Loneliness can be very miserable at times. It makes you feel sad and depressed. It takes away your hope. You see, we humans are wired in a way that makes us enjoy relationships and doing some meaningful work. In fact, being in relationships and living in group was a survival mechanism that we inherited from our gene, from our ancestors. So, when we find us ourself being alone and lack meaningful relationships and not engaged in meaningful work, that makes us feel lonely. Loneliness is a common source of stress in city dwellers and it is growing up with the advent of technology. Even when you are living in the middle of people, you may find yourself lonely.

Living positive life does not mean ignoring or avoiding the realities that are negative in nature. It means seeing things as it is, accept negative as negative and accept positive as positive. Opening to the feeling that arises with open heart. Positive living is starting to see a bigger picture rather than focusing on negative or damaging part of an experience. Experiencing happiness on day-to-day basis is a key of wellness. Do things that makes you happy. It could be playing sports or games that you like or exercising or watching video that makes you feel happy.

Feeling ups and downs is a part of life experience. You may be happy at times and sad at other times. However, if you been having negative emotions such as sad, low, anxious etc for some time and that has been impacting your day to day activities as well as your sleep and appetite and relationship with others you need counselling. Counselling helps you to explore your deep feelings and thoughts and help you get feel better. It. helps you get a bigger perspective of life and start living meaningfull life. Trained counsellor can help you explore your vulnerabilities and insecurities and help yo

Vipassana is a form of meditation, which was discovered twenty-five centuries ago by Gautam Buddha. Vipassana means “insight” in the ancient Pali language of India, the language that Buddha spoke.

This experiment examined the effect of a short-term body-scan meditation technique of vipassana practice on select cognitive functions. Participants (n = 77) were randomly divided into an experimental group (n = 37) and an active control group (n = 40).

Mental illnesses are health conditions involving changes in emotion, thinking or behavior (or a combination of these). Mental illnesses are associated with distress and/or problems functioning in social, work or family activities.

There are two major classification systems of mental disorders. International Classification of Diseases (ICD) published by World Health Organization (WHO) and Diagnostic and statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by Americal Psychiatric Association (APA). Currently, ICD is in its 10th edition, and DSM is in its 5th edition.