5 Tips for Setting Boundaries (Without Feeling Guilty)

Do you feel guilty when you set boundaries? Do you struggle to set boundaries? Well, you’re not alone! Mental health professionals and self-help gurus put a lot of emphasis on boundaries because they’re the foundation of healthy relationships and a strong sense of self-worth. Boundaries serve two main functions: Boundaries tell others how you want to be treated (what’s okay and what’s not okay).

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Physical Symptoms of Stress You Shouldn’t Ignore

Short-term stress is a normal part of life and to be expected. Having bills to pay, challenges at work, relationship issues, and health concerns can all trigger anxiety. Our bodies are equipped to deal with temporary stressors by activating our “fight or flight response”, which causes our heart to beat more quickly, our blood pressure to increase, our breathing to quicken, and our muscles to tense. In addition, our immune system responds to a perceived threat by amping up the production of disease-fighting white blood cells and dumping the stress hormone cortisol into our bloodstream.

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Sexual dysfunction

Sexual dysfunction, also called Psychosexual Dysfunction, the inability of a person to experience sexual arousal or to achieve sexual satisfaction under appropriate circumstances, as a result of either physical disorder or, more commonly, psychological problems.

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What is Bariatric Surgery?

Exercise and diet alone often fails to effectively treat people with extreme and excessive obesity. Bariatric surgery is an operation that is performed in order to help such individuals lose weight. Evidence suggests that bariatric surgery may lower death rates for patients with severe obesity, especially when coupled with healthy eating and lifestyle changes after surgery.

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