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Everyone gets depressed at times - even our most cheerful friends. I’ve had to deal with depression and many of you had to deal with depression too. I was asked once more to deal depression this morning when one of my dear friends texted me that she was depressed. To help her deal with depression I quickly did the following. To deal with my depressed friend, I had to understand what depression is and what causes depression. The Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary defines depression as “a psychoneurotic or psychotic disorder marked especially by sadness, inactivity, difficulty in thinking and concentration, a significant increase or decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping, feelings of dejection and hopelessness, and sometimes suicidal tendencies”. In my own words, I say depression is a condition or phase which people go through during which they feel sad, lose their appetite, feel unmotivated to do anything and/or show other signs that they are down. Depression is som...

I came across this article when I was looking for healthy ways to pull an all-nighter in preparation for my exams. I found it useful and I’m hoping you will find it useful. Source: http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/excessive-sleepiness-10/natural-tips-sleepiness By Camille Peri Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD With more and more of us getting less and less sleep, it’s tempting to reach for a Red Bull or an espresso when we feel sleepy at work. But consuming caffeine to combat sleepiness can lead to a vicious cycle. The java jolt that helps you stay awake can take up to eight hours to wear off. Caffeine can also reduce your sleep time, alter the normal stages of sleep, and decrease the quality of your sleep. How can you stay awake naturally? Try some of these 12 jitter-free tips to take the edge off sleepiness. 1. Get Up and Move Around to Feel Awake In one well-known study, Robert Thayer, PhD, a professor at California State University, Long Beach, studied whether people were...

Willpower is the energetic determination to do something( Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus ). Many believe that it is what drives many people even when there seems to be no point. Willpower is hard to define because so many people have their own thoughts and reasoning as to what willpower may or may not be. Willpower may be seen as following a strict discipline until it becomes a norm; It may also be seen as having the desire to achieve something and not giving up; It may be seen as determination at its best. Merriam-Webster’s puts it quite directly as in energetic determination . I think it is the decision made consciously to do something regardless of what it takes. Personally, I believe that to get started with something, we need motivation. When we are motivated, we start. After the initial motivation is when willpower comes in. Do I really want this? is the question that frequently asked when motivation dies down. This is the soul of the matter – do we have the deter...