Julia’s blog

  The studies on the covid 19 pandemic have shown that many people were mentally affected by the lockdown. Depression, anxiety and stress were common reactions to the pandemic and they have increased over the time. For some, the increased level of stress was accompanied with poorer sleep or alcohol use. Mental toughness is for example the possibility of controlling your emotions, being able to see opportunities and the level of confidence a parson has. The studies have shown that people who scored higher on a mental toughness questionnaire reported lower level of stress, anxiety and depression. I think that mental toughness is really important because we get through many unpleasant and stressful situations in our life. Although sometimes it might get really hard, we shall not give up and keep going. We should also remember not to take everything personally. If you want to improve your mental toughness you should try relaxation, positive thinking, goal setting and self-motivation. Then,

  The spread of misinformation is nothing new to us. Right now when the proliferation of social media, misinformation and fake news are more accessible than ever. They have been associated with high-profile events like the US election or the Covid 19 vaccine. But the studies show that not everyone is affected by them. People with greater emotional intelligence are better at spotting them. Being able to think analytically is one of the main drivers in spotting fake news. The studies in UK have shown that overly emotional that is often a part of fake news allows greater focus on the veracity itself. Sure enough, those with greater emotional intelligence were better at detecting the fake news content.  Recently, when the number of fake news is increasing, I started to be more critical and not to believe everything I read on the internet or see on the TV. I try to analyze every piece of information I run up against. I am not quite sure whether I have a high emotional intelligence but it ca

  In the past cannabis supply was imported only from places like Morocco or Lebanon.  From 80% of the cannabis used in UK , 30% was grown in the country in the 90's and has increased to over 90% right now. In the recent years there was another major shift mostly by small-scale-growers. Many cannabis users don't depend on drug dealers. They simply produce marihuana themselves. Most small-scale-growers weren't involved in any criminal behaviour and were normal people with job, family and friends. The produce of cannabis has mostly increased because of the Covid-19. Most of the people claim that it was harder to meet up with a person they grew with, they want a healthier product, they don't want to get involved with criminals or simply because they get pleasure from doing so. I am not surprised that there has been an increase in cannabis production. I can understand the people because everything is harder to get, not only cannabis but food, cafe etc. Instead of going to a

  Gregg Nome is both a psychiatrist and a scientist, that focuses on the subject of Near Death Experiences. When he was 24 years old, he begun to drown and his body was pummeling against the sandy riverbed. Suddenly, he started to have visions of his childhood and even tho he was dying, he was in a very peaceful state of mind. His patients that also had a NDE, describe it as feeling of bliss. They often see their dead and beloved family members and some people say that they saw God or Allah. Some scientist think that it might be just REM but when having a REM people describe it as a feeling of danger, NDE is described as something dream-like. We have no evidence that life after death exists, but we also don't have evidence that it does not exists. I think that life after death might exists. I read some articles about NDE and some of the people say, that they have left the body. They saw what was happening around them and after coming back to life, they could recall true things happ