Articles 2022

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Many people talk about the Netflix series, Wednesday, which is causing a sensation not only because of its plot , music, and humor, but also because of the behavior of the protagonist, which makes us think she might be autistic. Could it be so? Let’s see  Wednesday Addams’ behavior. According to the… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Mental health is a fundamental part of the life of all human beings. With a healthy emotional balance we build stability in our relationships and in our daily activities. There are many societies around the world that we could look at to demonstrate the importance of emotional wellbeing, however, in this article,… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Undoubtedly, social networks have become a fundamental part of our lives. Therefore, we must be careful with the way we interact with others and remember that not answering; blocking, silencing or deleting is valid, because this will help us maintain better emotional wellbeing. How to achieve it? According to Kepios [1] , there… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| In a few days, we start a new year, so planning 2023 is vital to getting closer and closer to our goals. How can we do it? Why it is important? How can we help others plan their new year? In this short article, you can know more about it. To start… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Forgive… A word that just reading it generates memories, preventions, fears, etc., that perhaps we have not yet faced. Therefore, we must understand the importance of forgiving, because it will help our emotional wellbeing and, the coexistence with the others.   According to Cambridge Dictionary [1] , forgive is “to stop blaming or… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| We will start a new year soon, which invites us to leave 2022 in the past, learn from our mistakes and start over. Therefore, it is important to reflect on what we must let go in order to receive and then have better emotional wellbeing. According to Psychology Today [1] , letting it… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| The kitchen and the act of cooking is a space where we can meet to share with our loved ones, because around delicious dishes, we tell our stories to each other, anecdotes, dreams and plans. So, why is it important to carry out this activity for these Holidays? The Wall Street [1] … Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| We all have dreams and goals, but many times we forget them because we are afraid of not being able to achieve them. However, it is possible to get closer to them, when we plan carefully what we want and thus, we go from “words to actions”. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary [1]  defines… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Anger is a normal emotion among human beings and even animals, however, we have an advantage over the latter, we can control it. With out-of-control anger we often can offend others, damage moments and even hurt others or ourselves. So, how do we learn to control it? The American Psychological Association [1] … Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| We are approaching winter, so it is important to prepare not only for the cold but to find different ways to share with family, our friends, and spend the last season of 2022 calm and happy. Therefore, it is important to find some activities that improve our emotional wellbeing. In Washington D.C.,… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Winter and cold are generally related to sadness or loneliness. However, and paradoxically, this season is when we share most with those we love, such as friends and family, which invites us to be happy and have wellbeing during this year-end season. This season usually starts at December 21 and finishes on… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Winter comes and with it, the end-of-year celebrations, holidays that evoke happiness, warmth of home and the emotion of sharing with family. However, this time can generate SAD among us. Do you know what it is and why it affects us? Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) “is a type of depression that’s related… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Maybe you did not know, but 27 years ago, a nonprofit was formed in Washington D.C. that cares for your mental health and accompanies you within the community. We are talking about Neighbors’ Consejo, a place where your emotional wellbeing and happiness is our priority. Under the values and principles of faith,… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| On November 8, elections were held in the United States, an event that undoubtedly focused the attention of the world and especially Americans, who shared different emotions, which makes us wonder how these electoral processes affect emotional wellbeing of people?  The article “Political polarization is affecting mental health, and patients want therapist… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Brian Tracy said, “Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting [1] ”. His words makes us reflect on kindness and how giving is always better than receiving. For this reason, it is important to remember that on November 29, we will be able to join #GivingTuesday [2] , a global initiative that… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| There are many sayings about time: “Lost time does not come back”, “time is running out”, “the only sure thing is the present time”, among others, that show us the importance that we give to this measure in our lives. That is why we have to ask ourselves how we are organizing… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Exercising is undoubtedly an activity in life that allows us to obtain countless benefits. However, many are unaware that “moving” also improves our mental health. Walking, running, swimming, cycling or practicing any sport will physically help to oxygenate our brain, it will help us to reduce our daily stress and will therefore… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| The development of technology has allowed evolution in different social fields. One of them is the medical field that, with the pandemic, expanded and accelerated the use of new forms of communication between patients and practitioners. Telemedicine and Telehealth have become one of the most effective ways for the healthcare of people… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| On Monday, October 4th, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp and Telegram crashed all over the world, a situation that makes us think about the importance of social media in people’s lives. While many people were affected at work, the predominant wider effect was at a personal level: anxiety, fear, and depression. This shows… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| On October 10th, we observe World Mental Health Day, a day that invites us to rethink how we are taking care of our emotional wellbeing, in order to have a balanced life. In recent years, this topic has become more important among the different generations and, with the arrival of the Covid-19,… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Speaking is an innate human skill, which allow us to perform the basic function of communicating to stablish relationships. Without language, we could not develop as a community. Now, in a world so wide and full of different cultures, there are more than twenty-five million idiomatic expressions [1] , which forces us to… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| What would we be without music? This art has accompanied us since we lived in caves: When we are happy, when we share with others, maybe when we feel lonely, when we celebrate, when we want to create, focus, etc. This activity has motivated some people to play an instrument, which brings… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| We are human beings, social by nature. However, due to different circumstances, we experience loneliness, a situation that brings not only physical problems, but also mental ones, generating serious disturbances in those who experience it. Stuewe-Portnoff defined loneliness as “the experience of isolation, disorientation or lost-ness within a dimensional domain of meaning… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Love can be felt in different ways, from friendship to marriage. Marriage is a life decision that can affect us positively or negatively. Have we wondered how this couple agreement interferes with our individual mental health? Marriage “is the process by which two people make their relationship public, official, and permanent. It… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Dawn is a new opportunity to live; we will start a new day that will bring us multiple task, surprises and activities. For this reason, it is important to organize our mind and thus be able to do everything in a positive way. That is why we want to recommended to you … Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Our real life has been moving to social networks, to the web, a place where many people, like us, are aware of others. However, some have broken the privacy barrier that each one should have, because they become controllers of the content that we upload to the network. What is a stalker… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| There are many rules for couples, but the strongest is not to be unfaithful. “Infidelity or cheating is the act of being unfaithful to a spouse or a partner. It typically means engaging in sexual or romantic relations with a person other than one’s significant other, breaking a commitment or promise in… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| In silence, many people find true peace, reflect, are creative and can even let off steam. Undoubtedly, this total absence of sound brings many benefits to our peace of mind. As Napoleon Hill said “wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| When we mention or read the word suicide, we get terrified, questions like: Why did he or she do it? Could I have helped prevent it? On the other hand, perhaps we generate hasty statements like “he or she went too far, it was not necessary”, “he or she was crazy”, and… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| We are so focused on following a routine that we do not even realize when we start or end our days, and this can bring different problems to our body and mind. Therefore, it is important to take “active breaks”; this will allow our day-to-day to be more productive. BMC Public Health… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Breathing “is the process of respiration, during which air is inhaled into the lungs through the mouth or nose due to muscle contraction and then exhaled due to muscle relaxation [1] ”. Breathing is synonymous of life, in fact, if we do not breathe, “the oxygen that flows to the brain can decrease,… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Our relationships as a society changed a few years ago with the insertion of technology and social networks into our lives. There are some people who agree with these new forms of relating and others who consider that they have distanced us more from each other. Whatever position one agrees with, these… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Who would imagine that with all the physical and mental difficulties that Joseph Pilates had, he would create a training method were the control of the mind over the body, fused with strength and flexibility [1] , and would generate fantastic results for people? Pilates was the great invention of this self-defense instructor,… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Soccer is a world-renowned sport; the “jogo bonito” brings together hundreds of people, making them put aside their difference to celebrate around a ball. There are different emotions that occur when we watch or play soccer, do you know what are they? “Records trace the history of soccer back more than 2,000… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Taking a bath is a daily activity, thanks to it, we can stay clean, wake up, relieve pain, etc., and it is important to highlight that this is not an activity of this century, as many think. “The ancient Greeks were the first to develop showers, where water actually flowed through lead… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| This question is perhaps one of the many we ask ourselves when we have situations in our work that pressure us to the point of wanting to quit, yell or take it out on colleagues. This situation is produced by the lack of emotional stability to analyze situations and develop correct answers,… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| August is National Breastfeeding Month, a time to highlight the importance of this activity for mothers and the benefits for their babies. In addition, it is important to know what mental health benefits breastfeeding brings to mothers. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [1],  “breastfeeding is the source of… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Believe… We believe in everything or we believe in nothing. Believing is the formation of concepts in different areas of our lives that allow us to interact with others. However, many times these beliefs can be as good as possible or so bad, that they can harm us. How do beliefs affect… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Reading is an activity that we learned from a young age and it is almost a natural behavior in our daily routine. Literature, scientific articles, novels, poems, essays, there are many personal preferences around this topic but do we know the benefits of reading for our mental health? According to the National… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Fundraising is an activity people generally understand as a way to support a cause of a company, organization, nonprofit or person. However, this activity goes further, because it contributes to generating wellbeing in others and above all, in ourselves.  According to nonprofitquarterly.org, [1]  “fundraising is generally defined as the process of soliciting… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Every day we see ourselves immersed as citizens in politics. Which political party are we aligned with? What do we think about a senator’s decision? Whom will we vote for mayor or president? What do we think about a new law? Do we know that this democratic exercise also affects our mental… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Hispanic is a “person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race [1] ”. According to the United States Census Bureau [2] , “the Hispanic or Latino population, was 62.1 million in 2020, this population grew 23% while the population that was not of… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Start the day without a cup of coffee? Are you crazy? That is the thought of many of us who, without this drink “we feel like zombies”, without courage and strength, asleep. Despite it being a routine behavior, do we really know the benefits that this has for our mental health? According… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Summer is for many of us the best time of the year because we can tan, rest and enjoy the sun. However, this year heat waves have turned into nightmares because they caused deaths, airport closures and mental health problems. If we go around the world, the panorama is not encouraging. For… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Difficulty interpreting what others are thinking or feeling, trouble interpreting facial expressions, body language, or social cues, difficulty regulating emotion, trouble keeping up a conversation, having inflection that does not adequately reflect personal feelings, difficulty maintaining the natural give and take of a conversation [1] , etc., may be some of the many… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| The new Netflix series “Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet” [1]  opened our eyes to a problem that perhaps many of us had not seen, the consequences of bad actions on networks, such as the ‘SWATing’ and other actions that are done online but lead to a distorted reality… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| We are commemorating Pride Month, a time that invites us to celebrate love regardless of the conditions in how we give it to others. We must take advantage of this month to highlight the stigmatization that exist against this community and how this generates problems in their emotional well-being.   To begin… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| We are used to the constant search for perfection. How we see ourselves in front of others and even more so, with the opinions we receive on social networks makes our self-esteem rise or fall. To give us “a hand” in this process, there are cosmetic surgeries. To begin with, we mistakenly… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Thinking of laughter as a therapeutic benefit is not a new concept. Although during the past decade it has taken great importance, since ancient times laughter is considered as a positive emotion. Then, what are the benefits of laughing for our health? In the ancient Chinese empire, spaces were set up for… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| There are different ways of serving others. You can, for example, do solidarity activities for a day to help someone on the street, a family member, or a friend who needs it. You can visit a person who has no family taking a smile to them, you can carry out collaborative work… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| The increase in consultations for what is known as “emotional hunger” has mental health specialist on alert, so they suggest not using food as an emotional painkiller. Although this expression is new, it corresponds to symptoms such as anxiety and anguish, and can generate major physical and mental health problems. According to… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| At birth, we begin a constant learning process. From a very young age we give meanings and representations to things and people around us. Culture and society play a fundamental role here, because it is how we begin to build our identity and behaviors. This explains the development of stereotypes and prejudices… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| The most recent massacre in Texas, in which Salvador Ramos murdered 19 children and 2 teachers, injured his grandmother, and was later shot by the police leaves us with deep sadness and many questions. Why did this happen? Should the use of weapons be regulated? Did the attacker have a mental health… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| The concern we have for our physical appearance is almost natural, what should draw our attention and raise an alert is when our concern is excessive, because there is a risk of harming our physical and mental health for the sole fact of being accepted by others or to get more “likes”… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| The pandemic that we are facing has left psychological repercussions on all populations in the world. Research carried out on mental health shows the negative effects resulting from social isolation, worry or stress experienced during this period and undoubtedly represent a risk for the development of psychological disorders and mental illnesses, a… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| We understand that fear is a feeling, an emotion, a mechanism of adaptation to society, a reaction, etc.; all these concepts are valid since it is “an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger”. [1]  Physically, we always experience three stages of fear: Freeze, as a response to… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Today’s society has developed ideals of beauty and behaviors that confuse and overstimulate personal growth and that, when not fulfilled, cause discomfort in the individual. How many times a day do you think critically about yourself? Do you feel bad if you do not achieve something you set out to do? Throughout… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Good mental health depends on many elements, some personal such as inborn traits and/or learned skills and other factors that depend on the social environment where we develop and where interpersonal relationships play a fundamental role for our psychological well-being. To have success in this process, there must be understanding and respect… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Human beings are social by nature, the need for survival made us develop relationships with our environment, which trigger behaviors that help us to adapt and thus maintain our well-being. These relationships start with the way we communicate. Expressing our thoughts and ideas can be difficult and much more so, when we… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Sometimes, people may believe that some ailment is the result of a physical injury or illness, but there are cases where physical symptoms are associated with physiological factors because of a problem or emotional situation that we suffered. This is known as somatization. To go deeper into this concept, according to GoodTherapy… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| “Thinking is the action of using one’s mind to produce thoughts [1] ”. This exercise is important because it allow us to learn about what we see and feel on a daily basis so we can make independent decisions within our environment. In addition, it gives meaning to life experiences, which can be… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Mental health is essential for personal, family, work and social life. The circumstances experienced in the pandemic showed us even more that we are always exposed to changes; however, the way we accept them and adapt to them will enable us to maintain good emotional well-being. Therefore, one of the best ways… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Cephalgia is what we know as a recurrent headache and is perhaps the most frequent suffered by people in their day to day. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) half to three quarters of adults aged 18-65 years in the world have had a headache in the last year, and among… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| As usual, every year for spring, the capital of the United States dresses in pink and white, thanks to more than 5.000 cherry trees scattered throughout the city and located mainly around the Tidal Basin, Hain’s Point and around the Washington Monument. What started as a gift has become Washington’s annual holiday… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Migrate is a word that we have heard for a long time that currently appears as a means of survival. However, we usually do not stop to think of the courage that people must have to migrate, the difficulties they go through to seek a better quality of life or the condition… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| For several decades research has emerged that demonstrates the importance of strengthening social skills, since they allow individuals to manage their emotions efficiently, and which have taken on greater importance since the pandemic because current social behaviors show the weak mental state of many individuals. For this reason, the forms of communication… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Do you like and know how to cook, or are you one of those who only looks at the kitchen when you pass it by? Beyond the daily and natural activity of preparing food for sustenance, cooking benefits us physically and mentally. According to Julie Ohana, founder of Culinary Art Therapy, “Cooking… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Bullying is a negative behavior phenomenon that has been increasing and transforming over time. The portal stopbullying.gov defines it as “unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance”. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Kids who are bullied… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Addictions are currently recognized as a mental health problem, given their growth and constant variations in the face of the addictive element. Before, when the word addiction was used, it was referring exclusively to the use of drugs, but today its meaning encompasses a number of repetitive behaviors that derive from the… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Maybe you are going through a difficulty that causes you extreme fatigue such as: change of residence, financial problem, being away from your partner or family, heavy workload or unemployment, birth of a child, the pandemic, the loss of a loved one, an academic test, etc., An infinite number of situations can… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Currently, depression or depressive disorder is more common than you might think. This mood disorder is investigated from different perspectives, to the point that it has been shown that it is a worldwide Public Health problem, where its effective diagnosis and treatment, as well as its causality, are linked to multiple factors… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Digital development and its rise in recent years, especially during the pandemic, have substantially changed the way we relate to each other. For this reason, society has evolved and developed more complex affective systems, in part due to the shortcomings to which we have been exposed or the implications required by new… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| The “information age” has brought various successes and problems, one of them being fake news, which spreads so quickly that it mostly prevents them from being investigated by those who consume them, mainly on social networks. Do we know the effect that this phenomenon has on our mental health? Surely we have… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| It was recently shocking to see a 12-year-old boy committed suicide after being bullied at his school. This makes us think that suicidal thoughts are always there, but do we know how to control them to avoid acting on them? According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, suicide is the 10th… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| We are days away from celebrating Valentine’s Day, a date in which we breathe love, we are happy, we surround ourselves with roses, chocolates and dreams because we feel “in the clouds” thanks to another person. But do we know all about love? Sarah Reagan [1] , a spirituality and relationships writer describes… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African-Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. A commemoration that invites us to remember, but also to think about the population in question. For example, the state of their mental health [1] . Many Americans do not know… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| The word psychiatrist relates within society to concepts such as “madness, disease, problem, depression, etc.” and others that social imagination has mistakenly created. However, those who have received the support of these professionals understand their importance in the personal development of human beings. To talk about the psychiatrist we must start from… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Loving ourselves is perhaps the most difficult task of all, because constantly finding faults is an inevitable behavior that we carry out as human beings, generally we do not feel satisfied with what we are or have. This undoubtedly affects an important part of our lives, self-esteem. Self-esteem is “belief and confidence… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| Feeling dissatisfied with our bodies is widely prevalent, because social pressure and self-criticism generates doubts about how we feel about ourselves. However, there are people who, for various reasons, wrongfully take their search for self-esteem and self-confidence to levels so extreme that they start suffering from physical and mental illnesses, such as… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| In our daily routine, we carry out different activities, which require us to concentrate to carry them out correctly. However, distractions such as notifications from our phone, receiving a call, listening to inappropriate music, listening to other people talking or even not having peace of mind due to other situations that we… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| When people generally break up love relationships, they suffer various emotions that affect their mental health, in fact often leading to physical problems. How can we better carry out the process of overcoming a love breakup? There are very logical explanations, as mentioned in the study done by the Journal of Neurophysiology… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| It is normal for the body to become ill sometimes, regardless of age. However, when an ailment is serious, the risk of weakening mental health increases. Many patients and their families, acquaintances and friends do not know that they must pay attention to both body and mind, so that recovery is more… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| “Are you crazy?” “That’s not normal!” “You know, better stay away…” These and other similar phrases are undoubtedly some that we have heard when someone expressed their feelings to another or when someone said they needed help from a mental health specialist. This social barrier creates fear in people to face their… Read More

BY: Neighbors’ Consejo| 2022 is full of 365 new opportunities; it only depends on how we take advantage of them. There are many plans and goals that we all have, however, we cannot neglect all those that in this New Year will lead us to have a more stable mental health. According to CPH &… Read More