tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66233597377686667262024-03-12T22:45:20.897-07:00lucid intervallucid intervalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242065002720637822noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623359737768666726.post-81488103559416497132019-05-29T10:57:00.000-07:002019-05-29T10:59:35.989-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li style="text-align: justify;">You must ensure that your bedroom environment is pleasant - not too hot or not too cold . </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The bedroom must be quiet when you sleep . It should not have any kind of noise . If your partner or anyone turns on the T.V to watch any program , request to turn the sound off . </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The sleeping mattress must be comfortable enough . too hard or too soft mattress will make the sleep uncomfortable . </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">After dinner , walking or some kind of light exercise helps . </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">If you are stressed or have worry too much , it is difficult to fall asleep. Try to go to bed without your today's worry or anxiety. Tell yourself you can again take them , if needed - tomorrow. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">You can try listening to some soft music that you like or can read some books that you may read it as entertainment . </li>
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<li>Try to keep a fixed time for sleeping . try to stick to the routine . Go to bed even if you are not tired. </li>
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lucid intervalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242065002720637822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623359737768666726.post-88880722788721381152019-04-14T11:23:00.001-07:002019-04-14T11:23:34.177-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue;">Gaming disorder</span></h1>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">What is gaming disorder?</b></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gaming disorder is defined in the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as a pattern of gaming behavior (“digital-gaming” or “video-gaming”) characterized by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other interests and daily activities, and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For gaming disorder to be diagnosed, the behaviour pattern must be of sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning and would normally have been evident for at least 12 months.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is the basis for identification of health trends and statistics globally and the international standard for reporting diseases and health conditions. It is used by medical practitioners around the world to diagnose conditions and by researchers to categorize conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The inclusion of a disorder in ICD is a consideration which countries take into account when planning public health strategies and monitoring trends of disorders.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WHO released the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) in mid-2018.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A decision on inclusion of gaming disorder in ICD-11 is based on reviews of available evidence and reflects a consensus of experts from different disciplines and geographical regions that were involved in the process of technical consultations undertaken by WHO in the process of ICD-11 development.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The inclusion of gaming disorder in ICD-11 follows the development of treatment programmes for people with health conditions identical to those characteristic of gaming disorder in many parts of the world, and will result in the increased attention of health professionals to the risks of development of this disorder and, accordingly, to relevant prevention and treatment measures.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Studies suggest that gaming disorder affects only a small proportion of people who engage in digital- or video-gaming activities. However, people who partake in gaming should be alert to the amount of time they spend on gaming activities, particularly when it is to the exclusion of other daily activities, as well as to any changes in their physical or psychological health and social functioning that could be attributed to their pattern of gaming behaviour.</span></div>
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lucid intervalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242065002720637822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623359737768666726.post-47921958671758582692018-06-06T11:28:00.000-07:002018-07-13T11:39:43.911-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue;">Scizophrenia is a serious mental condition. The cause of Schizophrenia is still not very clear. The cause of this Disorder include genetics. It is seen that Schizophrenia runs in families. It is believed that Biology has a part to play in the development of the disorder. Neurotransmitters dopamine , glutamate and serotonin is associated with the development of the disorder. It is also stated that Viral infections or Immune Disorders may be related to the development of Schizophrenia.</span><br />
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<u><b><span style="color: blue;">1)</span><span style="color: magenta;"> </span></b></u><span style="color: blue;">Hallucinations - hearing people talking where actually it is not doing so.2)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">2) Delusions - Persecution thatsome trying to harm, trying to poison , someone watching , can steal the thoughts which one is thinking, camera installed in the room to keep a watch etc. Feeling of grandiosity</span><br />
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<b><u><span style="color: magenta;">A Case of Tim</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tim is an adolescent boy staying in a nuclear family in new York. He lives with his father and mother . She has an elder sister Carla who stays in New Jersey. She studies in a Management School . </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tim is in standard xi. but lately he is loosing interest to study. Before he scored very high marks in most of the subjects.Her mother notices that he is not going to school regularly. He has some excuse or the other not to go to his school. He does not change his clothes as he should and skips his bath. he prefers to stay alone in his room.. His teacher complained in the last Parent Teacher Meeting that he does not do his homework, submits incomplete classwork and also very unmindful in class. In the last few tests he got poor marks in most of the subjects. He is having problem in falling off to sleep. He is awake all through the night at times. His mother notices that he is talking to himself when he is in his room.He does not want to reveal to him he talks when asked. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The onset of Schizophrenia is around adolescent time. So if any of your son / daughter is like TIm then you must consult a Specialist. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">e) Has difficulty in controlling his anger . Getting agitated for no apparent reason.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">f) He is talking to himself ( which indicates he is hearing voices )</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">g) His self care is deteriorating ( not taking bath properly, not changing clothes as he should)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Consult a specialist if the above symptoms are observed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Psychotropic medications and Counselling are often used to treat the symptoms of Schizophrenia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><u>MYTHS about Schizophrenia </u></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><strike>1</strike><span style="color: magenta;">.</span></span><u style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: magenta;"> </u></b>Persons suffering from Schizophrenia are harmful or violent.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">2. Schizophrenia is cauded by black magic </span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">3. Persons suffering from Schizophrenia can be cured without taking medicines, but with the help of saints /ayurvedic treatments / local healers .</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">4. Persons suffering from Schizophrenia should not be allowed to mingle with family / community .</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">5. Persons with Schizophrenia loses all capacity- becomes a burden .</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">1. Schizophrenia is a Chronic mental disorder . More than 20 million people are affected by Schizophrenia worldwide.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">2. In most cases Schizophrenia oc</span><span style="color: blue;">curs in 15 to 35 years of age though it may also appear later in late adulthood. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Antipsychotic Medications can help to weaken the hallucinations and delusions ( if any ). The medications also help the affected person to think more clearly , </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Man</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">y people suffering from Schizophrenia benefit from Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. The therapy help the person to get away with negative thoughts and beliefs. They can thereby have a better functioning . </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">But Cognitive Behaviour Therapy should be combined with Medicines. Only Cognitive Behaviour Therapy will not help but rather may lead to relapse ! </span></div>
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lucid intervalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242065002720637822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623359737768666726.post-44650783428290722302015-06-26T11:35:00.002-07:002015-06-26T11:35:59.147-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u><span style="color: blue;">10 Signs of Depression ! </span></u></h2>
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Depression is very much associated to our today's life style . Many of us feel hopelessness, meaninglessness , insecurity - but we must be careful that it does not go for a long time. Depression can lead to many emotional or physical problems if it continues for a long time !<br />
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1.<b> Depressed Mood or Irritable</b> - If a person feels sad or empty most of the day !<br />
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2. <b>Decrease in Interest pr pleasure</b> - If a person had interest in activity but does not show any interest or pleasure in that activity<br />
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3. <b>Significant change in weight -</b> If a person looses weight without any reason .<br />
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4. <b>Change in appetite </b>- A person may eat less or may feel more hungry than usual .<br />
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5. <b>Change in pattern of activity </b>- He may become slwer than he usually is or may be hyperactive.<br />
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6. <b>Tiredness </b>- An individual may have tired feeling<br />
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7. <b>Concentration </b>- Concentration of a person may go down . He/ she may have difficulty in concentrating.<br />
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8. <b>Guilt - prone -</b> An individual may become guilt- prone and start blaming himself/ herself gor the wrong doings which actually may not be true.<br />
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9. <b>Worthlessness -</b> An individual may feel that he has nothing to contribute to his family or others and thus have feeling of worthlessness.<br />
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10. <b>Suicidal</b>- An individual may have thoughts of suicide or may have suicidal plan .<br />
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Not only adults but children and teenagers may also have depression . About 5% of children and Adolescents suffer from depression at any given point of time. The depression in children may manifest it's symptoms in various ways . It may be deterioration in academic performance, change in interest pattern, may have irritable mood , anger and hostility, frequent tearfulness and crying, withdrawing from social activities and getting bored very easily, difficulty with relationships. He / she may have problem in focussing or in making any decision and may have suicidal plans.<br />
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Depression can be controlled with right intervention at the right time . If , it disturbs our daily activities for quite some time ( more than 2 weeks) then we must consult a professional !<br />
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lucid intervalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242065002720637822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623359737768666726.post-24056248908942746862015-06-26T10:43:00.001-07:002015-06-26T10:43:13.382-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Workshop on Social Media Integration of Corporate Communication at GreyMind Communications</h1>
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Conducted a workshop on the Social Media Integration of Corporate Communication where I gave an overview of how the way news is searched, accessed and related to these days and explained ways and means of riding this wave into the future. The audience comprised primarily of the team members of GreyMind Communications – the entity is solely responsible for bringing most of the Football matches that you see live on your screen.</div>
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GreyMind is a 10 year old, established, <strong style="border: 0px;">Content Creation </strong>cum <strong style="border: 0px;">Media Production</strong> House, which is a virtual Prime mover in the field of Sports Production. It has already produced and directed more than 400 Live football matches for 10 Action, ESPN, Zee Sports, Mahuaa Bangla, Star Sports etc and has an enviable library of Exclusive Content. GreyMind is acknowledged as a Concept to Communication, Single Window Plug & Play solution provider with domain-dominating expertise that is spread across platforms – Print, Television and Digital and enjoys total in-house capability along with necessary infrastructure, trained manpower and training facilities. <strong style="border: 0px;">GreyMind</strong> enjoys top of mind recall among Sporting Event Organisers, Advertisers, Sponsors and viewers, which makes it a unique player in the world of sports production telecast. As a matter of fact, CFL, IFL, ISL– the <strong style="border: 0px;">GreyMind</strong> name is virtually synonymous with football.</div>
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Mental health is as important as physical health . When we have stomach ache or any other discomfort in our body , we consult professionals to get out of the discomfort . when we have low mood for a considerable period of time , feel irritable , agitated for a long time we hesitate to consult a professional . we take things for granted till the situations worsens to a great level . When we see our adolescent child's behaviour has considerably changed - the school performance has deteriorated , gets easily irritated over small issues , appetite has become poor , loosing weight , sleeping or dozing in the day time yet we find parents overlook these symptoms ! We do not think of seeking help till serious problems crop up ! reason behind this is partly our lack of knowledge about Mental health and partly we hesitate to consult a Mental Health professional because of the stigma in our society .</div>
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<li style="background-image: url(http://www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk/bullet-square-magenta_white.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.41em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">Restlessness - inability to sit still or focus attention</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk/bullet-square-magenta_white.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.41em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">overreact to things , irritable <span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.265625px;">A persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that is more frequent and severe than would be expected for the individual's stage of development</span></li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk/bullet-square-magenta_white.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.41em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">Excessive worry about being harmed, hurting others, or about doing something "bad"</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk/bullet-square-magenta_white.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.41em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">Repetitive Rituals like the need to wash, clean things, or perform certain routines dozens of times a day</li>
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<li style="background-image: url(http://www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk/bullet-square-magenta_white.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.41em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">unexplained changes in your sleeping or eating habits.. too much apetite or poor apetite</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk/bullet-square-magenta_white.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.41em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">you avoid friends or family... whereas liked to mix up with friends previously </li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk/bullet-square-magenta_white.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.41em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">you are daydreaming a lot and can't get things done</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk/bullet-square-magenta_white.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.41em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">very angry most of the time, cry a lot or overreact to things</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk/bullet-square-magenta_white.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.41em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">worthless or guilt feeling </li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk/bullet-square-magenta_white.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.41em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">anxious or worried a lot more than other people</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk/bullet-square-magenta_white.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.41em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">grief for a long time after a loss or death </li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk/bullet-square-magenta_white.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.41em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">extremely fearful-have unexplained fears or more fears than other people</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk/bullet-square-magenta_white.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.41em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">constantly concerned about physical problems or appearance... complaints of stomach aches , nausea , dizziness, chest pain or discomfort , feeling of choking </li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.youthspace.haringey.gov.uk/bullet-square-magenta_white.gif); background-position: 0px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.41em; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;">frightened that your mind is controlled or is out of control.you hear voices that cannot be explained... voices giving you instructions .</li>
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lucid intervalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242065002720637822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623359737768666726.post-69017565458702056462013-05-03T09:31:00.001-07:002013-05-08T04:06:06.907-07:00Horizon - a Story<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I see horizon.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“And have you ever walked on the horizon?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“No, I am too young.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Well, someday you will.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“ when you get there you will discover another horizon-
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“If you walk again you will know that the second horizon
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lucid intervalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242065002720637822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623359737768666726.post-55954892788848158992013-04-21T06:49:00.004-07:002013-04-21T06:49:58.612-07:00Where have the kids gone? – Chawm Ganguly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Remember, how as kids we used to walk to school, but always ran back home? How it was like a room full of pent up energy, bursting out like sprinters off the starting line at the ring of the bell? How eager we used to get out of the confines of the class room and get to the play field outside? I was thinking, as I stood outside a reputed city school and watched the kids get out.</div>
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No explosion of energy here as the kids, their shoulders drooped, ambled out bearing the burden of their school bags – the empty playing ground not even attracting a cursory glance. “What is happening”, I asked my wife, Aditi Ganguly, who happens to be a child psychologist / counselor attached to a leading institution of the city. “These are different days”, she said, “the pressure to excel academically is so intense that children do not have time to hit the grounds like you people did.” Over-zealous parents are instilling in kids the fire to perform and push them just that much more towards achieving goals that we as kids were not even exposed to. That childhoods are being sacrificed on the altar of the parents ambitions being something that is conveniently overlooked. “Some parents are trying to re-live their lives through that of their children, seeking to make the children achieve what they could not in their lives” she continued, “naturally with disastrous consequences, with many a young mind snapping, unable to cope up with the constant demands of the parents.”</div>
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Being participants of the same rat race to which they subject their children, such parents seldom have time for the little ones and make up for the lack of togetherness, seek to buy out their children through expensive gifts. “Not wanting to waste the little time they have, they easily give in to the tantrums and shower the kids with toys – increasingly electronic gadgets.” Thereby, sowing the seeds of a much bigger problem.</div>
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Kids are becoming extensions of their hand-held’s and laptops, choosing to spend most of their time in the virtual world. They are obsessed, refuse to go out or interact with the real world. Their attention spans are declining and they show all the classic symptoms – being easily irritable, unwilling to make eye contact, unable to hold legible conversations beyond the first few sentences, incapable to striking real life friendships – which are not only taking a heavy toll on them mentally, but are also responsible for the deteriorating physical conditions. “Just look at the way spectacle use have gone up these days” said Aditi “and you will know what I am hinting at.”</div>
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“Unrestricted access to the net too has its pitfalls. Increasingly children are accessing content that is not suitable for their age groups and are getting exposed to people and content which is detrimental to their growth and flourishing” she said. Besides, being innocent as they are, they also run the risk of being harmed and abused.</div>
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So what is the way out? “There are no shortcuts” says Aditi. “Parents must spend quality time with the children and hand-hold them as they grow. Try and lean them away from over dependence on computers, restrict their access to the virtual world. Encourage them to take up a sport or a hobby and be more active outside as opposed to being struck to the screen.”</div>
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And for heaven’s sake, don’t try to force your kids to achieve what you couldn’t Remember even the rat race has the option that says “I quit”. Learn the simple fact of life –it is more important to run with your child than being in a race with rats!</div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.</span></div>
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1. Squash gossip </span></span><br />
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1. Lettuce be faithful 2. Lettuce be kind 3. Lettuce be patient 4. Lettuce really love one another</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS:</b>
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1. Thyme for each other 2. Thyme for family 3. Thyme for friends</span></span><br />
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lucid intervalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242065002720637822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623359737768666726.post-85790237545338808922013-04-07T04:13:00.000-07:002013-04-10T23:15:51.674-07:00You get paid to Face Book all day? – Chawm Ganguly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Travails of the trade – irritants Social media marketers have to bear with 24 X7</div>
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Q1. You get paid to Face Book all day?
No I don’t. facebook is only one of the various platforms we use, on a daily basis to help build your brand and highlight its salience to people who are interested in knowing about related matter. This we do by a series of ways that include search engine optimization on the one hand and the creation of killer content on the other. How I know how to do what I do? The answer is simple – I do it backed by close to three decades of experience spanning corporate communications, branding, journalism and public relations.</div>
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Q2. How much will you charge to get me a million followers if Twitter?
Only half a million reasons as to why a million people should follow you on tweeter. Can’t think of even a hundred? Well, I guess you’ve got your answer. Just because you are throwing the morsels towards me does not make you young, handsome or witty. We are in the business of making you attractive enough for others to follow, which has to come from their desire. We just can’t slap them on the back and command them to follow you. It is painstaking and backbreaking work for us – what about settling for a buck a follower? Show me the money and ill teach you how to make your tweets go viral.</div>
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Q3. But I have a website? What else is needed?
Your website is just a place of worship in the middle of the desert. Unless the faithful come, that too in numbers, to sing the praise of the Lord, it will not even sustain itself, leave alone making you the Pope. Our job is to identify, convince, convert and then lead the faithful to prayer and that is why you need us. Or else, be prepared Lord over your empty Ring.</div>
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Because even your friends do not think it is likeable. Because, the people out there do not owe their existence to “liking” your facebook page. Because, the kid you hired to do the page was not a fraction as good as the professionals are. Because, neither is your son married to the most beautiful woman in the world, nor are you Amitabh Bachchan. Because, Social Media, my friend is not child’s play.</div>
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Q5. Allowing employees to access social media in office hours? That’s sacrilege!
Read my lips when I say this one. It’s about real people – including your customers, employees and stakeholders – talking about you and your brands and sharing how they relate to them, real time experiences. As your employees are parts of your extended families, they are your best brand ambassadors. They are the ones who can and normally take up the cudgels for you. If you want to do away with such a loyal group, you will be doing it at your own peril.</div>
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Q6. My niece does that all the time.
Yes, so does a million other kids. Like a million people watching TV, or reading the newspaper. But can they tell you what will attract the eyeballs? Can they tell you whether you can increase the sales of your Blast Furnaces by splurging the airwaves during a cricket match? Leave alone, telling you how to increase sales, or what media to use? And you think your niece knows where your customers are and how to communicate with them?</div>
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Q7. But we advertise all the time – what’s the need for social media?
In traditional advertising, you are buying space to tell the world how good you are. It’s a vainglorious boast that very few people take credibly. In the social media, you are creating conversations around your brand, where real people – your customers, users, shareholders – are talking about their experiences about you and your brand. One good word, naturally, coming from a third party (who is uninterested to boot) is worth n number of advertisements as far as credibility goes.</div>
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Q8. Oh yes, Social media. We have a facebook link in our home page.
Great. It’s like the manufacturer’s label with the washing instructions inside your collar. Only you can see it. And you thought that’s your branding exercise? Do you even know as to how many people have visited your facebook page by using that link from your website, or vice versa?</div>
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09. Google search? You key in our web url … and there we are at the top. We even paid for that.
It’s not about that. It’s about your name featuring high in the searches when key words about what you do or the services you offer are searched.</div>
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Q10. I know how to do it. I play farmville all the time!
I’m sure you do. I am also sure that the two ladies from Kazakhstan, the teenager from Salem and the school teacher from Bangladesh with whom you exchanged gifts will help your brand attain its social media objectives. May the force be with you!</div>
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lucid intervalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242065002720637822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623359737768666726.post-46708673238987642232012-09-11T20:44:00.000-07:002013-04-21T20:26:39.148-07:00Tips for Mothers : Keep time for Yourself. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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lucid intervalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242065002720637822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623359737768666726.post-77963629515138098832011-12-10T23:03:00.001-08:002013-04-21T20:30:29.450-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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lucid intervalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242065002720637822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623359737768666726.post-29603667471676607642011-12-01T08:34:00.000-08:002013-05-08T04:42:51.598-07:00Which Wolf?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Yellow</span> </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">chuckled. "You are all so serious. I bring laughter, gaiety, and warmth to the world. The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow, the stars are yellow. Ever time you look at a sunflower, the whole world starts to smile. Without me, there would be no fun."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Orange</span> </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">started next to blow her temper. "I am the color of health and strength. I may be scarce but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. I carry the most important vitamins. Think of carrots, pumpkins, oranges, mangos, and pawpaws. I don't hang around all the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another thought to any of you."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Red</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"> could stand it no longer. He shouted out: "I am the ruler of all of you. I am blood! Life's blood. I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to fight for a cause. I bring fire to the blood! I am the color of passion and of love, the red rose, the poppy and the poinsettia. Without me, the earth would be as empty as the moon!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-weight: bold;">Purple</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"> rose up to his full height. He was very tall and spoke with great pomp: "I am the color of royalty and power. Kings, chiefs, and bishops have always chosen me for I am a sign of authority and wisdom. People do not question me. They obey."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Finally, </span><span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">Indigo</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"> spoke, much more quietly than all the others but with just as much determination: "think of me. I am the color of silence. You hardly notice me, but without me, you all become superficial. I represent thought and reflection, twilight and deep water. You need me for balance and contrast, for prayer and inner peace."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">And so all the colors went on boasting and quarreling, each convinced of their own superiority. Soon, their quarreling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening! Thunder rolled and boomed! Rain started to pour down relentlessly. The colors crouched down in fear drawing close to one another for comfort.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">In the midst of the clamor, Rain began to speak: "You foolish colors, fighting amongst yourselves, each trying to dominate the rest. Don't you know you were each made for a special purpose, unique and different? Join hands with one another and come to me."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Doing as they were told, the colors united and joined hands. The rain continued: "From now on, when it rains, each of you will stretch across the sky in a great bow of colors as a reminder that you can all live in peace. The rainbow is a sign of hope for tomorrow."</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">And so, whenever a </span><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">good rain washes the world </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: lime;">and a<span style="font-weight: bold;"> rainbow</span></span><span style="color: magenta;"> </span><span style="color: #0b5394;">appears in the sky</span><span style="color: blue;">,<span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: blue;">let us remember</span><span style="color: magenta;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7;">to</span></span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> appreciate one another.</span></span></span></div>
lucid intervalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242065002720637822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623359737768666726.post-2317995473122811252011-09-04T01:46:00.000-07:002013-04-21T21:19:35.490-07:00How to Live a Less Stressful Life: 10 Simple Tips<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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by STRESS MANAGEMENT on Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 10:59am
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"<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">The time to relax is when you don't have time for it."
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">"For fast-acting relief, try slowing down."
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Stress sucks. It sucks joy and the life out of you.
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">So today I'll share 10 of my favourite tips that I use to minimize stress and live a more relaxed but at the same time productive life. I hope you find something helpful here, even if it's just a few reminders of things you had forgotten about.
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Stress is often to a large part resistance to what already is. You may be in a stressful situation and think to yourself that this situation shouldn't be, that you shouldn't be here. But the situation has already arisen, is here, and so are you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">So to decrease the stress and resistance you accept the situation. With your resistance gone or lowered you can now direct your mental energy and focus to finding a solution in a level-headed manner instead of trying to do it while panicked or confused.
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Taking things or yourself overly serious adds a lot of unnecessary negativity and stress to your life. A minor situation may be blown up to a major one in your mind. If you just learn to lighten up a bit, life becomes more fun and you realize that you get great results even if you aren't super-serious about everything.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><b>3. Decrease or put a stop to negative relationships.
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">If someone is always making you more stressed or creates a lot of negativity in your life you may want to consider decreasing the amount of time you spend with that person. Some people almost seem to like to dwell in negativity. That is their choice. It's your choice if you want to participate.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Or you can choose to hang out more with relaxed and non-stressed people. Both in real life and by watching/listening to CDs and DVDs. Two guys that tend to calm me down when I listen/watch them are Eckhart Tolle and Wayne Dyer.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">You emotions work backwards too. If you slow down how you walk or how you move your body you can often start to feel less stressed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">This allows you to think more clearly too. A stressed mind tends to run in circles a lot of the time. And slowing down to decrease stress goes for other forms of movement too, like riding your bicycle or driving the car.
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">A simple and time-tested way to decrease inner tension. Regular exercise can do wonders for both your mind and body. This is one of the solutions that work most consistently for me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Being grateful and appreciating your life and surroundings is one of the most effective ways to turn a negative emotional state to a more positive one. So find a few things you are grateful for right now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">When faced with a challenge that can cause stress, try to direct your focus to solutions rather than to dwelling on the problem for too long. Dwelling only causes more stress and makes your mind less open to finding a solution.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Just be 10 or 5 minutes early for meetings etc. This very simple tip can cut down on stress quite a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Single tasking and focusing on doing just one thing at a time not only decreases stress but from my experience gets things done a whole lot quicker than if you multitask.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Perhaps they can offer you advice that has worked for them or just an ear and some support. Just telling someone about something, just getting it out can often help to relieve some of the stress.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Source : </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/management.stress?fref=ts" style="text-align: left;">http://www.facebook.com/management.stress?fref=ts</a></div>
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<br />By Wild Life Worldlucid intervalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242065002720637822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623359737768666726.post-20804543936461266612011-08-24T22:03:00.000-07:002011-08-24T22:04:50.582-07:00How a Bully Is Made
<br />How a Bully Is Made
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<br />The short- and long-term harm done to bullying victims has received much attention lately. The complex web of factors which go into creating bullies are less often discussed.
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<br />Every bully does not have the same psychological profile. But understanding the possible factors behind the behavior can help usturn the tide against a deeply entrenched problem.
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<br />When my oldest son Alex was 14, he turned into a bully. It started at home, when he would act mean toward his younger brother: teasing him relentlessly, pushing, hitting and scheming to get him in trouble. Later, I found out that he’d hooked up with some other boys in the neighborhood and they, as a gang, had been bullying younger kids.
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<br />Here’s how I heard Alex describe one such time. The confession came at a wilderness therapy program we’d sent him to. I was present for a parent meeting at the end of the program.
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<br />“I stole about seven bikes and gave ‘em to my guys to buy our pot. Oh, and one time I threw a little kid off his bike and took it from him. Then we all laughed at him crying on the ground.”
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<br />I remember being horrified. How had my sweet, once-shy and introspective first-born child become this monster?
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<br />For my son, the answer would turn out to be complicated, but not unusual. Much later, while working as a psychology writer and researcher, I discovered the many possible factors that can contribute to aggressive or violent behavior in children and teenagers.
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<br />At one time, psychologists attributed children’s aggression to their high levels of frustration. Although feeling blocked from having or doing what one wants can lead to aggressive behavior, further study has shown frustration to be farther down the list of causes.
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<br />When assessing this large body of research for the book I coauthored with Jack C. Westman M.D., The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Child & Adolescent Psychology, I found the following five factors to be considered most predictive of producing bullying behavior.
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<br />Parents’ use of harsh physical punishment is positively correlated with children’s aggressive behavior. In one 1990 study, peers and teachers rated spanked children twice as aggressive compared with other children. At the same time, not all spanked children are overly aggressive.
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<br />University of Tulane researchers studied the effect of spanking using a mixed population of 2,500 children between the ages of 3 and 5. The group included 45 percent who, according to their mothers, had not been spanked, 28 percent who were spanked “once or twice,” and 26 percent who were spanked more than twice. The odds of a child being more aggressive at age 5 rose by 50 percent if he had been spanked twice in the month before being observed by researchers. This 2010 study stood out from others done previously in that investigators accounted for variables, including the mother’s acts of neglect, use of alcohol or drugs, and violence or aggression between the parents.
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<br />A typical children’s cartoon shows on average one violent act every three minutes. Many young children and teenagers spend more hours watching TV than they do at school. What’s the effect of all this mayhem on growing children? There are many correlational and some experimental studies linking children’s viewing of violent TV programs with spikes in aggressive behavior.
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<br />Another study investigated whether anything could be done to help young people like this overcome their deficiency and be less aggressive as a result. In one correctional facility, incarcerated adolescents were taught how to pay attention to non-hostile cues in a social setting. When they accurately perceived hostility coming their way, they were shown how to use alternative responses. Supervisors at the juvenile correction facility who were questioned after this training program reported less aggression and less impulsivity in those adolescents who had taken the training.
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<br />As it turned out, Alex’s psychological problems were far deeper than his outward behaviors appeared to reveal.
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<br />A meta-study of 11 longitudinal family studies reveals that conduct disorder puts a boy at a higher risk for becoming an antisocial young man or a psychotic adolescent (J. Welham et al. 2009). I was struck by the number of studies in this review showing that boys who went on to develop schizophrenia had conduct problems when they were young. The word “externalizing” (what many view as “acting out”) is often used to describe their early problem behaviors.
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<br />This was the course my son Alex’s adolescent psychological problems eventually took. He was diagnosed and treated for the onset of schizophrenia at age 17, a story I tell in my forthcoming book A Lethal Inheritance.
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<br />I certainly want to underscore that not all bullies — nor boys and girls with conduct disorder as children and teenagers — develop antisocial disorder or schizophrenia as young adults. But sufficient numbers of them do to merit a closer look at the deeper psychological currents driving these young people. The general public also needs to develop a more complex understanding of the phenomena of bullying if we are going to stop and treat these young people before they and the children who become the targets of their aggression suffer further.lucid intervalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242065002720637822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623359737768666726.post-35380681776565854212011-08-20T09:18:00.000-07:002013-04-10T22:51:15.193-07:0010 Quick Strategies To Help Manage Your Anger..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you struggle with anger management, the good news is: it doesn't have to be this way! You don't have to fall victim to an uncontrollable temper. There are anger management techniques that will help you change the way you express this emotion.
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Discussing your feelings with the person who upsets you often helps both of you understand each other better so you can work out your issues.
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stewing about what is bothering you can make the whole situation worse.
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>4. Exercise.</b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Strenuous physical activity is an incredible way to release your anger, especially if you feel you're at the breaking point. Exercising also releases endorphins, the "feel good" hormones, which will help you feel more at peace.</span></div>
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lifting weights, running, and playing sports are great ways to blow off some steam.
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">5.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Think it through before you tackle the issue.</b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> When you're angry, you're more likely to say something hurtful that you don't really mean.
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Write down what you want to say so you can work through the issue at hand; when your temper is flaring, it's easy to get sidetracked.
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>6. Find a win-win solution.</b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Instead of focusing on what someone did to make you angry, work with him or her to resolve the issue. Finding a solution that you both agree on will allow you to feel satisfied.
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Use statements like, "It makes me feel angry and upset when you don't help me with the housework," instead of "You never help me," which could make that person angry or resentful in return.
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>8. Avoid holding a grudge. </b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maintaining resentment toward someone only hurts you. Let it go, put it in the past, and move forward with your life.
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's unreasonable to expect everyone to act the way you want them to. Rather than letting someone continue to irritate you with their mannerisms, find a way to accept or look past them.
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you feel that your anger is still out of control after using these strategies, you may benefit from some extra help, such as:</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Reading further books on anger management.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Attending anger management classes or support groups where others discuss ways to cope with their anger.
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">No matter how severe your anger may be, these tips and techniques can help you control your temper, rather than letting it control you. Free yourself from anger and find greater joy in your life today!
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Source : </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anger-Management-Activities/140718399338177?fref=ts" style="text-align: left;">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anger-Management-Activities/140718399338177?fref=ts</a></div>
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