This week is anti-bullying week. Bullying can come in all forms; prejudiced bullying of minorities, racial bullying, homophobic bullying, domestic bullying, workplace bullying and school bullying.
Depression. Many of us will experience this low mood, bewilderment and melancholy at some stage in our life. Occasionally it can be related to a discernable happening but come from nowhere.
Quite a few years ago I sat in an olive green Vauxhall car on some cliffs in north Norfolk, it was raining. I was determined to drive through the flimsy knee-high wooden barrier over the top.
Many people rush around, pushing and shoving and trying to squeeze as much as they possibly can into their years on this planet. Often these same people feel guilty about sitting still or not ‘doing’ something.
Most of us have felt loneliness at some stage in our lives and some of us feel it more acutely than others. Being lonely isn’t a mental health issue in itself, but it can make us feel down and it can lead to existing psychological health issues getting worse.
Covid 19 has made a difference to most people’s lives and returning to the ‘new normal’ may be difficult for some as we try to adjust to life after lockdown.
When most people are first introduced to meditation, they often have an impression that it’s all a bit ‘touchy feely’, a little ‘airy-fairy’, not their sort of thing. However, countless people have come to learn that meditation can help them feel calmer, more grounded, less anxious, and generally less stressed and low.
There seem to be two kinds of altruism. Psychological altruism means being kind out of a concern for the welfare of others, while not thinking of your own self-interest. Biological altruism refers to behaviour that helps the survival of a species. Apparently, evolution has actually hard-wired philanthropic conduct into human beings. Perhaps humans are not just selfish or psychologically egoistical as some may propose?