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Stress related health of parents & exam
My mother is 53 suffering from multiple myeloma ckd 5 and ESRD since 2 years...father is having uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and now showing signs of diabetes nephropathy...going to consult endocrinologist soon for him...I have to study as well properly to crack my neet ...I counted the no. Of diseases in my home along with comorbidities and it summed up to 30 ...I am trying to help them as much as possible but I feel like when will this all end and when will they be healthy again
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Hi, Quite stressful situation to be in, and especially times like this. Since your parents have chronic disorders, these disorders can be managed, but permanent cure is something that is very difficult to achieve. You are doing your best, in spite of this anyone in your situation would be very stressful and can have burn out symptoms, like lack of motivation, decrease interest irritability etc You have to learn and practice coping skills and work on your positive side of your life to be happier
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can take help of a mental health professional, to help you out with the necessary skills to cope up with stress
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useful tips for studying 1. PREPARING THE MIND. First and foremost learn and practise some simple relaxation sequences, with slow but deep diaphragmatic breathing routines. so as to help center your mind from distracting thoughts, but more importantly, to help create a resourceful and superior state of mind, with a physiologically relaxed body to go along with it 2. BEGINNING WITH THE END IN MIND: Decide on your ultimate application, and whether you want a global overview or detailed information from your reading, as well as how much time you are prepared to invest as your decision will determine your reading pace 3. VISUAL PACING: Use a pen or pencil as a pacer to control the visual sweep of the saccadic movement of your eyeballs as attested by most fast readers 4. ASKING QUESTIONS One quick way to achieve productivity results in your reading navigation is constantly asking what is the author talking about here? what is important and relevant here, in terms of my predefined objectives or desired outcomes? 5. MAKING NOTES Don't hesitate to make Marginal Annotations by making notes in the white spaces of text passages, with personal relevancy to call-to-action Always express them in terms of AZT (Actions to Take/T2D (Things-to-Do/2P (Questions to-Ponder) 6. CONSOLIDATING: Upon completion of your reading endeavour Recap and Summarise preferably with an idea map or cluster diagram or graphic organiser so as to consolidate and synthesise quickly what you have just read Tips for happy life According to positive psychology Five important building blocks of well-being and happiness: Positive emotions – feeling good Engagement – being completely absorbed in activities Relationships – being authentically connected to others Meaning – purposeful existence Achievement – a sense of accomplishment and success
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I am sorry you are going through a lot. All this is adding more stress to already overwhelming preparation of Neet. Long term illness can be controlled but not cured. You aim at improving quality of life of both patient and the carer. Problems will always be there. The problems may not end but the circumstances can be changed. You will have to learn to adopt. If you are struggling, you can book counselling session to vent out your feelings and get a new way of looking things say using self help CBT model.
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