Getting through your teenage years is no easy feat. Your emotions are all over the place, and you are exploring who you are while often feeling confused and misunderstood. But we all get through that stage, and then we have our twenties ahead of us where we can happily put our teenage angst behind us, right? If only life were so simple.
The struggles of your twenties are very different from the struggles of your teenage years, but they are not any less significant. The issues you face as a teenager will not necessarily stay with you as you mature but they will also evolve alongside you. In an ideal world, the problems you came across you would be able to deal with and move on from. However, much of the baggage from our childhood stays with us independent of how old we are, unless we are able to process this trauma and deal with it fully. That's not to say that only people who have had 'bad' childhoods will have challenges as they mature into adults and beyond. And having a less than perfect youth doesn't automatically mean you can't be an emotionally healthy adult.
Along with the stresses of adulting, there are specific challenges that you face in your twenties which will be outlined below.
As a twenty-something, you fall into the millennial category which has its own very unique associations. Millennials, people coming into adulthood in the early 21st century, tend to be achievement-oriented, highly ambitious, and having grown up in the world of digital technology, are well versed in the digital world. One of the less positive traits associated with millennials is the increased propensity to suffer from mental health issues.
Mental Health
Society places a great deal of pressure on young people. For the twenty-something who has perhaps gone through college, you are now at the stage where society expects you to start, for lack of a better word, producing. But with so many options available to you, it can feel incredibly overwhelming. The career path you choose to go down, or finding the right relationship can feel like an incredibly important decision. And the perceived failure of any kind can lead to a lot of stress and can result in mental health issues.
Navigating your way through the many goals and deadlines of your twenties can be a minefield. Not only do you have to make many decisions on your academic progression, career, and relationships, but you have to do so in a social media bubble, which encourages perfection and constant comparison to your contemporaries. The power of social media can affect many people in negative ways and the failure to achieve often unrealistic standards of beauty, or success, can fuel anxiety and depression.
Recognizing that your twenties will be full of challenges, some expected, and other unexpected will allow you to have realistic expectations of this time in your life, and hopefully allow you to put these challenges in perspective. View these years as 'foundational years' where you are creating the building blocks to your future life. Setbacks are a natural part of evolving as a human being, and with failure comes growth.
Physical challenges
In your twenties, your body is physically at its strongest. Your bones and muscles have developed to be at their peak functionality, and if you lead a healthy life, then your body will function optimally.
Nonetheless, there are still many areas that will continue to shift and adjust well past your teens, and one of these areas is your teeth. By the time you reach your twenties, your teeth will have gone through years of wear and tear. Still, hopefully, good dental habits are paying off, and visiting the dentist regularly (every six months to a year) will mean you keep on top of your oral hygiene. Our teeth continue to move in our twenties. If you wore braces in your teens it is essential in your twenties to continue to wear a retainer, or your teeth will move back to their original position. Years of wearing braces will go out of the window, as well as the money spent on getting that perfect smile if you do not wear your retainer. If you didn’t have braces, you may need them now, and have to face the challenges of uncomfortable teeth and learning which food to eat with braces.
It is very common for wisdom teeth to come through in your twenties, with impacted wisdom teeth (wisdom teeth that do not emerge fully in the mouth) causing all kinds of problems. Wisdom teeth are teeth that don't function inside the mouth, and as such are often removed as a solution to the problems that can result from these teeth.
Skin conditions
There is a rise in adult acne among adults. Hormonal fluctuations, stress, and diet are all factors that can lead to acne. When you're a teenager, you can put it down to the natural fluctuations in your hormones, but when you're in your twenties, it's very frustrating to see your skin breaking out. There are many reasons you can find your skin breaking out in your twenties, and stress and inflammation are two of the biggest causes.
Adjusting your skincare routine will certainly help control your breakouts, but if you are going through a lot of stress, this can appear on your skin. Stress causes hormonal fluctuations which can aggravate the skin in people predisposed to adult acne. An overload of sugar can also result in inflammation which can cause an imbalance in your skin.
If you are stressed and likely trying to deal with your stress with sugary foods, then you will be exacerbating the problem. Try eating a diet rich in anti-inflammatory foods such as fish, grains, and vegetables. Adult acne is embarrassing for many people, but the reality is that most people suffer from the occasional breakout well after their teenage years.
On top of the many challenges that you face in your twenties, the physical problems are the ones that are more easily dealt with than the emotional. Looking after your emotional well-being, and being a little more forgiving and understanding of yourself will go a long way to help get you past this transitional period.
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Life is not always going to go your own way, and some people are far more fortunate than others. You can look at other people in life who just seem to be having everything handed to them, and you can't help but feel as though everyone else is luckier than you. You start to resent the life you don't have, meaning everything with your own becomes super boring and tedious. You start to resent the small things, like the time in the morning that you have to get up, or walking the dog on a rainy day, or a bill slightly increases. So then before you know it, you're spending your days feeling like you're out of control with your life, and nothing you do seems to put it back on the right path. That is until, you start to change your own mindset. Life can go any way that you want it to, if you want it to! All you have to do is avoid the dark places that life can take you when you feel out of control, and build a support network of help around you. So, keep on reading, and we'll show you how you can get everything back on track!
Finding The Source Of Your Loss Of Control
If you take the tine to analyse your life, you will soon realise that there are a few things that will make you feel out of control. It's often the fact that you're working so many hours to pay the bills, then not having any left over to live your life with. So all of the sudden you feel like you're not living your life at all, which is a really strange feeling. But it has to be one of the most common thoughts amongst everyone. Once you get into the routine of working so much and paying so much out, you forget that you've most likely caused it. You might be making your bills higher by not caring about energy or water use. Or you might shop at the most expensive supermarket and then eat out a lot of the time anyway. You might have a ton of subscriptions that you're signed up to. So sometimes you need to analyse your life to see where you can gain that control again!
Staying Away From Dark Places
Life can often take us to dark places. If you haven't gone through one time in your life where you feel like you're out of control. Even if it was back in the days of you being at high-school. It might have been depressive thoughts, or just a period where you always felt down. But as an adult, there's avenues of dark places to follow and often people do as a coping mechanism. Drugs and alcohol are the top two that people turn to, and it can have terrible effects on money, lifestyle, and your health. A drug detox center can help to put life back on track if it is something you have turned to, or will ever turn to. The only thing you should be turning to is support and friends and family, anything else needs to be addressed.
Entering Into A New Life
Finally, if you feel like you are out of control at the minute, it's time to enter into a new life. It's the New Year in just a few days, giving you the perfect chance to put your life on a new path!
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Depression is still a very taboo subject. Although mental health is now spoken about more publicly than ever before, there are still the misunderstanding about it. Sometimes depression can be mistaken for attention seeking. That leads to judgement where it shouldn't be given, and a struggle to get the help that's needed. So we think it's now time to talk about it a little more. It should be a topic spoken about more so that people suffering always have someone to go to. If we can educate enough people how to help people with depression, there will be so much more empowerment for people suffering. If you're suffering from depression right now, we want to be one of the places you can go to for help. There are so many battles you're going to go through, but not alone. So, we want to talk about some of the common battles with depression, and how you can deal with them. Keep on reading to find out more.
Leading To Dependence
This is definitely one of the more taboo battles that happens alongside depression. It can so easily lead sufferers to depending on alcohol or drugs. It's as though it's being used as an escape method rather than dealing with the problem at hand. It can also help people forget the pain the depression is causing. The statistics of the number of depression related drug and alcohol dependencies is growing each year. So this might be one that you can relate to. However, there are so many places that you can go for help. You can go to an outpatient drug rehab center. It means you don't have to stay at the facility and there is more freedom. This would suit you well if you just need a helping hand, and not continued support like some packages you could have.
Shutting Down From Everyone
This is another common battle that pretty much everyone has when suffering from depression. The want to be alone at home doing nothing all of the time. Sleeping more often is also really common. It's just the need to shut down from everything, thinking it's the better option. However being alone with your thoughts rather than sharing them with friends and family will only make matters worse. Sharing it with others means you have an outlet to talk about what's going on in your mind. Having friends that allow you to socialise also gives you and outlet for forgetting everything and having fun. This alongside with working with mental health counsellors gives you the chance to turn your feelings around.
Leading To Other Mental Health Problems
The battle with mental health usually starts with three issues. Stress, anxiety, and depression. It's so common for one main issue to lead to another, and the three link together. Hiding from the main issue usually means another will follow. So our advice is to always seek help rather than bottling it up. The sooner you get help, the sooner you feeling yourself again!
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With the new century just around the corner, you may be thinking up some resolutions that you can implement to better your mental and physical wellbeing. Your diet is likely the first thing you consider addressing, as junk food has seemingly become a staple in the modern, busy persons meal plan. It’s so easy to head to a drive thru or pop a ready made meal in the microwave, but this can leave you feeling sluggish and slow in both your mind and body. However, progressions in general society have created some alternative diet routes that you can explore to improve your health, and they may just be the perfect option for you. So, if you want to discover more about some unique concepts that you can implement in the new year, then read on for some of the best alternative ideas that you can make the most of to start seeing results in no time at all!
Try Plant Based
Opting for a plant based diet is becoming a more and more popular choice, and there is said to be plenty of benefits. Removing meat and dairy from your meals can help to reduce the amount of saturated fat that you consume, and by replacing these with fruits, vegetables & legumes in their many forms your vitamin and mineral intake will be far higher. There are even meat alternatives that take on the form and taste of meat whilst actually being made from a plant based source, so you needn’t miss your usual carnivorous fix. The only downside is the lack of options when eating out, as it’s not so easy to grab something for lunch without reading the ingredients list of every item, or sit down for dinner somewhere without researching the menu and finding a suitable option beforehand.
Super Supplements
Every year new and improved supplements are released on the market that are said to help a whole host of different things. From boosting energy levels to strengthening your bones, whatever your issues there’s bound to be a pill that can help to improve your symptoms and relieve you from your woes. Prothera are a great example of a supplement seller that offer some really innovative products, so get online and search for some alternative concepts that might be a great addition to your New Years diet. Just remember to do your research and always check the authenticity of any pills and their creators beforehand, as you do not want to do the opposite of your aims and end up with health complications from a bad supplement.
The alternative diet changes detailed above can help you to improve both your mental and physical wellbeing in the new year, to aid you in starting 2020 off the healthiest way possible. Why not try a plant based diet, removing meat and dairy to be replaced with fruits and vegetables to really boost your vitamins and mineral intake? Or perhaps you could find a great supplement to take it all to the next level!
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Winter is always the time that our health takes the biggest hit. We are so busy at this time of year that we rarely prioritize looking after ourselves, and add this to all of those winter germs and it can be a recipe for disaster. That is why today we want to share with you some simple things that you can do to protect yourself against illnesses and stress, taking care of both your physical and mental well being. Here are 5 easy ways to boost your health this winter.
Drink plenty of water
This one is so simple to do and you will definitely reap the rewards. Make sure that you are drinking plenty of water every day, aim for around six to eight glasses throughout the day.
Drinking water helps us in so many ways. Our bodies function better when they are hydrated and our minds are more attentive and alert. We know that we should drink water all year round, but in a season where we might drink a little more alcohol than usual and our heating is likely to be turned up high drying us out, we do need to concentrate on our intake.
Get into the habit of drinking water by always keeping a glass to hand. Pour a glass as soon as you get to work and keep on drinking from it and refilling it all day. If you are not too keen on the taste, you could get used to it by infusing it with some fruit to make it more to your liking.
Take supplements
Whether you are looking for CBD for sale, vitamins or the latest smoothies or herbal teas, health supplements can give your health a boost.
You might choose to take something that gives you an overall lift or you might want something more specific and targeted to an area of your body. Take the time to do your research and ask for advice before taking something new.
Some supplements can counteract others and some can be more effective when taken at certain times or alongside other foods, so do check when you are best to take them.
Get out into the fresh air
It can be very tempting to stay indoors during the colder months. It is normally dark in the morning, dark in the evening, and so we rarely see daylight and try to stay cosy at home. However, getting out into the fresh air is absolutely essential for our good health so you will need to make a concerted effort to do so.
You could take a stroll at lunchtime or plan to do something each weekend that gets you out and about. Your body will benefit from the vitamin D that sunlight provides and the fresh air and exercise will serve to energise you.
We know the dangers of depression, too, and getting outdoors can be hugely beneficial to our mental health. Ideally you should head to somewhere so that you are surrounded by nature, so walk the dog around your local park or hike a forest trail with friends.
Have an early night
If ever there was a time of year that you are likely to be burning the candle at both ends, it is now. Social calendars are at their busiest and along with everyday life, you have your planning for the holidays piled on top. There is no time for sleep! We do understand this feeling, but sleep is essential for you, body and mind, and we can guarantee that you feel better after a good night’s sleep.
Adults should aim to get around seven to eight hours of sleep each night, to ensure that we are at our best. If you are struggling to manage that, then at least plan an early night every few days or so.
Aim to get to bed around an hour earlier and ensure that you switch off from screens at least half an hour before you plan to go to sleep. You could take a warm bath or read a book to help you to relax before bed and you should then find that you get off to sleep quite well.
Spend time with friends and family
This one is not much of a hardship, is it? Spending time with friends and family helps to relax us and is one of the very best things that we can do for our mental health.
Arrange to meet up for a coffee, have friends over for dinner or combine socialising with getting out into the fresh air and taking some exercise.
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Some of us can reach a moment in our lives where we know things have got to change in some way. It might be that you want to make significant changes for your health, your mindset or just basically feeling better in the morning when you wake up. Whatever your decision is, it can often mean that some form of lifestyle change is going to be the way that you tackle it moving forward. However, what changes can you make that will have a significant impact you are craving. With that in mind, here are some to think about.
Remove sugar from diet
Sugar is one of those things in your diet that is actually extremely addictive. You may think that you don't have much sugar in your diet at all, thanks to cutting out the chocolate and sweets and having no sweetners in your tea or coffee. But you may be surprised to find out that actually sugar is evident in many of our day to day foods. Ready meals, for example, are filled with sugar. Cutting out sugar from your diet is difficult at first, but there are websites full of information to help you do it. Sugar gives you that rush of energy, but actually getting rid of it out of your diet in the long term will have you more energetic and full of life.
Change your diet completely
What you eat is ultimately what you get out of your body and so the time may be right for you to completely change your diet and lifestyle. This could be focused solely on what you eat as people have found changing their diets to vegetarianism or something plant based is actually going to have a big impact on their health. It all depends on what you want to get out of your diet, and things like this can give you more energy, it can help you rejuvenate and have other benefits like your skin condition and the quality of sleep you have.
Give up vices
There are plenty of vices that people have. They may smoke, they may drink, they may indulge on sugary treats. But actually, giving up these vices could have a positive impact on your life. Drinking, while a sociable and completely fine thing to do, can also hinder your chances of getting a good night's sleep which ultimately can then affect your day. But you also need to decide whether your drinking is sociable, or whether you need it, and this is where the lines can get blurred. If you think there is an issue with alcohol then heading to an alcohol addiction treatment center could be a great way to seek some advice. Smoking we know is bad for your health, but making a switch to something like vaping could be the step you can take to quitting and feeling better.
Be more active
Finally, taking more exercise and being more active is a great way to have more energy and feel better in yourself. It can be as simple as walking and just being active in your day to day life. It can make a huge difference to how you feel.
I hope that these tips help you to make the lifestyle changes that will have a significant on your life.
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Far too many people write off depression as “having a bad day”. They might even tell you to shrug it off and stop being such a crybaby, or something along those lines. The fact is; depression is a very real problem for millions of people around the world and, if left untreated, could lead to some horrible consequences. This is especially true for those that are already isolated and find it difficult to speak to anyone about their condition.
In this article, we’re going to take a look at some of the most dangerous consequences of depression and why it deserves more attention.
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Self-harm
There are many different ways that someone can harm themselves if they are feeling the stress of depression. Dark thoughts of hurting yourself is usually a red flag that must be dealt with immediately. Whether it’s via cutting yourself with something sharp or potentially even suicidal thoughts, you absolutely need to seek assistance as soon as possible before those thoughts take over and become the only thing that you can think about when you’re having a rough time.
We understand that talking about self-harm topics can be a touchy subject, which is why we suggest always speaking to someone that has experience on the subject such as your physician.
Addictions
Addiction is also another common danger of depression that can lead to long-term health problems and also financial concerns. This is especially true if the addiction is related to drinking, drugs or another kind of substance that your body has grown dependent on.
If you feel that your depression has slowly developed into an addiction to a substance, then we suggest visiting a dual diagnosis treatment center that will help you treat not just your addiction, but also your depression. As the two are commonly linked, a holistic approach to treatment is often the best way to tackle both an addiction and your depression.
Relationship issues
There’s also the possibility of your relationships being affected by your depression. For example, you might be easily irritated and start to lash out at loved ones for no reason, or you might have a tendency to shout at people who seem to be annoying you even the slightest amount.
These types of issues can raise a lot of concerns among those close to you and they’ll typically suggest that you go to see your physician or a medical expert. However, these suggestions can enrage you even further, so it’s important to try and break out of this depressive cycle and focus on healing your body and mind to prevent further relationship issues.
If you ever feel like you’re depressed on a regular basis or have trouble motivating yourself to do anything, it’s vital that you speak to a professional for more advice. If you ever have dark thoughts of actions such as suicide, hurting yourself or even others, then it’s important that you speak to someone immediately and seek comfort around others in an attempt to create positive vibes that can help you relax.
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Today I am excited to share a new YouTube video on our time at the Balnea Spa in Bromont, Canada. You can find the video HERE (or watch right below) and the new channel by clicking HERE! Thanks for checking it out, liking it, commenting, and following along y'all! *smiles*
Happy Monday friends! I hope y'all have a wonderful day!
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