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How do you deal with a father’s alcohol-inspired abusive behavior during the Holidays?

Dr. Peele:

image Why does one and how does one stop feeling sorry for an alcoholic? My father is an alcoholic and can be verbally abusive to my mother. In anger I will lash out at him but the next day will continue to act ‘normally’. He takes it very badly if I, his daughter, am cross with him. Sometimes I feel I should kind of put my foot down to this unacceptable behaviour, but she can take it in a way and he can’t – he gets very morose and starts talking about how soon he is going to die and he knows we all hate him, etc. I know it is emotional blackmail, etc. but I still feel he is in the grip of something he can’t control – it’s a bit like demanding a deaf man hear because you ‘talk’ to him in braille and so he MUST understand. Sometimes I think the hurt and pain that he is suffering, even if only a little and only in lucid moments, is more than we can feel hurt in ‘real’ life, even though his may be self-inflicted, etc… it doesn’t matter because he is still hurting and he can’t deal with that hurt. And that hurt may be all topsy turvy but it had some kind of root or cause that ‘by the grace of God there go I,’ he hasn’t learnt something in life to help him to deal with it, or perhaps it’s part of what he needs to learn him life. It seems cruel to punish him more by withdrawing what love and understanding, any love and understanding, one can give him. And everything has its cost. Perhaps that is, in this case, my mother’s greater strength.

Kathy


Dear Kathy:

Your letter is almost a philosophical treatise — laying out the nature of abusive behavior by a family member whom you love but resent and its impact on other family members, and particularly yourself. People having been dealing with this forever — not only around alcoholism (there are movies and plays about such things — e.g., Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolfe). Here is my modest little list of ways to respond:

  • protect yourself – make sure you are not hurt and that you don’t implicate yourself in the abuse (by going along with it); remove yourself from the situation when the behavior reaches a level that you feel is intolerable; I assume you don’t have children yourself, because this is often a crystallizing experience that makes people become more insistent on staying way from this abuse;
  • offer support for those most directly affected (i.e., your mother) to remove herself, temporarily or permanently, but if she chooses not to, lay back and accept her choice, because you can do nothing else about it; stop viewing her as a victim but see her as a willing participant, however much this improves or depreciates your view of her;
  • make clear to your father (and mother) that you love them, but that for your own mental health there are certain things you will not put up with or participate in; offer always to support and talk with either of them provided they come to you with "clean hands" (not when they are trying to score points against one another, or to get you to excuse them from previous misbehavior). I hope this is of some help.

And thank you for being a loving daughter.

Stanton

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Should I turn my father over to his military superiors?

Stanton,

image My father is an alcoholic in the military. He and my family live on the other coast from me. I feel helpless and as though I can’t do anything to help my father. So I decided to write him a letter telling him to admit that he has a problem with alcohol, because he is in total denial. My strategy against my very intelligent father is to put his career in jeopardy by writing his commanding officer and pleading to him about this problem, but I gave my dad an option to shape up and get help on his own or have the military give him help.

My question is if they will discharge him after an investigation is done, or if he will be demoted or loose his chance for promotion. I know that the military does take alcoholism seriously especially in the case of DUI’s (my father has not had one). Could you tell me what will likely happen if I do send that letter, I only want to do it to save his life and have him get professional help. Do you think my letter is a good idea even?

Your friend, Sylvia


Sylvia,

I don’t know what the military will do to your father. But to threaten (potentially) his career is probably not a good way to approach him initially. You need to begin talking to him in a much less threatening way. You could try to tell him about your concern. Or you could simply ask about his drinking – what it means to him, whether he considers it a problem, etc. You don’t say anything about your mother’s reactions (or those of other family members). I would do more research and groundwork, and make a more gradual effort, before turning your father over to impersonal military authorities. If you are familiar with the military, or other governmental bureaucracies, do you expect them to be more concerned or helpful than the people who love him?

Stanton

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Can a person be addicted to get-rich-quick schemes, and how can I stop my father from ruining himself and my mother?

Dr. Peele:

My father has what I consider to be an addiction, but it is not addressed in any literature that I have read (including any that I could find on your website), so I am unsure of how to proceed.

image For his entire adult life, my father has been drawn to high-risk, relatively low-investment get-rich-quick schemes. It does not satisfy many definitions of addiction, because it has not become steadily or increasingly worse, and he has always managed to keep his losses less than devastating, so he does have a certain amount of control over it. But he has consistently lost money, adding up to a considerable lifetime total. And although he is in many ways a very intelligent and competent person, when it comes to these investments, he loses all perspective and reason: he once invested in a perpetual motion machine; in a gold mine in Peru operated by a couple of American teenagers; etc. He also consistently hooks up with other investors who have admittedly lost money on the venture in question, but convince him they are going to turn things around any day now and start raking in the bucks.

I spent my younger adult life trying to distance myself from this and to learn to say no for his requests for money for investments, but things are at a point now where I would like to do some kind of intervention. About three years imageago, he made one of these investments that cost him (and my mother) virtually all of their retirement savings and put them in a very difficult situation. My husband and I helped them out somewhat, and things were bad enough that he promised to cool it (even though he immediately proceeded with ridiculous plans to finance another project, but none of his own money was actually spent on it). But a couple of weeks ago he wrote a letter addressed to only my husband, asking my husband not to let me or my mother know, urging my husband to help him with an investment plan for trading on-line. That was the last straw for me and I want to stop just trying to keep out of his way, and I want to try to do something to stop him. Not to mention, to help my mother from living any more of her life just above the edge of poverty.

I am especially concerned because of the stories I have heard of big losses happening very quickly with those on-line trading accounts. I am concerned because my mother is 75, my father 80, and they cannot weather any more of his losses at their age and in their current financial situation. This is tricky because there is no book I can buy on stupid investment addictions or verse from the Bible that I can quote to try to convince both of them that he has a serious problem — he has a thousand excuses and evasions, including "You don’t want to take away an old man’s dreams, do you?" or "I would have no reason to go on living." And my mother’s main concern is always to avoid confrontation and to be a good, supportive wife.

I read on your site that you are against interventions, but what can I do that might reasonably make a positive difference, or at least to protect my mother from further harm?

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

JoAnne


Dear JoAnne:

You have described remarkably well a fairly frequent occurrence, and one that in such extreme cases as your father’s merits the label "addiction," marked in this case by the desire to get immediately back into the saddle with a new investment, to recoup the losses of the last scheme.

This is a favorite topic in literature — the individual addicted to the get-rich-quick scheme, the one break that will make over their life. Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, Wallace Stegner’s Big Rock Candy Mountain, and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby — all describe characters looking for a way to make it in an American society that prizes success and wealth above everything.

Let’s work backwards. Your father is 80, and he hardly has any money left? He may not have a long time to live, but the idea is to keep him comfortable, and to provide for your mother. But it seems (from his contacting your husband) that, in order to get capital for his next scheme, he needs an injection of money from your household.

Unless I’m missing something, you can nip this all in the bud by letting all his schemes die through lack of funds — who will let your father invest on credit, in stocks or anything else?

imageYou don’t need to do an intervention that makes your father own up to his misguided life — which, it sounds as though you agree, is going to be a tough sell. If you wished to take a radical step, you could have him declared incompetent with you as guardian, so that you make his major financial decisions and he can’t sign agreements on his own. You could hire a lawyer or find a form book to make this application, then file on your own at your county court house. Remember, competence determinations are not global; they apply to specific areas, so that your father could be declared incompetent in financial matters but retain his autonomy in the other areas of his life.

If you have to explain your actions to your father, you might say, "Dad, you’re asking us for money, and you’re hurting mom’s well-being. I can’t let you risk either of those two things. I’m afraid your investment-entrepreneurial career is over."

We could also ask the significance of all of these things for you. Your father disregards you (along with your mom), makes outlandish choices without consulting or listening to either of you, forces you to reject him as a significant figure in your life (while your mother simply "rolls over" to his demands and reckless actions). How has all this influenced your view of yourself, your attitudes towards risk, your choice of and relationships with men? Is some of your bitterness towards him due to the toll all this has extracted from your life?

All best,
Stanton

 

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Obama Blows His Presidency — Top Ten Health Care Reforms He Won’t Do

image For the first time in memory, Bill O’Reilly, arch Fox conservative, and Chris Matthews, arch MSNBC liberal, reacted the same to an event — both found that Barack Obama failed entirely to explain his plans for health care reform in his televised press conference.

And virtually all commentators noted the same flaw in the Obama presentation and explanation — he’s afraid to tell Americans that — well, remember that old sign: "You can have it cheaper, better, and more of it — but not all at the same time"?

I watched the sacrificial Democrat (you know, the one labeled "Democratic strategist" sandwiched between two nuts like the host himself on one of those Hannity panels) who intoned: "Health care reform will maintain current coverages, give access to everyone, and save money." You can see why Hannity selected her — to make the nuts look reasonable!

But Obama, David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel — and the entire Republican leadership — are just as bad. Ask them what will have to be sacrificed, and they (the Dems) indicate "Nothing — just a few millionaires will pay more taxes." And, oh, there is one health care player Obama is willing to punish — insurers (even pharmaceutical manufacturers escape his opprobrium).

Republicans, as usual, are living in some other time and place. Their claim? "American health care is the best in the world. We’ll reduce the costs with tort reform, and give everyone greater access by incentivizing (a popular Obama term) private coverage."

Oh, and both sides will eliminate waste, duplication, and fraud. That should save a trillion or two right there!

Here are the top ten health care reforms neither side will propose:

  1. Means test Social Security and Medicare
  2. Pay only for effective treatments
  3. imageChannel patients to providers who accept a prix-fixe pay schedule
  4. "Incentivize" individual care choices (i.e., make people pay for more of what they use)
  5. Tax employer health care benefits as income
  6. Make managed care de rigeur
  7. Mandate that every American must have health care coverage
  8. Favor treatment for the young and fixable over the old and incurable
  9. Eliminate private insurance
  10. Put Obama’s birth certificate on the back of the one dollar bill (oops, wrong post!)

Failing to do these things will not produce better care for more people at lower prices. Rather, it will mean a diminishing group will receive unlimited (but but not necessarily effective) treatment costing everyone more.

And Barack Obama is just too nice a guy, too good a politician, and too reluctant to give people bad news to blow the whistle on this three-card monte — or, better, Ponzi — scheme. You know, the kind of deal where you collect more and more money for an unsustainable and unproductive enterprise until the entire house of cards collapses?

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The Cycle of Addiction

image No one intends to become a drug addict or alcoholic. Our experiences show that the drug addict or alcoholic was usually an intelligent and often creative person with much hope for the future.

 

However, they were unable to deal effectively with life’s problems and turned to drugs or alcohol as a means of dealing with unwanted situations.

 

The person usually takes drugs because they attempt to compensate for some personal deficiency or life situation. They may be depressed, in pain or incapable of dealing with a loss of a loved one or extreme circumstance. It could also be as simple as a need to fit in and make friends, or a way to lose weight. Regardless of the reason, the person begins to seek "help" in the form of drugs or alcohol.

  

Drugs are essentially a pain-killer. They lessen emotional and physical pain and provide the user with a temporary escape from problems. When a person is unable to cope with something in life and take drugs as a result, they feel they have found a way to deal with the problem.

 

image The more a person uses drugs or excessive alcohol, the worse the problem becomes. So they continue the “solution” for their problems, more drugs. Soon new problems are created by drug use. The person feels the need to use consistently, and will do anything to get high.

 

They are now addicted. They become difficult to communicate with, withdrawn and begin to exhibit the strange behavior associated with being on drugs. The more the person uses to try to counter this effect, the more desperate he becomes.

 

Their use begins to affect their personal relationships, their job, their bank account, and anything of previous value to the addict. Now the person’s entire focus becomes centered on using drugs and getting more drugs, regardless of the cost. They sacrifice everything to avoid the pain of withdrawal, the guilt of what they have done and the problems they have been running from.

  

At this point, the average drug user does one of three things:

  1. Continues using drugs and becomes more and more lost, unhealthy and degraded until he eventually becomes homeless or dead.
  2.  

  3. Gets arrested for some drug-related activity and goes to jail or prison.
  4.  

  5. Attempt to quit drugs in any one of a variety of ways. He may try to stop on his own, or go to a drug addiction treatment center or program. Sadly, the success rate of traditional treatment is not high and most addicts continue to relapse. This destroys the addict’s confidence and leads him to feel he will remain a slave to drugs forever.

  

HOWEVER, there is a way out…..

 

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image In medical terminology, an addiction is a chronic neurobiologic disorder that has genetic, psychosocial, and environmental dimensions and is characterized by one of the following: the continued use of a substance despite its detrimental effects, impaired control over the use of a drug (compulsive behavior), and preocupation with a drug’s use for non-therapeutic purposes (i.e. craving the drug). Addiction is often accompanied the presence of deviant behaviors (for instance stealing money and forging prescriptions) that are used to obtain a drug.

Tolerance to a drug and physical dependence are not defining characteristics of addiction, although they typically accompany addiction to certain drugs. Tolerance is a pharmacologic phenomenon where the dose of a medication needs to be continually increase in order to imagemaintain its desired effects. For instance, individuals with severe chronic pain taking opiate medications (like morphine) will need to continually increase the dose in order to maintain the drug’s analgesic (pain-relieving) effects. Physical dependence is also a pharmacologic property and means that if a certain drug is abruptly discontinued, an individual will experience certain characteristic withdrawal signs and symptoms. Many drugs used for therapeutic purposes produce withdrawal symptoms when abruptly stopped, for instance oral steroids, certain antidepressants, benzodiazepines, and opiates.

However, common usage of the term addiction has spread to include psychological dependence. In this context, the term is used in drug addiction and substance abuse problems, but also refers to behaviors that are not generally recognized by the medical community as problems of addiction, such as compulsive overeating.

The term addiction is also sometimes applied to compulsions that are not substance-related, such as problem gambling and computer addiction. In these kinds of common usages, the term addiction is used to describe a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity, despite harmful consequences, as deemed by the user himself to his or her

 

 

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Tips On How To Reduce Stress

As we all walk this road called life, there will be different challenges that will confront us. And one such challenge or obstacle may be of a physical nature. Because of the complexity of our bodies, there could be several people with some sort of a physical aliment, yet, each situation completely different from the other. Each individual could relate to their own situation, and at the same time, know nothing at all about another person’s physical condition.

However, I have discovered that there is a common condition, situation that most of us at one time or another have suffered from, some individuals have on a daily basis, and it is called stress! Now, I have been in the ministry for over half my life, along with being a pastor for nearly ten years. Also, I have been a chaplain at a maximum security prison. So, I qualify to know what it is to deal with stress. Anytime you have to deal with the public, people in general, it will always involve encountering stress. I remember once telling my doctor, during my annual physical, that I was wanting to reduce the stress in my life. He knows that I pastor a church and asked, how was I going to that-retire?

Therefore, I have come to the conclusion, unlike a physical condition that could be a temporary situation, stress is here to stay. Since I am not going to change what I do in life as far as work is concerned, I one day determined in my heart to learn how to reduce the stress level in my world.

Now, one good motivator to learn how to reduce stress is this thought: Reducing stress will lengthen your life! All kinds of things can develop due to stress, such as for example, your heart, blood pressure, and even your cholesterol level to name a few, can be effected due to not learning how to reduce the stress in your life.

There are numerous ways that are very effective in reducing stress, and in this article I want to share with someone what helps relieve the stress level in my life. First of all, I am married to a wonderful woman, who is my best friend, who is always in my corner. She is on my side, and is there for me when I need moral support when things get rough. However, I have found that it is good to have a friend that you can relate to besides your spouse. I have been blessed with a older pastor,who is a father figure to me, a mentor, who I can call and talk to, which helps me to deal with stressful issues. Also, going to church, participating in the services has helped me to deal or reduce my stress level. The idea of just being with other people has a way of relieving stress in a person’s life. Many times I have gone to a church service with a heavy load on my mind, but was helped, able to better cope with what was going on in my world, the stress for a short time had gone away. I must include, that what greatly reduces my stress level is my daily prayer and Bible reading.

The next two techniques that have always worked for me, which I enjoy very much, is a great stress reducer for me. I love being around children. They have a way of helping you to forget everything that may be going wrong in your life. Perhaps a phone call to one of my children or the children in my church will come and give me a hug, and tell me that they love me. This has never failed to help me deal better with the current stress in my life. Then, there is my extended family, my dogs and cats. My pets, these friends of mine have always been able to reduce the stress in my life. I do have a indoor cat named Aaron or I should say Sir Aaron. He is not your typical independent cat. But, he needs my attention, and I must say that I need his attention as well. On any given day, Aaron will jump on my lap and purr himself asleep. Once in a while he will pat me with his paw as though he is telling me, it’s going to be alright.

Here are a couple of other ways I have found useful in helping to reduce stress in my world. I have discovered that playing a game on the computer, such as solitaire, helps reduce stress. Now, this next technique is going to seem hard to believe. I have three acres of grass that I mow, and cutting the lawn has become a great stress reducer for me. When I am on my riding lawn mower, this has become my outlet of getting away or occupying mind on something else other than the stress related issues in my life.

I know that we are all different individuals who deal with stress on an on going basis. Also, I acknowledge the fact that what may help reduce stress in one person may not work in another. But, the important thing to remember is this, find something that does help you to reduce your stress. Your life depends on it.

Hello, my name is M. Lee Miller. I am married to a beautiful woman named Elizabeth. We have four wonderful children and three fantastic grandchildren. I have a Doctorate in Theology and a Ph.D in Religion. I have been in the ministry for 30 years and a pastor for over nine years. I really enjoy life and the opportunities that I have had in trying to help others during difficult periods in their lives.

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The major factor that distracts an alcohol rehabilitation procedure is the environment. If the alcoholic does not feel comfortable or neglected, he will search out escape routes. If the people carrying out the rehabilitation procedures are not caring or the alcoholic feels uncomfortable, he or she may act as if they have rehabilitated just to end the procedure. Alternatively, they may react violently towards the people carrying out the rehabilitation procedures.

An alcoholic has reached this state definitely because of some reason. The only way to rehabilitate him or her is by making them desire for rehabilitation. The rehabilitation cannot be forced. Either alcoholics will require rehabilitation because they may lose their lives if they are not rehabilitated, or they are suffering from a health problem caused by consuming too much alcohol.

However, whatever may be the case it’s the alcoholic’s own will power that will do the trick. An alcoholic must have the will to live and to stop drinking. This is what a rehabilitation procedure is supposed to do. If the recovering alcoholic cannot get on with the psychiatrist or psychologist, how is he going to recover? If he feels that he is devoted with insufficient time, he’s not going to recover.

If after rehabilitation, he has to go back to the same environment. Facing the same set of social and family problems, he will return to drinking. Therefore, a number of factors matter in a rehabilitation procedure. First is the attitude of the staff of the rehabilitation center. They must recognise that an alcoholic is a disease like any other disease, and requires proper nursing and care.

They must not be treated with disdain or like social outcasts. They should not be made to feel rebellious. In fact, they must be treated as normal human beings. Alcoholics are human beings who are suffering from an acute problem! Secondly, the atmosphere of the rehabilitation center must be serene and soothing. However, most important is getting the alcoholic to speak about what drives them to alcohol, and how can this urge be removed.

The family plays a major role in this. Family support, acceptance, and spending time in good company are what an alcoholic needs. The alcoholic may be deeply disturbed and may feel a sense of loneliness. Having no responsibilities, an ample income and nothing to do can drive a person to alcohol. There are no wonder cures for this ailment and even the best rehabilitation procedures can fail.

The doctors can be the best, the atmosphere friendly and serene. Yet the rehabilitation procedure can fail. Until the alcoholic is not ready to change and has the will to change, the procedure is doomed to fail.

Rehabilitation requires building a one on one relationship with an alcoholic. Getting them first to speak about what drives them to drink, then building their will power to leave drinking and making them mentally strong. This is what will work. An alcoholic must genuinely believe in change. Only when they develop this attitude, the rehabilitation procedure will work. One on one session group therapy and other procedures can fail if the alcoholic refuses to budge mentally.

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Everybody has experienced nightmares at some point in their lives. They are experiences that can be very frightening and incredibly disturbing. The feeling when awoken is of relief and the thought that it was only a bad dream nothing more. However, the feelings and images of these nightmares can frighten some people for the whole day or even for years.

What causes nightmares has been studied and discussed for thousands of years and unfortunately even with the most modern technology the scientists haven’t been able to come up with a precise answer for this question.

Nightmares can be caused by physical conditions that affect health. Stress is one of the causes for nightmares. If someone is under extreme stress, nightmares are a way that Mother Nature finds to release all the pressure suffered by the dreamer.

Post-traumatic stress disorders can also cause the individual to have nightmares. This is where someone has been through some kind of event that caused emotional or physical trauma. The memories and feelings about that specific event can cause sleeping disorders, especially nightmares.

Worries are also a big trigger for nightmares. If someone is worried about something at a particular time then it is very likely they will have a nightmare around that time. Some people are classed as ‘worriers’. With constant worrying about something they are the most affected ones as they are likely to have regular nightmares.

Nightmares can also be genetic; studies showed that individuals with frequent nightmares have a family history of similar sleeping disturbances.

Childhood is when nightmares are the most common because this is a time of our emotional development when we all have to come to terms with, well, raw, primitive emotions such as aggression and rage.

The imbalance of our emotions can also cause us to have frequent nightmares. Primitive emotions such as rage and aggression, profound resentment, excessive fear and an over competitive character may trigger frequent nightmares.

There are some techniques you can use to ease frequent nightmares. You must try this every night until the problem is resolved.

- Write down your nightmare in as much detail as you can remember. Tell the whole story even if it is extremely scary.

- Try to end the story of your nightmare with a happy ending. Do not include violence of any sort when writing the story. Keep it as peaceful and compassionate as you can. Don’t forget that you are working with raw emotions and trying to turn them into more refined emotions.

- After you finish writing the new story, go through it in your head over and over again. You must do this every night straight after you go to bed. Don’t do anything in between as it will weaken this powerful technique. Do it when you go to bed so you are not tempted to do things in between.

- Then do some relaxation exercises. You can choose anyone that you are comfortable with such a yoga, meditation, or breathing exercises.

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When choosing a health care plan you have to keep certain things in mind. Some of the important points are as follows:
An individual health insurance cover, simply stated, is an agreement between you and the insurance firm, aimed at protecting you against any financial constraints on account of a medical emergency. The one pertinent question you need to ask yourself is -what are the factors to be analyzed before deciding on an individual health insurance policy?

It is indeed a fact that medical and preventive sciences have made rapid advancements in today’s world. Nonetheless, it would be prudent to arm yourself with the best individual health insurance cover to protect yourself against any unforeseen illness. Indeed, America’s best health insurance companies are vying with one another in putting together some of the most imaginative individual health insurance policies designed to overcome any medical contingency. If you are unemployed, or self-employed, an individual health insurance policy is the right choice.

Consult with your insurance company if you can have your individual health insurance policy incorporated in its group policy. You may be paying a higher rate but the terms would be more advantageous than if you had to buy your own individual health insurance policy. If you are married, find out if your spouse’s employer is willing to include you in its group policy. If you are left with no option, then it is wise to buy an individual health insurance policy. Even though the insurance cover may be limited and the rates high, you would still be ensuring protection for yourself or your family against financial problems if you are suddenly confronted with a serious illness or medical emergency. Search for a good health insurance professional to help you with the best individual health insurance policy that offers you good value for money.

You have plenty of choices while selecting individual health insurance plans – The PPO Plan or the Preferred Provider Organization, the HMO Plan or the Health Maintenance Organization, the HDHP or the High Deductible Health Insurance and HAS or the Health Savings Accounts Qualified High Deductible Plan.

When considering individual health insurance plans a worthwhile option may be a health savings account plan which has few unique benefits. With individual health insurance plans, you can trade lower deductible health insurance for a plan that has a higher deductible. This will help you save money each month by lowering your premium. Besides the lower cost, higher deductible health savings account plan also has the added benefit of a tax favored savings account. Yet another interesting aspect of these individual health insurance plans is that the money you save rolls over year after year.

Even if you are already covered by your employer’s insurance scheme, you may still need to get additional coverage through an individual health insurance plan. This becomes necessary because employer-sponsored programs often fall short of individual needs. Extensive coverage for self and family can be achieved through a separate individual health insurance plan.

Individual health insurance plans are of two types: – Indemnity plans – Managed care plans. Indemnity plans are costlier but best suited for those who have particular health issues and need to be treated by specific doctors. Managed care plans cost less because you will be visiting a doctor or a hospital that is provided under the plan. If the treatment requires you to visit a specialist, you will need special permission from the insurance service provider. This plan is best suited for individuals without specific health problems, and wanting to pay less.. If you have to choose a new physician from the health care plan then do a little bit of research work by calling the medical office she works for or checking with the AMA. Other factors like location and availability have to be considered while choosing a doctor.

Sometimes in life you may need a specialist for specific medical conditions you need to find out how you will be able to use a specialist. Find out do you have to contact your primary care physician first or find out if the current specialist you use is an in-network doctor. While choosing a health care plan many forget to confirm that their pre-existing condition will be covered. Pre-existing conditions can vary between plans from being excluded to being covered fully and sometimes somewhere in-between like being covered after a specific amount of time. Find out what type of emergency rooms and hospitals are covered on your plan. Also find out if you have to contact your primary care physician first before getting emergency care. Most of the managed care plans do provide regular physicals and health screenings yearly, but some independent insurance plans do not cover them at all. If you’re using a prescription drug on a regular basis or you may need in the future, then choose a plan that has good prescription drug coverage. This coverage type can vary enormously from plan to plan. If you’re visiting a gynecologist regularly, find out if your doctor is covered in the plan. Find out what additional benefits do the plan offers when comparing health plans like drug and alcohol rehabilitation, mental health care, counseling, home health care etc. After finding what you want in your health care plan you have to compare costs. Find out your deductibles, co-payment details etc. Co-payments are the fees you need to pay when visiting your doctor, hospital or emergency room. Do know your limits. Some plans have lifetime limits on how much the health care plan will pay and some have lifetime limits along with yearly limits. The last thing is the exclusions list. You will want to review each plan’s exclusions list to find out what is not covered and to see if any condition you currently have or expect to have in the future, is included on that list.

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Some persons are blessed by nature, upbringing, or simply good fortune to develop and experience personal authenticity. Most others of us however are called by the psychological and spiritual pain of inauthentic living.

When faced with such personal pain and suffering, how then shall we respond? Shall we flee pain’s sharp edge, or shall we embrace it thereby engaging ourselves in an unparalleled adventure of self-discovery?

Rumi, the Persian ecstatic, sang, ‘These pains that you feel are messengers. Listen to them.’ What?! Not numb or run from pain, but listen to it? Why?

A principle of holistic medicine perhaps can shed some light. Commonly we caricature allopathic medicine as treating the symptom rather than the cause of disease. In contrast, we value holistic medicine’s understanding of illness as the body’s signal that there is something wrong whose cause, not effect, needs curing.

So too psychological pain is the psyche’s signal that there is something wrong with the soul that needs remedying. To numb ourselves by losing ourselves in television or computer games, binge eating, boozing, manic busyness, etc. is similar to the allopathic strategy of dealing with the symptom not the cause of our pain. We may experience relief of symptoms, but not a cure. We may sleep better at night, but die impoverished of a life of personal meaning. Instead, a holistic approach to our pain would be to seek its cause by inquiring into our selves and our lives.

So psychological pain then is a messenger to whom we would hearken were we to heal the soul, rather than numb the symptoms of our suffering. And were we to listen as Rumi’s counsel, what might we find? We might find that the ultimate cause of our pain is the inhibition of our authentic nature – a life lived distantly from our deepest selves.

Each of us is endowed with a nature that expresses itself uniquely; each of us is born to unique life conditions; each of us experiences life with a style and perspective that is distinct; each of us stands in a place that cannot be occupied by another; and, each of us is called to manifest the magnificence of our distinct individuality.

Yet each of us also is socially conditioned to be like everyone else. Fit in. Listen to authority, not yourself. Yet, the road to personal authenticity is not to become like someone else, but to become more like your own unique self.

So rather than our psychological and spiritual pains being threats to our existence that we would numb and shun, perhaps these pains are the very calls of our souls to an authentic life. If heeded, perhaps they would liberate us from the thralldom of lives that have been hobbled by our efforts to live like everyone else, not our deepest natures.

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Some persons are blessed by nature, upbringing, or simply good fortune to develop and experience personal authenticity. Most others of us however are called by the psychological and spiritual pain of inauthentic living.

When faced with such personal pain and suffering, how then shall we respond? Shall we flee pain’s sharp edge, or shall we embrace it thereby engaging ourselves in an unparalleled adventure of self-discovery?

Rumi, the Persian ecstatic, sang, ‘These pains that you feel are messengers. Listen to them.’ What?! Not numb or run from pain, but listen to it? Why?

A principle of holistic medicine perhaps can shed some light. Commonly we caricature allopathic medicine as treating the symptom rather than the cause of disease. In contrast, we value holistic medicine’s understanding of illness as the body’s signal that there is something wrong whose cause, not effect, needs curing.

So too psychological pain is the psyche’s signal that there is something wrong with the soul that needs remedying. To numb ourselves by losing ourselves in television or computer games, binge eating, boozing, manic busyness, etc. is similar to the allopathic strategy of dealing with the symptom not the cause of our pain. We may experience relief of symptoms, but not a cure. We may sleep better at night, but die impoverished of a life of personal meaning. Instead, a holistic approach to our pain would be to seek its cause by inquiring into our selves and our lives.

So psychological pain then is a messenger to whom we would hearken were we to heal the soul, rather than numb the symptoms of our suffering. And were we to listen as Rumi’s counsel, what might we find? We might find that the ultimate cause of our pain is the inhibition of our authentic nature – a life lived distantly from our deepest selves.

Each of us is endowed with a nature that expresses itself uniquely; each of us is born to unique life conditions; each of us experiences life with a style and perspective that is distinct; each of us stands in a place that cannot be occupied by another; and, each of us is called to manifest the magnificence of our distinct individuality.

Yet each of us also is socially conditioned to be like everyone else. Fit in. Listen to authority, not yourself. Yet, the road to personal authenticity is not to become like someone else, but to become more like your own unique self.

So rather than our psychological and spiritual pains being threats to our existence that we would numb and shun, perhaps these pains are the very calls of our souls to an authentic life. If heeded, perhaps they would liberate us from the thralldom of lives that have been hobbled by our efforts to live like everyone else, not our deepest natures.

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How do you use a nebulizer

1. Hands should be washed thoroughly before using a nebulizer and make a thorough check that the nebulizer is absolutely clean.

2. If you are using a multi-dose bottle, a dropper should be used to give the correct dosage of medication into the cup with saline solution.

3. Then, connect the mouthpiece or mask to the T-shaped elbow. The unit should be then fastened to the cup. For children older than 2, using a mouthpiece is recommended as it will deliver more medication than a mask.

4. Connect the tube of the nebulizer to the port on the compressor.

5. Turn on the device and check the nebulizer for misting.

6. If you want to correctly use a nebulizer, it should be held up in an upright position. This will prevent spillage. However, in case you are using a handheld portable nebulizer, you can use it!it can be used in any position.

7. Check the mouthpiece is placed between your teeth and your lips are closed around it. Do not allow the mist into your eyes during the operation.

8. Breathe out at first gently and then inhale. After that, as the mist starts, it should be inhaled slowly through the mouth. The subject should hold his/her breath for up to about 10 seconds. In this way the medication has time to settle down in the airway.

9. Check to tap the side of the nebulizer to allow the medication to drop down to where it can be misted.

10. Continue to breathe from the mouthpiece until when the nebulizer starts to sputter, which will mean that it is finishing.

If you follow the above suggestions when you use a nebulizer. It will give you an effective therapy .

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Acne is nowadays becoming a great problem for almost all the people. About 60% of people in the world are suffering from less or severe forms of acne. Acne is caused due to the production of excess sebum in the sebaceous gland. Acne can be of different forms mild, moderate or severe. If the acne becomes severe it is difficult to cure it properly. To avoid the danger try to get a better treatment at the initial stage itself.

Skin is the largest part of the body which contains a million of pores. Normally the pores are kept opened and produce right amount of sebum. But sometimes, in people who have oily skin the bacteria get accumulated on the pore and it get closed which results in excess sebum that causes the area to swell and becomes red. This is what we called Acne. Some people have a false impression that acne is only a swollen and reddish pimple. But actually acne can be of different forms such as white heads, blackheads, pimples and acne cyst.

Nowadays we can see a variety of skin care products, laser treatment etc for curing Acne. But those skin care product may cause harm for the health and may not cure the disease completely. It is also found that by laser treatment people feel happy only for a short period of time because there is a possibility for reappearance of the acne. So it is better to choose a natural teen acne treatment for curing Acne. The Seabuckthorn oil is very proficient to cure Acne as it is enriched with proteins, carotenes, fatty acids and vitamin E. It can easily kill the demodex parasite or the bacteria and can decrease the production of sebum.

Acne is the most common skin disease which is seen in teenagers as well as in adults. Both men and female are affected by the adult acne. In women acne often occurs before their menstruation cycle while in the case of men sufferers, it occurs due to the increase in the production of the hormone testosterone. Try to avoid tension, because stress is bad for the skin and body and take plenty of water which is very essential in maintaining the skin’s elasticity.

To get free from acne without any side effects it is good to use the product which contains seabuckthorn oil as an essential ingredient that has nutritious and revitalizing effects. Face Doctor offers you a product –Face Doctor Rejuvenating soap which contains Seabuckthorn oil as an active ingredient which can easily cure acne. Face Doctor has developed a wide range of products which have got many awards and achievements for its effectiveness. By using this product all the skin problem vanishes and you will have a total change in the appearance.

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Rosacea is a very common skin disease which affects many people all over the world. It is generally seen in white people and most often occurs in adult people between the ages 30-50. There are many people who don’t know that they are suffering from Rosacea.When rosacea is progressed its very difficult to cure the disease.To be saved from this disease you must be aware of the symptoms that occurs so that can take better treatment at correct time and can be very confident.

The Person suffering from this skin disorder show symptoms such as facial flushing, redness, pimples, burning, red bumps, and cysts. Nowadays we can see that there are many treatments available to cure skin diseases.One of the treatment available is Laser treatment which is very expensive.It have some defect that it can cure only the symptoms caused due to this disease and cannot be used by all .Person suffering from diabetis and blood clotting disorder cannot use this treatment as they will get irritated easily. Another treatment which is used is antibiotic treatment.But it may cause harm to the body. There are many natural treatments which are cheap and secure to cure the entire disease.

Depending on different types of rosacea the treatment also differ from one patient to another.There are mainly four types of Rosacea .They are erythematotelangiectatic rosacea which is characterized by redness,flushing and visible bloodvessels on the skin surface,Papulopustular Rosacea which shows symptoms such as bumbs and pimples,phymatous rosacea which cause enlargement of nose and ocular rosacea which leads to swollen eyelids and dry eye.Rosacea is not at all similar to acne.But acne like pimples are a major symptom of Rosacea.The treatment for acne is entirely different from the treatment for Rosacea.

Changes in the skin are usual as we ages. But progressive changes are caused due to the carelessness.So to avoid such changes we should care our skin and take preventive measures earlier. Rosacea is a skin disease caused due to the parasite human demodex which can badly damage the skin of humans.Other cause for this disease is direct exposure to sunlight.To get prevented from this disease its better to avoid the exposure to sunlight, intake of spicy food which may cause flushing also its good to avoid tea and coffee as they cause dehydration.Rosacea is most commonly being a threat for women and it mainly affect the face and neck.

As the skin of Rosacea patients are very sensitive, they should choose the moisturizer and cleansing cream which are particularly suggested forRosacea patients. Rosacea skin care products are made from natural extracts and are gentle,safe and non irritating.The ingredients present in the product are completely natural.Its better to use the product which contain the Seabuckthorn oil which can kill the parasite demodex. FaceDoctor offers a product which are extracted from natural plants and seabuckthorn oil which are safe to use by people of all ages -Face-Doctor Rejuvenating soap

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Have you experienced what it must be like meeting your big boss for the first time? The thought of being watched by your superior while working is stressful, isn’t it? Or, maybe you are so anxious to go to a beach party because you have not shed enough pounds to wear the two-piece swim suit (who knows how many years have them!), and you are so worried on what the people might say if you wear them with those excess baggage wrapping around your body? Those feelings are just normally. For as long as you have reasons to be anxious about anything, it is perfectly normal .But, if the anxiety is eating you up and you become anxious about what other people might say, or think, or do to you, which you know does not have rational basis, and the worst part is, you find it difficult to control your thought or emotion, that is social anxiety.

Social anxiety or social phobia is one of the largest mental health care problems in the word in the present day. A person with social anxiety simply spends time alone, closeted, away from people. They tend to choose to be alone than to be around with other people for fear that they might not fit in some ways or the other. Even when they are with familiar people, they may still feel overwhelmed and have the feeling that every movement and thought they made have been constantly watched or criticized. The feeling of being observed or being misjudged is one of the things that keep them away from people.

People with social anxiety are often misdiagnosed and are usually labeled as schizophrenic, manic-depressive, among other detrimental misdiagnoses. Because there few social anxious people have heard of their own condition and have never seen it discussed on any media, they tend to think that they’re alone in this world suffering from the disturbing symptoms. The tendency is they keep their condition to themselves for fear of being misjudged, and with the lack of info, education, and proper treatment social anxiety continues to impair their lives. In addition, when the time comes that people with social phobia finally gets to their feet and seeks help, the chances are very slim. When worst comes to worst, people who experienced this condition for a day, will have it everyday for the rest of hi/her life. They are people with social anxiety disorder.

One thing common to all socially anxious people is that they share the same knowledge that their thoughts and fears are basically irrational, which only means, they know exactly that the people they think are misjudging and criticizing them are not true at all. They acknowledged that their thoughts, doubts, and feelings are in a way exaggerated and irrational, yet, despite the fact that they know what’s really going on, they find it hard to control, and still continue to feel that way.

If there’s bad, there’s always good, and the good thing is that social anxiety is curable. There are many therapeutic methods which have been studied, but cognitive-behavioral therapy is the only modality that has been made known to work effectively. Actually, the treatment of social phobia through cognitive-behavioral methods has the capacity to produce long-term, permanent relief to sufferers of social phobia. Isn’t it a happy ending, after all?

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It is normal for people to experience anxiety from to time. It makes us cope from very stressful situations. But when anxiety becomes too much and turns into irrational fear of everyday circumstances, it becomes a debilitating anxiety disorder. Unlike short-lived, mild anxiety caused by a stressful event, anxiety disorder lasts at least 6 months and may worsen if not properly and immediately treated.

The best way to anxiety cure is to understand anxiety condition. Anxiety is a troubled state of mind. Anxiety results from fearful thinking of future events or situations. It is a condition that is not accidental, unknown, or uncontrollable. Anxiety condition occurs for specific reason and have underlying basis why it persists. Education is an important way to help attain anxiety cure. Here are some of the helpful tips towards anxiety cures which may aid in taking control over your own emotions again.

Relaxation techniques- a person feeling anxious most of the time has trouble relaxing, however, learning how to release muscle tension is an important anxiety cure. Relaxation techniques include: regular muscle relaxation, meditation, abdominal breathing, and isometric relaxation exercise.

Proper breathing techniques- the physical symptoms of anxiety maybe triggered by hyperventilation or rapid breathing, which raises oxygen levels and reduces the amount of carbon dioxide in the blood. A person with anxiety condition should know how to breathe from their diaphragm, and not from their chest, to prevent against hyperventilation. This technique can help you calm down while feeling anxious.

Cognitive therapy- this technique focuses on altering patterns of thinking and beliefs that are associated with ad trigger anxiety. The basis of cognitive therapy is that ideas can trigger thoughts, which then trigger feelings, results manifest trough action. Cognitive therapy strategies should include rational self-talk, training on attention, reality testing cognitive challenging, and cognitive restructuring. This means monitoring your self-talk, challenging fears and beliefs, and checking out the negative thoughts in terms of their reality.

Behavior therapy- the major component of behavior therapy is exposure. Exposure therapy involves deliberately confronting your fears in order to desensitize yourself. Exposure lets you to redefine the danger or fear aspect of the situation or trigger.

Medication- is important to see medication as a short-term measure, not a solution to anxiety disorder. Studies show that psychological therapies are much more effective than drugs in managing anxiety disorder in the long run. Brief course of tranquilizers or antidepressants may be prescribed by your doctor to help you deal with the symptoms.

Dietary adjustments- inadequate intake of vitamin B and calcium can worsen anxiety symptoms. Nicotine, caffeine, and stimulant drugs should be avoided for they trigger your adrenaline glands to release adrenaline, one of the main stress chemical.

Exercise – burns up stress chemicals and promotes relaxation. Plan to do some physical activities at least 3 to 4 times a week and vary your activities to avoid boredom.

There may have effective anxiety cure, but the level of recovery depends on the participation and willingness of the person with anxiety condition. The sooner you can get treatment, the bigger your chance of getting better and be back to normal health.

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Anxiety attack can be a very terrifying experience. It is a period of sudden and intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting for no more than 10 minutes. Sometimes a person can experience a panic attack all of a sudden without particular reason. Most people that experience one attack will usually experience another attack, and those who have recurring attacks, or feel severe anxiety about having another are said to have panic disorder.

Various individuals report different symptoms during an anxiety attack. Some of the common anxiety attack symptoms are:

o Palpitations, a pounding of heart, or an accelerated heart rate
o Increased sweating
o Trembling or shaking
o Shortness of breath
o Chest pain or discomfort
o Nausea or stomach discomfort
o A feeling light-headedness, or faint
o A feeling of unreality
o Depersonalization or a feeling of being detached from oneself
o Fear of losing control or going crazy
o Fear of dying
o Numbness, or a tingling sensation
o Chills
o Feeling of impending doom

These are some of the possible anxiety attack symptoms. A normal person may experience one or more of these symptoms from time to time. Having to experience some of these anxiety attack symptoms is considered normal if you have reasonable explanations for them. But if you are experiencing them with no apparent reasons, it can be a sign of a more serious condition.

A person with phobia will usually experience an anxiety attack as a direct result of exposure to the things that trigger the phobia. These anxiety attacks are short- lived and quickly relieved once the trigger is escaped.

Usually an anxiety attack begins with an unusual bodily sensation from the anxiety attack symptoms. A person having an anxiety attack will then react, with fear that the symptoms are indicators of a much more serious threat and in turn reacts with more fear which intensified into a state of intense anxiety and panic. Cases of the possible situations where anxiety attack can occur are: when driving, on an airplane, crowded areas, or during sleep at night. Sometimes anxiety attack occurs in a situation where the person cannot exit easily from a social gathering, or in a meeting, but others may experience an incident of anxiety for no reason while in comfortable place or even in sleep.

Anxiety attack symptoms are more or less the same feelings we might experience if we feel danger is about to happen. They are signs of how we usually react if we are triggered by fear, worry, and concern. But, chill out! Fortunately, anxiety attack is not an illness.

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At one point or another, parental stress is inevitable. Even if you think that you are the best parent in the world, mishaps and mistakes are still evident and is well expected. Parenting is like learning, it is a continued process of data analysis and retaining the good as well as the bad.

However, if you think that there is no end to your spanking and nagging like there is no end to your child’s misbehavior, think again. Today, due to the advent of technology, there are gazillions of parenting resources that you can find almost anywhere. These parenting resources can help you in your worst dilemma even to your minutest concerns. There are a lot of types of parenting resources available for every needing parent out there. But the three most common ones are the books/magazines, online resources, and the media.

Books/Magazines
These types of parenting resources are one of the most popular as well as one of the best sellers. These mediums are made by parenting experts and professionals that know more about raising child in an appropriate way. You see, in parenting there are no right or wrong way, but there sure are preferred ones. A lot of parenting books and magazines are sold locally almost anywhere.

Online Resources
Due to the discovery of the internet, the World Wide Web has served to be the best online resource you can ever take advantage of. Resource for almost anything that you can possibly look for and parenting resources are no exceptions. Here you can find articles; e-books (electronic books), blogs, and can even join in parenting forums to go ask for advices.

Media (television and radio)
The media has long been a catalyst of spreading information locally and internationally. It is the best media if you want to be heard. It can be audiovisual or audio such as the Television and the radio. Parenting resources can also be transported this way. There are TV shows and lifestyle programs that aggressively tackle about parenting. You will be overwhelmed by other’s different opinions. The possibilities are endless and it’s up to you to distinguish right from wrong.

There are so many ways to get help when you are facing problems growing your child. There are a lot more parenting resources, even more than what you know of. All you have to do is take a little time finding them. Don’t worry. It is not going to be that hard.

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Today’s families are bombarded with colossal stresses associated with the complexities of today’s lifestyle. There is this stagnant economy that habitually demands for parents to have two to three jobs, leaving little or no time for effective parenting.

Along with the fact that today’s economy requires people to acquire multiple jobs, is the stress of family issues. There is this job insecurity amongst couple which sometimes fuels the eventual discontinuity of the marriage. Unemployment is also another thing that adds up to the pressures of today’s society and parenting combined. And finally, there is a rise in the number of single parents all across the globe, most of them are unmarried, some even teenagers which can add enormous burdens to both the parent and the children.

As the complexities in our life increase, changes have also took place, not only in the prices of goods but also in out profound knowledge and perception of life, including raising a family as well as child development. Parenting education is one way of knowing, the rest are based on parental instincts. However, there are some situations that are as inevitable as much as it is an expected outcome. One very unfortunate but common situation is that of single mothers. It is said that single parents are more vulnerable to physically abusing their children. There are also issues regarding newborns that have low birth weights and are born in poorer regions are said to have developmental barriers, and that poverty will have a strong correlation to the behavior and cognitive development of a child.

All of these well-researched facts are already on board, it up to you to get enough parenting education to suffer otherwise. Parenting education is as important as financing the education for you kids. Just like everything else in this world. Parenting is also a process of gradual learning. Although instincts are primarily present, it is not always right as everything else in parenting is not about always making the right decisions.

Getting help through parenting education does not always necessarily translate that you are raising your child the wrong way. It is even emphasizing the fact that you are willing to better yourself in order to function for your children well. Parenting education does not entirely require you to change the way you raise your children. It will only serve as guidelines and can somehow help you distinguish things you are doing inappropriately.

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