Hello and welcome to yet another edition of our weekly wellness roundup. Every Saturday we bring you a selection of the best fitness stories we’ve published throughout the week, so you never have to worry about missing out on mental health, wellness, nutrition and fitness.
This week our favorite stories focus on mental health. Whether it’s correcting emotional eating in children, the way mental health has been portrayed in Stranger Things, or the rise of Instagram therapists, we’ve got you covered.
Keep reading to know more.
What Stranger Things teaches us about mental health
The fourth season of the horror and science fiction series. Strange things it’s not just a creepy show with too many people dying unexpectedly. It also offers some interesting insights into mental health, writes therapist Divya Naik. “A single theme that has been highlighted throughout all the episodes is how trauma shapes some of the show’s central characters, impacting the overall narrative,” writes Naik, who says to discuss the complexity of trauma, the guilt, anger and mental health. She ends on a positive note, noting that humor and art, both on the show and in real life, can defuse tension and build psychological resilience.
Yes, Instagram is bad for your therapist too
Ruchi Shahagadkar notes that the pandemic has brought deeper conversations about mental health to the fore, largely due to the advent of social media and an exponential increase in users during the pandemic. As a result, social media influencers or content creators have taken center stage in conversations about various online niches; mental health is one of those conversations. “The social media community has seen an increase in the number of creators talking about mental health and the number of mental health professionals who take to social media to educate and offer help. These influencers and therapists have created safe spaces to guide and support their followers,” he writes, before delving into the challenges these mental health influencers face and how they deal with them.
When children’s food choices are linked to their mood
Are you raiding the freezer for ice cream after a bad day? Chocolates to eat affliction and fried food? Drowning your sorrow in carbs? Sounds familiar? It turns out that adults aren’t the only ones who seek comfort in food; the children too. A new study by researchers at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, found that children are more likely to eat unhealthy foods on weekends when meals and snacks are less structured and supervised than on weekdays. schoolchildren. The conclusion? Mood and emotions now need to be considered when planning nutritional interventions for children, just as we do for adults.
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