Do kids really get depressed?

Childhood

Childhood is a carefree, happy and blissful time. Infanthood as if was crafted only to be enjoyed by children (as well as their parents). But it’s not uncommon for our little ones to feel the pressures and strains of today’s life. They too can feel deep sadness and dejection inside their innocent hearts and innocuous minds. Children truly know how to feel pain. They sense deeper loneliness and neglect more than we are capable of even imagining. Our kids ‘know’ depression. And they can experience it…

Sleep: What you didn't know

Passivity and sleep

Sleep is frequently considered to be a passive phenomenon, something we do because it's the end of the day, we are perhaps tired and we need to rest and build up our energies once again to prepare for the next day. It’s falsely presumed that as the light is switched off at night, so also is the mind and all its functioning ability. Rightfully so, all of the above are true to a certain extent, and sleep replenishes zest and enthusiasm to live yet another day and accomplish ones daily goals. However, there is more to sleeping and the dynamics of sleep ought to be better understood by every person who has ever slept and continues to do so everyday. That makes each and everyone of us. Ignorance is bliss but knowledge is truly an eye opener. Open your eyes to sleep right…

Sleep and related problems

Life and sleep

Human beings sleep for quarter to a third of their lives; hence sleep forms a pretty large expense of time of one's existence. Sleep and dreams have attracted interest since history but the importance of sleep is only becoming evident today, with the emergence of negative consequences of lack of good sleep.

Sadness and Depression

Mood 
Mood is the persistent state of emotion. It is something personally felt by the ‘feeler’ and usually is observable to others too. Some are positive mood states: happiness, excitement, exhilaration, exaltation, while others are characteristically negative ones like sadness, disappointment, gloom, frustration, despondency or depression; to name a few. Everyone goes through different emotions through their lifetime, over the years, months, weeks, sometimes even several times a day. A low mood is a problem and if there was an option, one rather not have to deal with it; yet it is a slice of life that one must devour. Life cannot be positive all the time. However, when a negative emotional state is persistent, and it causes longstanding trouble to the person feeling it, it qualifies as a disorder. 

How sleep hygienic are you?

On an average, ordinary human beings sleep 8 hours a day; that’s one third of their lives! So if you are 30 you have slept for 10 years already! And if you live 30 more you are going to sleep for 10 more for sure. (at least you need to). Now that’s a long time so we ought to use that time rightly. If we are alive we should live right. And if we need to spend this big chunk of time sleeping then we ought to sleep right. We try to be as hygienic as possible generally in life. Personal hygiene, environment, food; everything gets its due share of our attention. But sleep? Are we even aware of sleep hygiene?

dreaming of sound sleep