By Alan Mozes HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, June 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — On Tuesday, tennis star Naomi Osaka announced her withdrawal from the French Open. The reason: An ongoing battle with depression and anxiety.As the world’s No. 2 woman’s tennis player and a four-time Grand Slam tournament winner at the age of just 23, many fans…
How long does it take to bleed to death after slitting your wrists? suicideThere is HelpNeed Help? Contact a suicide hotline if you need someone to talk to. If you have a friend in need of help, please encourage that person to contact a suicide hotline as well. – WorldwideIn general, if you’re outside the…
Sometime during London’s third lockdown, when everything was still closed, I began watching the squirrels in the tree outside my window intently. There were two of them, and all winter they chased each other around the branches flirtatiously. By early spring, they had built a nest in the crook of the tree and, whenever one…
Of respondents from Saskatchewan and Manitoba, 11 per cent reported a high level of anxiety and 46 per cent reported some level of anxiety. Author of the article: The Canadian Press Stephanie Taylor The marquee in front of the Broadway Theatre reads “Wear a mask, protect each other.” Photo taken in Saskatoon on May 17,…
In Person of Interest, we talk to the people catching our eye right now about what they’re doing, eating, reading, and loving. Next up is Cleopatra Lee, health and wellness influencer and founder of the Cleopatra’s Army fitness studio and clothing brand. Even via tiny little Instagram squares, fitness influencer Cleopatra Lee’s energy is absolutely infectious.…
At first, it might have sounded like manna from heaven. Chinese authorities announced they would be distributing more than $1 million to a select number of citizens, as part of a test of its new currency: a digital yuan that could be easily spent almost anywhere. Reports out of China showed happy recipients using “digital…
At this point in life, our personality cheese has aged to the point of actively *not* seeking a cannabis smoke sesh that might risk getting us baked beyond belief and sending us into a free-falling case of the Weed Scaries. Taxes? Healthcare? The shadow in that one corner that looks like Meghan McCain’s cursed hair?!?…
For people like me, who have social anxiety, videoconferencing can be easier than in-person interactions.Olga KhazanApril 16, 2021Adam Maida / The AtlanticIf there’s a villain of the pandemic, other than COVID-19, it’s probably Zoom. The videochatting platform is making people tired, it’s making people awkward, and it’s making people sick of their own faces. Zoom…
Bad bosses, crazy co-workers, and low morale — they’re all parts of what psychologists call a “toxic” workplace. Everyone has a bad day on the job now and then, but the people and practices in some workplaces can make you dread Monday mornings and feel defeated at the end of each workday.If that describes you,…
Picture this: your perennially shy seven-year-old asks you to invite a friend over on a random afternoon. Or, perhaps, you might find yourself pleasantly amazed by a series of loving notes left around your home, addressed to all the members of your family by your usually despondent and inattentive child. Those are the sorts of…
