Hearing voices in your head, or experiencing auditory hallucinations does not always mean that you have mental illness. Many people have reported hearing voices that do not cause any kind of problem in their life. Some of these voices are generally positive or contain positive messages. According to research, only about 33% of people that …
Many people with schizophrenia are in search of a cure for their condition. It is completely natural to look for cases of people that have been cured of debilitating mental illness and other diseases. The truth is that there is no cure for schizophrenia at this particular time. However, science and researchers are advancing – …
There are many famous people throughout history that have been verified as having schizophrenia. We either found out from their personal public statements or reported diagnoses that were shared with the public following their death. The fact that famous people and celebrities have had to deal with a severe debilitating mental illness such as schizophrenia …
What is a nervous breakdown? It should be noted that although many people classify a nervous breakdown as a “mental breakdown” – a nervous breakdown is merely a subtype of mental breakdown that involves intense feelings of anxiety and stress – this is what causes us to react with our “nerves” and we feel “nervous.” …
Caffeine is the most universally consumed stimulant of the central nervous system. It works primarily as an adenosine antagonist. Adenosine itself works as an inhibitory neurotransmitter that helps suppress activity in the central nervous system. Since caffeine is an antagonist for the adenosine receptors, it tends to speed up nervous system activity in a dose-related …
Medical marijuana has a variety of uses in everyday society. Some people swear by it as the best treatment for their health conditions. Various health conditions that medical marijuana is used for include: nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), pain management, and muscle spasms. The fact is that there …
Reactive depression is depression that is caused “in reaction to” an external event or circumstance. In other words, it is a state of depression that people experience in response to a major stressor such as a break up, death of a family member, divorce, workplace harassment, etc. Any psychosocial incident that causes an individual to …