Navigating Seasonal Affective Disorder Syndrome
NAVAGATING SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER SYNDROME (SADS) Winter is a difficult time for many people – dark mornings, early sunsets, and of course, the frigid temperatures. You don’t have to have Seasonal Affective Disorder to get the “cold weather blues.” Anyone can struggle with a dip in their mood when there’s a dip in the temperature. […]
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Its Impact on Children
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a condition in children that results from alcohol exposure during the mother’s pregnancy. Fetal alcohol syndrome causes damage to the brain and problems in physical development. The problems caused by fetal alcohol syndrome vary from child to child, but defects caused by fetal alcohol syndrome are not reversible. Can-Am would like […]
10 TIPS FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION-
Communication makes up most of the way we express ourselves to everyone around us including our families, our friends, our co-workers and even people we don’t know or talk with very much (e.g. people standing in line, mail person, bus driver…). These are all people that make up the encounters we experience in daily life. […]
Persevering Under Pressure for Optimal Success
Challenges and setbacks are part of our lives. The ability to rise above obstacles and overcome unexpected hardships is an important quality. While it isn’t always easy to muscle through life’s adversities, there are skills and methods to learn how to persevere. What It Means to Persevere Perseverance involves being able to remain steadfast and […]
HOW MASKING EMOTIONS AFFECTS MENTAL,PHYSICAL HEALTH
Nearly everyone hides their feelings from time to time. There are many scenarios that this can happen such as, your partner reveals something at a family gathering you asked them to keep private. You’re upset and embarrassed, but you pretend everything’s fine until you get home, where you can talk alone. You don’t want to […]
7 METHODS TO RE-TRAIN OUR BRAINS TO BE MORE POSITIVE
Maintaining a positive frame of mind is beneficial both, mentally and physically. Although it sounds appealing and seems the obvious and proper choice in which to conduct ourselves, maintaining a positive mindset needs to be exercised and practiced. Science is showing that there are a variety of ways to retrain our brains to achieve a […]
MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS FROM CANNABIS
Regular cannabis use can be linked to an increased risk of anxiety and depression. But most research seems to have a focus on the link between psychosis and cannabis.Using cannabis can increase the risk of developing psychotic illness, including schizophrenia. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence to show a link between the use of stronger cannabis and psychotic illnesses, […]
MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS FROM CANNABIS
Regular cannabis use can be linked to an increased risk of anxiety and depression. But most research seems to have a focus on the link between psychosis and cannabis.Using cannabis can increase the risk of developing psychotic illness, including schizophrenia. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence to show a link between the use of […]
A Path to Freedom from Gambling Addiction
For many people, gambling can be a pleasant, controlled activity that they can casually take part in. However, other individuals need to be careful, as gambling as a leisure activity can quickly develop into a compulsive disorder.The difference between these two types of people has nothing to do with mental strength – there can be […]
Denial in Society: Addressing Collective Blind Spots
Denial is a type of defense mechanism that involves ignoring the reality of a situation to avoid anxiety. Defense mechanisms are strategies that people use to cope with distressing feelings. In the case of denial, it can involve not acknowledging reality or denying the consequences of that reality. If you are in denial, it often means that […]