The compulsive urge to check social media every second could be a sign of an addiction. It is shown that social media addicts show brain patterns similar to drug addicts. However, unlike those of drug addicts, the part of the brain that is responsible for inhibiting such self-destructive behaviour seems to be functional among social media addicts. Which means getting out of such an addiction could be easier. Nir Eyal in his book “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products” describes four elements in social media sites that glue people into them. The first is a trigger. Initially, the trigger is…

Just like eating and breathing, sleep is one of the main elements that our bodies need in order to have a positive impact on mental health. Sleeping gives our bodies time heal and to repair while letting our brains synthesise out memories and process information. Scientists have discovered that not sleeping enough affects brain and stress hormones. It disturbs thinking and emotional balance. Because of this, insomnia which is the inability to fall asleep worsens mental disorders. More than 400 years ago, William Shakespeare described the gift of sleep and the distress of insomnia: O sleep! O gentle sleep!Nature’s soft…