Everybody knows at least one: unhappy expats. Well, some of us might just have to look at ourselves… Frequent complaints about ‘the Thais’ and the annoyances of daily life in Thailand, ranting about other expats, worrying about sickness, feeling isolated, bored or easily upset: all of these symptoms are quite typical amongst people who are […]
When I first came to Thailand, I wondered: given the healthy Thai cuisine, why are so many people – especially expats – overweight? Take a look on any street: at least one in three expats is obese. This is a high percentage, comparable only with the ‘fattest’ States in the USA, and is responsible for […]
When they hear the word ‘depression’, many people think of sad or hopeless individuals who can’t cope with a life event, who are living withdrawn and are often crying their existence. But in fact this is only rarely the case. In a U.S. study published in 1996, for example, only a third of the patients […]
Have you been scared lately? If your fears come back again and restrict your daily life, this could be a phobia, a specific form of anxiety disorders. The main symptom of a phobia is an intense and persistent fear of certain situations, activities, objects, animals or people – but usually this fear is irrational, and […]
Die Lebensqualität von Tinnitus-Patienten kann laut Experten durch eine Psychotherapie erheblich verbessert werden. Viele Menschen mit dem belastenden Pfeifen, Zischen oder Brummen im Ohr litten auch unter Depressionen oder Angststörungen, teilt der Berufsverband Deutscher Nervenärzte (BVDN) in Neuss mit. “Eine Behandlung dieser begleitenden seelischen Störungen erleichtere den Betroffenen oftmals den Umgang mit dem Ohrgeräusch”, erläutert […]
Bipolar Disorder: Caught between depression and excitement John always felt that his wife was ‘changeful’ – but it took both of them years to find out that she was in fact suffering from so-called ‘bipolar disorder’. People with what was formerly called ‘manic depressive disorder’ cycle between unusually intense emotional states that occur in distinct […]
How can we become happier in our lives, and what do we need to stay happy? Researchers have put a lot of effort into answering these questions and came up with some interesting facts that define the scientific basis of the so-called ‘positive psychology’. Today we know that about 50% of one’s happiness depends on […]
In bestimmten Städten Südostasiens über “Sex-Sucht” zu sprechen, ist etwa so, wie während des Oktoberfestes über Alkoholismus zu referieren: ein Feuerwerk von Witzen und augenzwinkernden “Geständnissen” (“ja, ich bin auch ein Abhängiger!”) sind beinahe unvermeidlich… Doch nur die wenigsten Leute wissen, was Sex-Sucht eigentlich ist oder bedeutet. Sex-Sucht (bei Männern mitunter auch Satyriasis oder „Donjuanismus“ […]
Psychosomatic medicine is rooted in the idea of a mind-body connection, which recognizes that what a person experiences emotionally and mentally can affect his or her body. The medical community now fully recognizes the value of psychotherapy: today it is state of the art in Western clinics to offer patients complementary counseling or psychotherapy if […]
In a global survey that was released a couple of months ago, about 10 per cent of males said that they had experienced premature ejaculation: coming too quickly is one of the commonest of all sexual problems. Not too surprisingly, especially younger men are suffering from it – as they grow older, most men will […]