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THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the chemical responsible for most of the marijuana's psychological effects. It acts much like the cannabinoid chemicals made naturally by the body. Cannabinoids are chemical compounds found in the cannabis plant that interacts with receptors in the brain and body to create various effects. There exist dozens, and potentially more than 100, cannabinoids in the cannabis plant, but THC is most widely known among these due to its abundance and psychoactive attributes.THC’s chemical structure is similar to the brain chemical anandamide. The similarity in structure allows the body to recognize THC and to alter normal brain communication. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) adds psychoactive (mind-altering) properties that target the central nervous system and alters the brain's ability to communicate between neurons, which is the body's information processing system. It affects the brain regions of the cerebellum, hippo-campus, cerebral cortex, nucl...

Every time you are silent when you strongly need your support, by not standing for yourself, you are doing wrong. Yes, it is. It has harmful effects. It may ruin your self-concept, leading you towards inferiority and depression with times. Moreover, if you yourself are not ready to stand for yourself, then you merely expect any others to do the same for you. If you are right, stand for yourself. If you have doubt, change your decisions. If you find obstacles on the road to making right decisions, then simply find a creative and smarter way to get rid of them. Think, there is always another way. Obviously, this thing has effects on our confidence and our mental health. Effects on confidence: You may not be able to stand for yourself due to two possible reasons. One, you have doubt about your own decision; and two, you are afraid of some situation or person. In either case, you will eventually find yourself vulnerable, incapable, and inferior. In long run, you slowly will star...

We all heard it many times in our childhood, and that is “get…set….go”. Here I am going to explain you, what to get when to set, and how to go. Phase 1: Get ready to know yourself Know your purpose: The first step in motivating yourself is to try to find out the purpose of your existence i.e. something like who you are and what do you want. Keep asking yourself continuously until you feel you are getting some clarity. Find your identity: Talk to yourself, find out the ingredients you are made of. List down your strengths and weaknesses. Analyze what kind of seed you are. Choose your area: Next step is to choose the area you would like to be in. Think, search and gather all the professional areas where a person like you will be greatly appreciated. It is the soil, appropriate for the particular kind of seed like you. Get paired with your destiny: Final step is to shortlist top five among the list you have made. Write down the pros and cons, beside each of them, and select...

If you consider yourself a psychopath, then you must be aware of your destructive attribution. However, as a psychopath, your pathological abnormalities mostly come from your biological predisposition. There is almost nothing you can do for it. What you can do is to flip your curses into blessings so that people will remember you as a life maker, not as a destroyer. You can achieve it in three mindful ways. Take Control of Your life: As a psychopath, you have a mind that looks life in a negative spotlight and thinks everything with an evil point of view, including manipulating and controlling good humanistic qualities. And you do this only to win. Of course, you win and get what you want but after that? One fine morning your mask gets down and everything then vanishes. You again start searching for another good person who will make you happy. And it goes on and on endlessly. As a psychotherapist, I can understand, how alert you need to be all the time throughout the proces...

If you are a negative minded person, then there is a chance that you have a lot of negative incidents or experiences in your life. We ultimately become what we experience. If you can manage to receive good experiences, it is possible for you to live a happy and peaceful life. It is just a matter of time.  Stop yourself from getting negative influences by following- Confront and Distract Whenever a negative or compulsive thought comes in mind, confront it, correct it and distract yourself involving your five senses. You can have snacks or drinks, watch T.V or movies, listen to music, call your loved one, anything that makes you feel good. Encourage yourself to stay positive. Avoid Unpleasant Consequences Watch your words carefully. Take 5 minutes before responding to an unpleasant situation. Prepare a conversation to stay under control and handle situation mindfully, in that 5 minutes. Then proceed. Accept Yourself as You Are First, think of all your troubles fo...

Positivity is the frequent experience of pleasant emotions. Some of the most common emotions are joy, hope, gratitude, interest, serenity, pride, amusement, love, inspiration, and awe. Anyone can switch from thinking negatively to positively, with a little effort and time. And it is worth it. Positive Mindset: Staying positive doesn't mean, you need to stay always positive irrespective of any given situation. It's really odd if someone dies, and you are laughing to reflect your positive mindset. Positivity means, thinking of positive aspects in every situation with its negative aspects side by side, tilting slightly towards the positive one. Positivity makes us happier, while negativity makes us cautious and careful. Both of them has utilities. A wise brain considers both of them while taking a decision. Prepare yourself to think every possible thing, considering both positive and negative aspects for proper evaluation. Breathing Happiness: Considering today's ...

We parents devote a considerable amount time of our life in taking care of our children. Sometimes it's difficult for youngsters to willingly appreciate our parenting style. Still, we never fail to motivate ourselves to give our bests to provide them a comfortable lifestyle. Because we love them to see, safe and sound. Well, “how safe they actually are?” Did you ever think about that? You may arrange the best care at your home, but how safe they are, when on road? at a playground? inside a classroom? or at a friend's house? whatever indestructible safety mechanism you consider in your parenting style, there is always a chance of getting into trouble for your children. So, we can make kids even more prepared, when we provide, not only safety, but also some knowledge or perception of situations and facts; when they know how to stay alert if anything goes wrong, and make simple common sense work for them accordingly. “Better Safe Than Sorry” Rules # Rul...

You might have heard the word Emotional Intelligence (EI) many times and may know the meaning of it. Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others. Four dimensions of EI are self-awareness, social awareness, self-management and relationship management. It is mainly used to define interpretation, regulation and application of emotion intelligently. Lately, EI is recognized as one of the key components of success, personally as well as professionally. EI is important because 1. We use this ability to receive and express emotion in communication; 2. Emotions help us pay attention to what matter most. It is a shortcut for prioritization; 3. We understand others by interpreting emotions to find the meaning and thinking pattern behind them. An Emotionally Intelligent person must possess the following qualities below: 1.   Clear About Life’s Purpose and Values It is the first step toward success, findin...

    Everything good or bad which happens in our life is somewhat a consequence of relationships. A relation is never meant to be bad. At least we all try to make it a good experience for whatever reason. Any relationship has a feel good factor in the beginning but many times it does not end the way we envisage. You may know yourself (that is also quite difficult), but how do you know another person suitability regarding start or continuation of a relationship. If you keep on falling in disastrous or bad relationships and want to prevent further setbacks, then you must continue to read.  Click here if you already are in a bad relationship. If you recently met someone rocking, mind blowing, and everything seems to be picture perfect; then hold on for a minute and check the list below before giving any such commitments.  Click here to know, you are truly in love with someone. Appropriate level of trust Trust is a golden pillar for a relation. And...

Almost everyone seems to be quite familiar with the word “counselor” and their typical job profile these days. You are right!! People come to them with their day to day problems they are stuck in. Some of these are small issues while others are quite complicated. However, in most cases people admit, they felt life changing experience after approaching mental health professionals. A lot of clients come to me with various kind of genuine problems in their life. I figured that the root cause of many unstable conditions is not getting an assistance for relief in their distress situation. Somehow I realized, if they had got genuine guidance in the initial stages, they probably wouldn’t have to come to me with this kind of bigger issues.  It does not mean these people don’t have any well-wishers in their life. They must have parents, spouse, siblings, children, besties or many others who care about them a lot. Many of them had given them good practical advice in their...

Don’t be shy to say “Need Help”. It’s not as unusual to happen as you think. I’ve seen many people having trouble in asking for help. They don’t feel free to ask help when they need it badly. They can’t seem to find a way to ask someone for assistance and feel really awkward to ask. Lots of introvert people experience it on a regular basis. If you are the one of those who also feel that “asking for help” is itself a problem, then you are in the exact right place.  W hat’s Stopping You from getting help? When a person is unable to seek help in need, there might be three possible scenarios in his mind. One, when he thinks he can fix the issue by himself and he doesn’t need any additional help at all. Two, when he thinks there is no reliable person available nearby he can trust to get help and keeping the matter secret at the same time. Three, when he thinks it makes him feel weak and dependent for asking help to others. It’s good if the first one is true for you. I...

Nowadays, we keep on hearing the term “emotional intelligence” (EI) and its powerful impact on our lives. We all have an idea what it is; yes, interpretation, regulation, and application of emotion intelligently. But what I want to ask you today is, are you emotionally sensitive? Ok, let me know something about you. Do you feel happy immensely in no time when you feel good and feel pain hopelessly when you meet disappointment? Do you get annoyed when people try to get you to do too many things at once? Do changes in your life shake you up? Do you love that you’re able to sense how others feel? can you exhibit both excessive tolerance and intolerance? well, if all of your answers are “yes”, then you are excessively sensitive. You must be thinking, why it is important to discuss emotional sensitivity. Well, If EI is one of the crucial factors for your success then we equally need to know more about “sensitivity” as it also has the potential to affect our lives strongly in a  neg...