and hold the other person guilty, power of righteously being holier than thou. However, going one level deeper, one sees just how hollow and fictitious this power is. You are actually giving away your power, allowing the opposite person to push your buttons at will, to make you writhe in agony or cry in pain at a whim.

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IS YOUR CHILD DEPRESSED?

1 Comment / Parenting / Inner Space Team / October 31, 2011 / anger in children, behavioral problems in children, depression in children, for children, managing depression, sadness, symptoms of depression

Depression can affect children as well.

Many of us would feel that this is just a child, how can he/she be depressed? Perhaps it’s just a mood swing or a phase. Yes, that happens too. Not every child who seems sad or introverted is depressed. But if you notice a significant change in your child’s behavior, which he just doesn’t seem to be ‘getting over’ and is adversely impacting his school work and/or relationships, perhaps it’s time to pay attention.

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COMMUNICATING SAFETY TIPS TO CHILDREN

Leave a Comment / Parenting / Inner Space Team / October 25, 2011 / child safety, communication, for children, parenting

Given the fast paced life we all lead, it is a tad too difficult to supervise our children the way our parents probably did. They need to be more independent and therefore need to be aware of all the do’s and don’ts of daily life, especially those pertaining to safety. While this is of paramount importance, it is equally important to provide a balanced perspective of safety to our children.
What I mean to say is we need to guard against communicating to the child that ‘the world is an unsafe place’ and that ‘people are all out to take advantage of you.’ If the child adopts any such belief, it may lead to emotional turmoil which could manifest in anxiety and apprehension, separation anxiety and clinginess or a refusal to be alone. Let us understand better how this happens:

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7 MOST EFFECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH TIPS: TIP 6

3 Comments / Mental Health Week Series / Inner Space Team / October 16, 2011 / article list, article series, awareness, manage anxiety, manage depression, managing emotions, mental health

TIP 6: BELIEVE IN IMPERMANENCE

Nothing lasts forever

About the lows:
Do you believe that good things don’t last forever?

Unfortunately true isn’t it?

However, flipping the coin around you’ll see that even bad things don’t last forever!

I’m sure each of us has been through some difficult times. Times when life was so tough that it was difficult to smile, when each breath and each step took just too much effort. Remember the times, when you thought it was impossible to survive without a loved one, or to conquer this particular challenge, or to surface from this deepest low. Pause. See where you are now. You didnt just survive, you lived! The disaster passed. Life went on. You moved on.

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7 MOST EFFECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH TIPS: TIP 5

1 Comment / Mental Health Week Series / Inner Space Team / October 14, 2011 / article list, article series, awareness, manage anxiety, manage depression, managing emotions, mental health

TIP 5: Identify Irrational Thought Patterns

‘I should be loved by everyone for everything I do.’ How does this statement sound to you? Chances are it will sound unrealistic, irrational and almost impossible. How can anybody be loved by everyone for everything they do?

Let me introduce a situation here. You are at a party, exchanging pleasantries with other folk. You spot someone you know across the room. You generously walk up and say ‘hi’. That person however barely acknowledges you and walks away. How are you likely to feel? Are you more likely to dismiss it and say, ‘never mind, he must have been frustrated’ or to dwell upon how ‘disrespectful’ and ‘insulting’ a gesture that was?

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Inner Space Team

PRESERVING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

WHY DO WE GET ANXIOUS?

THE IMPORTANCE OF TRADITIONAL PLAY

WHAT IS ANXIETY?

EXCESSIVE DAYDREAMING

FORGIVENESS

IS YOUR CHILD DEPRESSED?

COMMUNICATING SAFETY TIPS TO CHILDREN

7 MOST EFFECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH TIPS: TIP 6

7 MOST EFFECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH TIPS: TIP 5

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