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9 Types of Journaling and How They Can Benefit Mental and Physical Health

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Boosting mental and physical health The impact of journaling goes beyond Leid’s personal experiences; it’s been highly documented as a tool for boosting mental and physical health. Journaling can also have physical health benefits. This type of journaling works best if social accountability keeps you motivated.

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Virtual Reality Platform Innerworld Offers a Safe Space for Peer-Led Mental Health Support

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Essentially, Innerworld is a form of CBT, but in a virtual setting. “I I was trained on how to do CBT and found that it was powerful,” says Robinson, who was recently a keynote speaker at Hollywood & Mind and NAMI Mental Health Gala. “We We don’t try to get people angry or upset because we don’t use algorithms like social media.”

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TikTok Introduces Features To Discourage Infinite Scrolling

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Now, the company is incorporating features that are made to keep users from scrolling infinitely through its short-form videos by showing reminders to limit their screen time after long-term usage. . TikTok is introducing a new feature to combat a problem that the platform’s users know all too well: endless scrolling. .

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4 Friendship Apps to Help You Connect with New People

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Although the COVID-19 pandemic is an obvious contributor to the declining number and quality of friendships, other factors stacked up well before that health crisis—particularly among adults who have to juggle career, family and personal obligations. Meeting in the virtual world can even translate to forming friendships offline.

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More Than a Feeling: How ASMR and Meditation Work in Tandem

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ASMR typically comes in the form of a video or audio clip containing sounds, scenes and scenarios that activate parts of the brain pertaining to pleasure, relaxation, satisfaction and reward. This indicates a potential for hybridism that could prove highly beneficial to our collective stress-addled brains. Let’s find out more.

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What Happened When I Ditched Technology for 7 Days

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And I’ve come prepared: Red wine, Sudoku, a 2,000-piece puzzle and a journal to record what I hope will be a week filled with pensive thought and deep revelation—seven days without TV, Internet, Netflix, Pandora, a smartphone or social media. I’ve always been a voracious reader—magazines, local news and trending social media articles.

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21 Ways to Read More Books

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Additionally, reading regularly has the potential to improve mental health and increase relaxation and empathy. With social media updates, near-constant news alerts and other forms of media—such as YouTube videos, new Netflix shows and podcasts —all competing for our attention, reading often falls by the wayside.