Meraki Minds

Beware💯 Bullying is a devastating experience that can have profound psychological impacts on victims. While many view bullying as an unfortunate but unavoidable part of growing up, the reality is that it can lead to mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and in the most extreme cases, suicide. The statistics are deeply troubling. Studies have found that victims of bullying are 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims. According to dosomething.org, over 14% of high school students seriously considered suicide in the past year, and almost 7% attempted it. Bullying and cyberbullying were found to be major contributing factors. The emotional toll of being constantly harassed, belittled, and socially excluded is immense. Victims often experience anxiety about attending school, social withdrawal, decreased selfesteem, and feelings of loneliness, hopelessness and despair. When they see no escape from the torment, suicide can start to seem like the onl...

Understanding Depression Types: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia) vary in duration and intensity . Factors: A mix of genetic, biological, environmental, and psychological factors influence depression . Treatment Approaches 1.Medication: Antidepressants like SSRIs and SNRIs can help, but finding the right medication may take time . 2.Therapy: Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and other therapies are effective in changing negative thought patterns . 3.Lifestyle Changes: Regular exercise, a healthy diet, adequate sleep, and stress management can significantly improve symptoms . 4.Alternative Treatments: Mindfulness, meditation, acupuncture, and herbal supplements can offer additional relief . Remission vs Cure Remission: Significant reduction or disappearance of symptoms; the potential for recurrence remains . Cure: Complete and permanent eradication of the disorder, which is rare and often context-dependent Personal Experiences Su...

su Anti social personality disorder, commonly called as sociopathy, is a well known mental health condition in which a person is constantly showing no reward for the wrongs and the rights and ignore what is right for other's feelings. It is a disorder in which people are often showing lack of empathy to their surroundings, whether it is their family, friends, animals or nature. These people try to purposely make other people angry or upset and manipulate or treat them harshly with cruel indifference. They lack remorse and do not regret at all, the things that they have committed purposely.  There can be many personality traits of a person who may show the signs of this particular behavior. Some of them which are most commonly known are. -  1. Repeatedly breaking the law, they don't fear the government or the consequences 2 being consistently irresponsible for what they did and not accepting what they have caused.  3 lack of remorse and regret  4 being aggressive ...