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    Since When Did We Sikhs Start Getting Depressed, Anxious , OCD And A Host Of Other Mental Illnesses

    I thought we were a kaum that believed and practised the spirit of 'chardi kala' (rising energy, perhaps mystically referring to the rise of coiled kundalini energy along the spine as it usually happens with advanced spiritual stages) We saw the worst of days under the mughals and the british...
  2. Ishna

    Health More Personal Stuff About Anxiety

    Ugh. For the last couple of weeks I've been so highly anxious it's annoying. When I get like this, I tense myself from the shoulders up. I'll be doing something, and realised I'm hunched over in a tight little ball while I'm doing it, and have to exhale, straighten up and relax. And then, 60...
  3. Ishna

    Health My Anxiety Technique (and A Personal Story)

    Something I don't see discussed much in Sikh circles is mental health. Part of me wonders if there is some stigma attached to it in the community. I'm a open book and have no problems sharing my personal experiences, particularly if they help someone else. So here goes: Personal Story I...
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    How To Keep Myself Calm And Not Restless Till I Get My First Job ?

    can you please help me feel positive ? I would be grateful to you. I am 25 yr old male. I don't have any job. I am a fresher in my field - IT. I did my graduation in 2010. I enrolled for masters in 2011 . But I could never complete it as by then I had realized I was gay but couldn't tell my...
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    Life In Illegality - When Depression, Anxiety And Alcoholism Become Norms (Part 1)

    by Rajiv Kunwar (The following write-up is based on my original Master’s thesis titled “Undocumented migrants’ access to health care in Germany: Limitations and strategies”. This article is the first in a series. The rest will be in the Immigration section.) Ninety percent of...
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    Controversial Unreasoning Anxiety Elevated To Law

    Unreasoning Anxiety Elevated to Law Unreasoning anxiety elevated to law Canada is a multicultural country, although not every person who lives here believes in multiculturalism. Some say it encourages newcomers to cling to the values and mores they left behind. When people wear clothing or...
  7. Archived_Member16

    Managing Fear With Spirit

    Managing Fear With Spirit Our society is challenged as never before. Anxiety fills the air so thick we can feel it around us. Our sense of safety has been undermined, and along with it our sense of control. We lived under the illusion of control for so long that we may have come to...
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    Lord Why This Depression Anxiety Etc?

    Let Me answer your question straight with a simple example You have caught a hot iron rod with your hand and you are weeping You are asking Me to remove the heat from the rod and give you happiness For this you are constantly praying the Lord to use His special power. I have to laugh at this...
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    Rid Of Anxiety & Misfortune !

    This Shabad is by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Raag Gauree on Pannaa 255 sloku ] JwlwGy auiT nwmu jip inis bwsur AwrwiD ] kwrHw quJY n ibAwpeI nwnk imtY aupwiD ]1] salok || jhaalaaghae out(h) naam jap nis baasur aaraadhh || kaarhaa thujhai n biaapee naanak mittai oupaadhh ||1|| Shalok: Rise early...
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    Spiritual Solution For Tensions And Anxiety

    Realisation and repeated memorization of the true knowledge is the only one solution for this problem. The ignorance is responsible for all the anxiety and tensions. One should know that every one has climbed the time (Kala), which is the running train. Death is the station at which one has to...
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