Today's youth experiencing high levels of stress

Assalamualaikum.

I got this article from depression blog. It was attract myself to read again and again. I like the way the blog author use the simple english and made me understand what he/she want to say. So, let's to read!

Youngsters today are experiencing high levels of stress. The sources of stress are diverse for youngsters in different age levels.

Among 13-17 year olds, academics is by far the most commonly mentioned source. Among 18-24 year olds, it is jobs and financial matters. Academic and career related pressures are ruining the life of young people. An average teenager today wants to excel in school, perform well in sports, keep up with the latest trends and choose the right higher education stream. Youngsters in there 20’s want a well paid job, they want to start saving for buying assets and also want to choose the right life partner. Added to this is the pressure to try and meet the expectations of the parents.

Another type of stress which is latent in the minds of youth but still present is the threat of terrorism and vandalism. Females particularly feel unsafe in many public places and this adds to their stress level. After a series of terrorist activities which have rocked the world, the fear is nagging in the minds of young people who find themselves helpless and not able to contribute towards its eradication.

According to surveys young females are more stressed out then males and incidences of high stress level are more in urban areas. The incidences of anxiety and depression are rising at an alarming rate and we keep hearing of teenager suicide cases around the world. Cut throat competition to keep up with peers is robbing youngsters of the pleasures of being young and healthy.

~Afiti~

Piscas

New experiences for me. I do not have much time. I will update this entry later. Bye

Sleepless? 'Thinking' The Night Away?.

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It is quite difficult to surf the internet due to server does not working well. Whatever was happened, it just an ordeal, as long as I need to be more patient to obtain the knowledge and input via this technology. I read an email from Noel John again. Here, I would like to share with the blog readers about sleepless? 'Thinking' The Night Away?.

Let's to read!

Do you have trouble falling asleep?Does your mind keep shifting into overdrive whenever you lie down at night? Do you sleep poorly, or repeatedly wake up throughout the night? Are you tired when you wake up in the morning?In fact, are you tired all the time?It doesn't have to be this way.You can actually learn to fall asleep quickly, effortlessly, and without drugs or sleeping pills. And you can also learn to sleep soundly through the night, waking up refreshed and revitalized on just 6 or 7 hours of blissful sleep.

And the best part?It's actually amazingly simple to do. Just press 'play.' That's right!With Sleep Tracks, you can just press "Play" on your CD or MP3 player, and drift off to sleep in no time... Real-Mind-Power-Skills/Sleepless

Here's what others are saying:

"I now fall asleep quickly, usually within the first twenty
minutes. I love it!!!" --Joanne Spruyt, Kamloops, BC, Canada,
August 8, 2007

"To my utter amazement, I have been sleeping better everyday and
even napping for the first time in 30 years." --Randi W (age 58),
Layton, Utah, September 17, 2007


The easiest, fastest and healthiest way to naturally fall asleep is to use precisely designed audio soundtracks, known as Sleep Tracks. These tracks are safely engineered to guide your brain into sleep by inducing immediate AND long-term changes in your brain activity. They do this with an increasingly popular (but still little-known, even after 30 years) technology called "brainwave entrainment". Here's how it works...Scientists have found that different brainwave "frequencies" are associated with different mental states.

They've also discovered that the brain will "mimic" the frequencies it hears. So if you listen to the right frequencies, it will cause your brain to go to sleep! Okay, I've oversimplified the explanation......but I think you get the idea. For a more detailed analysis of why Sleep Tracks is so effective, click here...Real-Mind-Power-Skills/Sleepless.Look, if you're having trouble sleeping, then you're not getting the rest you need.

And if you're not getting the rest you need, you're opening yourself up to a greater risk of sickness, disease and accidents of all sorts. Not to mention feeling tired and sluggish all the time. Your health suffers. Your job performance suffers. Your entire waking life suffers. And all because you're not getting the good night's rest you should. The solution is simple.

So simple, it would be silly not to take advantage of it.Real-Mind-Power-Skills/Sleepless

Warmly,
Noel Jones
Real-Mind-Power-Skills
SubliminalWealth

P.S. Tonight you can either enjoy the best rest you've gotten in months, waking up refreshed and rejuvenated......or you can toss and turn all night, waking up exhausted and looking far older than your real age.Easy choice. And a super simple solution...

Real-Mind-Power-Skills/Sleepless

PO BOX 903, Hawthorn
Melbourne, Victoria 3122
Australia.

Truely

"Big Heart With Fantastic Dream"

SoMetimes it is Good To Get Angry

Assalamualaikum.

Email from Noel John.

It's been said that as many as 80% of divorces are the result of money disagreements. I can believe it. Take any marriage, even those that are totally solid and healthy, and add money problems to the mix and you'll see the marriage start to show signs of strain really fast.

I'm sure you already know money problems create constant unwanted emotions. If you can learn how to manage money and also manage your emotional reactions to unexpected financial situations (both good and bad), you're well on your way to success and freedom.

If you can survive and fight your way out of mighty financial disasters you'll be able to face
any problem with less fear. Unfortunately there isn't any way to remove the emotion from difficult money problems. As I've written about before, my money problems began doing a 180 turn when I changed emotions.

Almost overnight I shifted from fear to anger.Fear isn't motivating and helps keep you stuck in the same rut. Anger is dangerous, if you're directing it at another person or at yourself, but if you're directing it at your money situation, it can empower you to make change like nothing else can. When you let yourself realize that you deserve better, that even though you made mistakes change is still possible, that shift in mindset will make all the difference. So the next time you feel despair over finances, try directing your energy full force against the problem, and not the people involved.

Quietly resolve to visualize the best possible outcome, tell yourself that you and your loved ones deserve that outcome, and then work like heck to make it happen. To help keep you center and focused, watch our videos a few minutes each day.

Real-Mind-Power-Skills.net/Shifting

We need all the help we can get these days in remain financially strong. Who couldn't benefit from an additional stream of income or fewer bills? Start making that a reality by doing the necessary work within you.

Real-Mind-Power-Skills.net/Shifting

Truely

"Big Heart With Fantastic Dream"

Laughter Therapy

Assalamualaikum.

Today I want to share with you a relaxation technique, and I'm also finding
YouTube a great resource for this technique.

What is it?

Laughter.

In fact, laughter is so healing that there is something out there called Laughter Yoga. It involves laughing for no reason. I can't quite get into that idea. It's so much more enjoyable to listen to or watch something funny.

There are so many videos on YouTube that can make you laugh. Now, everyone's sense of humor is different, so I hope you enjoy these, but forgive me if they're not quite your cup of tea.

Still, not many would fail to be amused by a baby's laughter. Here are two short videos that truly crack me up, while warming my heart:

"Baby Laughing at the Wii"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_mBLWpdwnI


"Best ever laughing baby"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wIEihDAcpU


I can't help laughing out loud with them! If you like them, there are countless laughing babies on YouTube. Just look at the "related videos" to the right or search for "laughing babies" and you'll find an abundance of adorable babies laughing their sweet little heads off! Our subliminal videos won't make you laugh out loud, like these videos, but they will make you feel good - and bring you an abundance of prosperity and well-being. Now that's relaxing!

This email from Noel John. Thank You.

Questions

Assalamualaikum.

Just a short messages. These are types for the TIME question.

A:When the times will come?
B: The times will come or not?
C: I want to back to my last memory
D: I hate this time
E: I love this moment (Time)
F: I am apprieciating what I was through by the time
G: It is better If....
H : What is the TIME now? (Arif Q's)..hehe

All the questions is comes from the normal people with unrational and rational thinking because human need the TIME. Without the times, we can't breath in this earth.

Truely,
"Big Heart With A Fantastic Dream"

Empower Yourself

Assalamualaikum.

Self empowering is vital to us as one machanism to build up our personality. By empowering yourself, your will get many benefit and feedback to improve yourself. The varieties ways you can do to realize it. I will analysis how to empower yourself in three dimensions.

First, empower your cognitive. The way you think, it is showing your personality. To be a creative and critise thinker, you must have a lots of knowledge. The knowledge is belongs to whom; which is like to reading and finding experiences. The formula for being a good reader is, you get ready with 5Q's (What, Who, Which, Whom, Where). Not only that, by seeing others, you will have many potential to empower your cognitive. While you see others, try to look what they are doing and try to process your cognitive as well. It is the free gift for you! Cognitive's training also is need. Try to spend your time to play some games that encourage you to think; like chess, sahiba, drawing and so on.

Next, empower your behaviour. Everyone will spot at you if you are have good attitudes. To be a pioneer, you need to spend your time with positive social habits. Avoid from the gengsterism, playing truant the classes, smoking, and join good activities. On the other hand, try to close to our Creator and believe that; He will care of us. Please appreciates yourself and your parent. Respect others is also the way to empower yourself and try to communicate with others as well. Genuine to yourself and many people will like you. But do not hypocrite. We are not the best, but we can put our best to learn.

Empower your affective is also one of the process to be a good human. Stress management is need because If you are stressed, you will face many problems. Recently, many programmes about Emotion and Spiritual Quotient. So, you can join to learn and manage your emotion and spiritual. It is the one way for you to gain your affective effectively. No one can change your life except yourself!

Empower yourself!

With that, Thank You.
Truely,
"Big Heart With A Fantastic Dream"

Undergraduate

Assalamualaikum.

I would like to share about the student's life challenging. The wonderful moments is; you are appreaciates your campus life. An excellent students not only a bookworm, but you need to active. It is good if you're get both of it. The reasons you do not have the chances, too busy, a lot of assignments it is normal because it is your responsibilities. If you say that you're not interest to join activities, you will loss. Yes! Our priority is to study but it is the value added for you. You will not develop, if your routine just attending the class.

There a some tips how you want to be an active undergraduate. First, join any club. From that, you will arrange many activities to do. It is the good advantages for you to train and improves yourself to handle the activities. With that, you can get many experiences.You can learn a lot!

Do not be just a follower in activities, but try to join the organisations. The best experiences is you learn the situation in organisation and you will know to handle it. Remember! Maybe you will face some difficulties to adapt yourself with others around you. But, this is the bonus for you because you will learn something in your life. You will train your communication skills ; how to communicate with others and the life as a representatives. It is wonderful moments. It is not an easy to join organisation, but you can try. Believe that you will get something for yourself soon.

Next, you need to be hardworking. If you are hardworking, many people will respect you. But, please be aware that maybe some people will take advantage to be a bystander and do not want to work with you and it is your role to attract your partner to settle the works together. Remember that, you cannot work alone in organisation because you need to help each others and work together. You need to hardwork to help others and please cope from prejudice. Once you help others, others will help you soon.

Besides, try to manage your time effectively. If you have many programmes in one time, please devide the job properly with other members. Maybe you will face some difficulties. But, it is your role as long you do not have any quarrel and the consideration is yours. With that, you will learn to manage your cognitives and affectives smoothly. Automatically, you will learn how to manage your time if you are busy. The correlation among the members is need because you need to understand each others.

You need to know your accountabilities and please do not pass your accountabalities to others because you will show your weakness. Others will not respects you and be realistic. If you just want to be a leader, you can't because the leader need to work too. The best is, you are working together. If you can't catch up, please tell to them as long they will understand you.

Lastly, try to be a pioneer. If you are handle some programmes, try to invite all students, not only some people can join your programmes. Beneficiance is need to all and your programmes will give some effect to others, it is the best. What the problems is, some programmes just involve certain students and it is not holistic. So, try to be a pioneer to others. After the programmes, you need to do a postmortem to estimate about the programmes.

These are some tips for you how to be an effective undergraduate because you will know many accomplishments and new skills before you are going to the setting. You will! What you gives, you will get back. Thank you.

Truely,
"Big Heart With A Fantastic Dream"

Lovely Grandmother

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This silent morning, the collague's residence still on the bed. Nothing to do at 4.00 a.m and by streching the head forward to the window, nothing can I see. Empty morning. I had listened someone coughing. I can't close my eyes, actually. What happened to me? I did not take rice for 2 days. I do not have any mood to go to cafetaria. Just eating the bread and Maggi. Perhaps, calories in my body will decrease. Maybe, tomorrow I will take the rice. I miss my granny alot. What she is doing now?With whom she sleeps? My grandfather died since I was in form 4. My granny is too old now. She is alone in her house. But, my granny's brother and her sister's home is near by hers. I think she is missing me too. For along time I did not back to my hometown, Thailand. History of mine is there. I like to eat and cook with her. While I am eating, she will wait and will look at me with a sweet smiles. I will invited her to join. Maybe, she likes to see her grand daughter to eat first. We are sharing alots! Many histories about our family she told to me. I will patiently listened to her and she take care of myself since I was too young, 3 years old, I live with her. She will give me a bottle of milk before I sleep. Untill now, I can see the history of milk's bottle when I return to my home village, Thailand. She was keeping the milk's bottle as long as, I will remember that I was live with her while I am a younger.

Everywhere she goes, I will follow her and she will not leave me alone. She will sleep with me and when I need her, she will come. She cares of myself until my ages 7 years. But, even my ages 7 years, I still back to my hometown and we are very close. I will cry If my mum brought me back to my home. How close I am, with her? I hope, she is in a good health. I always pray to her as long she is well. I miss her and I want to visit her soon when the holidays come. I will wait for the best holidays with her.

It is all about my grand mother, Hajjah Safiyah Bt Haji Walong, 80 years.

English Forum

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I am reading for the next chapter for 4P subject. I need a breath of fresh air. My mind very tired. Better to stop! So, without wasting my time, I had joined the english forum by surfing the internet to release my mind. I hope with a big heart, I can improve my language soon by joining this forum; who want to learn english. A forum for everyone interested in English will help me. I do not know who are administrator for this forum. Very good forum board. Neglect it. So funny, I had killed two birds with one stone. But, one bird was died ( 4P subject) because I had focused for forum. It is okay to get back my mood.

Truely,
"Big Heart With A Fantastic Dream"

Grasp The Stars

I sit alone at an old bench
My fingers draw the stars at the white sand
I look and I smile alone
The stars that I was draw very beautiful
But I cannot touch the stars
Because it just an illusion and just only a sketch

I sit alone at the beach
My fingers touch the beach
And dip to the water
Very cold and the water drop one by one
The waves come and the drop water from my fingers
goes by the heavy waves

I sit alone at the flowers garden
Many beautiful flowers
I love to pluck the flower but I think I will hurt them
So, I just smell the pink rose
Many thorn and It will hurt me too
I was keep my smile to look this scenery
To go far through this journey in this garden

Because many experiences I was faced
Either I want to draw the star or want to smell the rose
Certaintly it is not an illusion
Because I will touch the rose's thorn
Even it will hurt me
As long my big illusion will be possible
And I will use the thorn to draw the stars
Because life is a journey not a destination
Think possible you will get the possible results
The times will come

"It is better to love what you do and find occasional fault than to never live happy at all. The entire motive for becoming a success is to experience joy and self-satisfaction as you advance. If you continue striving towards the things you are passionate about, you will eventually find what you are looking for."

Poem wrote by,
Truely,
"Big heart With A Fantastic Dream"

Confidential

Assalamualaikum.

This day is precious day for myself enough. No more stress but the only one thing that I need to focuses is for my killer subject. But, this day totally I am taking a rest. Perhaps, I will relax untill this evening because I need to free before I want to make my smart revison. Smart? Really?Huhu. So, this time I will get more relaxs.Hahaha. But, at 8.00 p.m I will start to focus back.

I love to write again. This is about confidentiality. Confidentiality is very important and what the scale you want to say that your are good secret keeper and a good confidential? 1-10? Counseling teach me more about confidentiality. For a 22 years I breath, I am very lucky because still have good friends but, I do not care who want to know about my self because I do not have many secret and I am also do not like gossips about others! Too much wasting time, right?But, what the confidential for myself is care about others secret and confidential. Once you burst out others secret, It is bad personality and it show your weakness. Especially for counselor need to be a private human because they need to aware about their client privacy inspite of counselor need to give information if emergency cases.

On the other hand, confidentiality is need in counseling group. There are two issues regarding confidentiality. First the leader ethical for keeping material confidential and the leader lack of total control regarding members keeping matters confidential. It is unethical if the leader divulge information to anyone except any cases. There are exceptions to this rule.

Whatever in this life, we need to think twicely before we talk. Because, once we talk, many we will share. So, find the true person to share your privacy. We need to be more becareful before we ashamed. Confidential is everything. Allah will keep your disgrace if you keeping other disgrace. Insyaallah.

Let's think:

"Being personable is a key ingredient to accomplishing the respect of others. It's important for you to be able to get along with as many different types of people as possible. By doing so you will find it much easier to get the support when you are attempting to lead others to the promise land."

Truely,
"Big heart With A Fantastic Dream"

Social Networking

Assalamualaikum. Hye!

Today I woke up very late because last night I cannot sleep well. Nothing trouble in my mind, but maybe I am a blog walker like to read others blogs. I woke up while I had stomachace. So, I run quickly to the ladies. Maybe I ate too much noodle for my dinner. Hye guys! I do not want to bubling, too much. Let's focus for our discussion topic. I am cutting off my self right now. Hoho

What your opinion about social networking? I was read form donutz 's blog about this topic and I like it. So, this ideas come from her. Let's read what the content from her blog.

"The word of Social Networking maybe is not a strange word to be heard. The social networking program is very popular among the people both in the developed countries or countries in the developing because we can easily find a person we looking for or find a new friend or even do business cooperation with various people from various countries in the world without have to spend a lot of money to make a phone call to other country, all you need to do is have an internet connection at home."

But she (donutz) was focuses for acobay networking.

So,I (Afiti) think I should explain about my opinion too. Social networking for the counseling perspectives is you need to started your relationship with others. That's mean relationship among human and human. Do not too shy to start it. Maybe some of you do not like to link with others, so from now we need to do it. It is too easy to start just one smile you will know others because when you smile others will interest to speak with you. What the benefit for , you will know soon. Next, try to speak with others. While you speak, you need to know the content. What the content you needs to discuss? First, maybe you can ask someone about his/her background and make sure that you know other persons with a positive thinking. Do not too prejudice to others and try to build the relationship fidelity. InsyaAllah, Allah will care both of you. Try to speak one by one as long as others will understand to you and do not too over. The tips is, you need to humble while talking to others and try to learn smoothly. Please make sure that you're good listener too. So, others will feel comfortable with you. Betterly, try to talk something is from you heart about an issues and do not too emotional. It is not mean you know many people you are like publisity. Not! It is not mean you want to famous. Totally not! Because your personality is social dominant and you are easy going it is the package for you too. You need to low your egoistic while talking with others. If you do not have this package, how? I was explain to you is it, to start with a smile and do not shy to talk. But it is not mean you need to talkative. Over talkative is also big problems. Huhu.

Social networking is important for you in you social life especially for those who are working in social fields like counselor, teacher, politician and others. I think If you are in emergency case, surely you want to contact the people who are experts to handle it. So, this is the chances for you and that's why social networking is important. As a student, social networking with your teachers or lecturers also crutial. It is not mean you want to get best mark from them, it is totally fault. Do not use this advantage for your personal interest but social networking will give you win-win situation to both of you. Maybe you can plan other project to do If you know many people and you also will easy to realise it.

You need to avoid the social networking to corrupt others. Eg: Your friend is a police. You are involved in criminal and you contact him to ask a help as long he will help you free from the law. It is not professional and from ethic's perspectives, you are not good in social networking because you are maladaptives. So, strenghten social networking in positive ways and you will get many benefits. It is not loss to you if you recognizable many people. Instead of, you will get many benefits because in this recent life, you cannot live alone. So, social networking is very important to us and I hope you will be good social networker.

I am so sorry If I have done many grammar mistakes. But, before I want to go study to abroad, I want to learn english. Just my dreams. Who wants to dream if not your self, right. Huhu.

Truely,
Truely,
"Big heart With A Fantastic Dream"

Appreciate

Nerd..?Hehe

Assalamualaikum. Ellowpz

Nothing to do. Actually, my book crying as long as they want I read them. Huhu. I want to post one more entry. Give me one chance okeyh! What the precious thing in your life? I am not materialistic. But one more I do not want to lose and I do not want it far from me. What? Try to guess. Hehe. Of course my glasses!

I am looking nerd because my spectacles. Actually, I am specky girl while I was too young. I do still remember that I am in standard 5 my father invited me went to optometrist to check my eyes because I have problem to read. I like to read too much while I was in standard. I am struggle girl to get 5A's in UPSR. So, I was well-known as a book warm. Perhaps, too much reading and posture while studying was not in good condition. So, I was using the glasses untill right now. But sometimes, I think that, people need to appreciate their eyes and need to care what Allah gives to us. My beautiful eyes is get under cover by glasses. Huhu. Sometimes, I took contact lens if I am not rushing to go to class.

The moral of value is, we are need to appreciate what Allah lends to us. To get the dreams, we need to care what we have.

Short Story

Assalamualaikum.Hye!

I try harder and harder to jott something down on this blog again. A few days I did not write any entry. Too much priority need to settle down. Actually, I was settle my first paper for Cross Culture's Subject. No comment and the scale I can answered the question also I cannot describe. Just surrender to God. However I was sacrifice and put my most excellent to answer. This night I want to have a rest and read short stories by surfing the google. I read short story about The Music On The Hill by Saki.

Actually, too much vocab I need to refer the dictionary. Very difficult but, I still confuse. I was certaintly success If I try harder. Fuh! This night, listening to music make me calm and of course my mind was in therapeutic condition. Uncounscious condition, how the times fly away. Next term, I will sit for semester 7. The time is like the water. Thesis projects is most important and money need to prepare. Money and money. Money is like the water too. How can I survive for my life without money. No money, no talk really?

Do you want to see my last moment picture while I was in standard 2, ..I think (1994)? Suddenly, I found this picture, so I uploaded on to this blog.
My father, my mum, my self and my siblings.
(Zaman Kejahilan Diri)