Happy Saturday, sweet readers!
Regardless of which day you read this, chances are I’m trying (or have succeeded for that day) to get some exercise in. I made an appointment with my doctor last week to find out why I’ve been so, so exhausted lately. Any mental health concerns were ruled out, and my blood test results were top notch (as usual — go me!). So, she asked me about my exercise routine and, well…let’s just say my answer wasn’t what she wanted to hear.
Most of us know exercise is great for our mental health (and we should all know it’s key to physical health!), but did you know exercise can also help with fatigue and exhaustion? I did, but I suppose I was in denial. Oops.
Anyway, while I get my act together, enjoy this week’s edition which covers exercise as a way to help keep older folks’ brains sharp, how one artist uses sketches to illustrate her schizophrenia symptoms, the type of personality disorder that might be linked to certain types of social media use, and more.
Exercise ‘Keeps the Mind Sharp’ in Over-50s, Study Finds: Using a variety of brain tests, researchers saw evidence that aerobic exercises can help improve cognitive functions like thinking, learning, reasoning, and reading, and that muscle training exercises can help with memory and “executive functions” such as the ability to plan and organize.
These Illustrations Show What It’s Like to Live with Schizophrenia: After years of being diagnosed with various mental health conditions, 18-year-old artist Kate Fenner was finally diagnosed with schizophrenia and has used her talent to create art that represents her schizophrenia symptoms including hallucinations and how her condition sometimes robs her of self-esteem. Fenner hopes her honesty will help people understand Hollywood’s stereotypes are inaccurate (and often promote stigma) and also help others feel more comfortable talking about their mental illness.
How to Keep Your Energy Up When You’re Totally Stressed Out: Stress can zap both your physical and mental energy levels, but if you learn how to practice and prioritize, you can get those levels up and balanced.
Tanning Addiction May Be Linked to Alcohol Dependency, Mental Health Issues: A recent study from the Yale School of Public Health (funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Society, and a grant from the American Cancer Society) examined a possible link between “tanning addiction” and people with other addictions and/other other mental health conditions. People with a psychological and physical dependence on tanning often also show other dependent behaviors and mental/emotional problems such as depression, exercise addiction, and alcoholism.
Gender Differences in Depression Appear at Age 12: A new study analysis based on findings from existing studying covering approximately 3.5 million people in 90 countries confirmed that depression affects more females than males. These gender differences relate to both symptoms and diagnoses and focus on depression appearing at 12 years old.
Having Lots of Facebook Friends and Instagram Photos Could Be a Sign of This Personality Disorder: That’s right, more studies on social media and mental health. Past research has already linked social media to depression and low-self esteem, but now a new study has found a “weak to moderate” link between social media use (especially people who have many social media friends and many uploaded photos) and grandiose narcissism (grandiose narcissism is the type associated with a superiority complex).
from World of Psychology https://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2017/04/29/psychology-around-the-net-april-29-2017/
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