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2008-09-02T23:49:00.000-07:00

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2008-07-15T04:22:00.000-07:00

AdWords Editor is a Great new free application from Google for managing, editing and creating your ad campaigns.
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FREE STUFF N COOL THINGS

2008-06-15T13:52:00.000-07:00

FREE STUFF N COOL THINGS is a great blog run by Zach.
It showcases a awsome collection of free stuff on the web. If you’re into freebies, this is a blog you must go to.
Zach uses a nice clean blog design which is not too distracting and his blog name says it all. If there’s anything to suggest to Zach, it is to include some cheesy stuff as well!

Anyway, he’s having a blog contest to give away an iPod Touch!
Full contest details here.

Contest ends at the end of June. Good luck!

Win Great Prizes at Affiliate Confession

2008-06-15T13:35:00.000-07:00

Affiliate Confession is running a contest together with their sponsors, Market Leverage and Vat19.com.
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Contest runs till 25th June.
See details at their contest post.

BLOGGIN-ADS Mac Airs and $1000 Giveaway

2008-06-15T11:05:00.000-07:00

BLOGGIN-ADS is running a great Contest consisting of MAC AIRS and $1000!Bloggin-Ads was created by Mike and Michelle(his wife) helps out.

They like to do blog reviews!Here's different things you can do for entries:

Subscribe to Feed ( 1 ticket )
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Find out more details at Bloggin-Adsends: June 15th

Partners Help Make Money Online

2008-06-14T12:27:00.002-07:00

Written by Garry Conn

My readership is packed full of talent. I know this more than ever after investing many hours last night speaking with many of my students in my make money online newsletter. One huge problem I faced when first getting started in this business of making money online was the fact that I felt like I could do it all by myself. I felt like I didn't need help from others and I felt like I could handle all the elements in creating a money making machine by myself without bringing in people who obviously had greater skills than me in varying elements.

Here are my observations of my readership. I have readers who are very skilled in web design but suck at writing. I have readers who are very skilled in writing but suck at marketing and promoting. I have readers who are very skilled in programming but aren't very sociable or personable. All these great qualities in people are amazing. On the other hand, everyone has weaknesses or characteristics that aren't up to par compared to others. All in all, no one is perfect and its rare to find an individual who is well rounded in having an expert level of experience in all the elements needed towards creating a money making machine on the Internet.

I have mentioned this many times in the past. However, since I do have quite a few new readers within the last few months, I want to remind people again of how important it is to network, make friends and discover the strengths as well as the weaknesses in other people you surround yourself in. Overall, this is what I see in my readership. I see hundreds of people who have the same goals, the same motivations and the same drive to achieve winning and finding success in the business of blogging and making money online. However, another very common element I see is that not many people are successful in this attempt to make money online.

The reason being is the fact that you're not coming to terms with the fact that you can't do it alone and you can't do it all by yourself. Believe me, you are not the only one who reads my blog who has the goals and the desires to learn how to make money online and take your piece of the pie that all these other successful guys are doing daily.

My suggestion for you is to bite the bullet and recognize that bad breath is better than no breath at all and come to terms with the fact that you can't do this by yourself. However, also come to terms knowing that most of everyone else reading this blog are also in the same boat. I believe that it is simply a matter of you investing some time into contacting other people and presenting your thoughts and ideas to them. You would be amazed with the results. You would also be amazed to discover how much the other person you contact would appreciate you for making an attempt to establish a connection with them.

People are desperate in this business and everyone wants the same freaking thing... yet, everyone wants to fly solo and not seek the help from others. If people in this niche could simply learn to take their guard down and remove the protective walls that surround their ideas and thoughts, then collaborating with others will become so much easier.

What can you bring to the table in a MMO project? Are you a graphic designer but don't have a clue about search engines? Well, everyone knows that a killer looking blog will go far in the niche. But also, everyone knows that a blog dead in the water with no traffic isn't good either. A graphic designer can easily pair up with an SEO and together they can make a very successful business.

Do you see where I am coming from yet? You're not going to win in this business if you keep things to yourself. You're not going to win if you keep spinning your wheels in the mud. You need someone to help you with a good push out of the mud, preferably someone who is also stuck in the mud works well. Finding a mutual partner in this business is very comforting. Two heads are so much better than one. Three heads are better than two. The more people that you can find in starting a make money online venture the better.

What are your thoughts? Drop me a comment and let me know more about how you feel about finding partners in the business. Do you think tag teaming in an online venture is for the birds? Or do you feel like it could help you? Speak your mind.

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Niche Marketing Strategies

2008-06-14T12:27:00.001-07:00

Written by Garry Conn

Many bloggers often wonder some of the best niche marketing strategies are. That can be somewhat of a challenge to answer as your strategies can vary on the niche you are marketing. Here are some simple and universal thoughts that will help and guide with you through your ventures in niche marketing. These are general strategies that will help you overall. More or less, just some common sense things that I think many people including myself tend to neglect. These strategies all work very well for me with making money using Market Leverage. So here goes:

Branding: So many blogs that I find are spreading the products or things that they are trying to sell way too thin. I can visit just many niche blogs that are marketing many products and it gets overwhelming. Many months ago, I stated that new niche sites that are trying to market products and services should really pick just a few and roll with them. Even though these products aren't your own, you should act as if they were. The product that you're marketing is your brand, in essence you become an extension of the product your support and promote.

Timing: In the world of niche marketing and developing strategies, timing is everything. I focus on seasonal niche marketing. I have quite a few blogs that take full advantage of the deals market and I promote heavily holiday based products. Most profitable for me have been Black Friday, CyberModay and The Day After Christmas.

Awareness of Demand: Another reason why I work in the seasonal niche market is because I know in advanced when spikes in business will occur. People don't shop for Christmas items in July and these same people don't buy fireworks in October. I am always aware of supply and demand.

Effective Marketing: You need a channel to promote your business, product or service. I use WordPress primarily. Why? Because WordPress is a glorified web based version of FrontPage. It is well designed and produces web pages that are of very high quality in code. WordPress is very search engine friendly and with a few minor tweaks and modifications, a WordPress blog opens up a huge pipeline with many of the major search engine web crawlers. Effective marketing means everything in your niche marketing strategies. I also use online video syndication services such as YouTube, AOL Video, Revver, MySpace Video, etc. to promote my niche blog. Additionally, I use Digg, StumbleUpon, Sphinn and Propeller to thrust out mass awareness of anything I am trying to flood and promote into the blogosphere and Internet.

Micro Management / Bean Counter: Give me a blog with 100 daily visits and I'll produce a golden brick. I am very particular with things and I micro manage my traffic. When I get a visitors to my blog(s) I act as if they are physical people entering into my brick and mortar storefront. I closely control where my visitors go and what they see. My job is making sure their actions on my sites create revenue in my pocket or converts into regular readers. I closely control my outgoing links and provide very useful information.

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What Is A Good WordPress Design

2008-06-14T12:25:00.000-07:00

Written by Garry Conn

What would you think of your blog if it were the first time visiting it? Often, this is a question you should ask yourself, but I know all to well that it's really hard to make a good decision about what you think and be consistent with what others think. From time to time, there is nothing wrong with asking your readers what they think about your current blog design.

You can even go so far as to create a poll that has a serious of questions that allows users to offer their opinions by choosing answers from multiple choice questions. Another idea is to simply write a post on your blog asking readers for their direct opinions in the comments.

Whatever method you use, encourage your readers to speak freely and also be prepared to grow some thick skin. Bloggers are usually very open with their thoughts and tend to not sugar coat things. Also, it's a great idea to ask your readers to expand on their thoughts. While you'll receive quite a huge share of comments or responses that say, "yeah, it's a cool blog dude" or, "man your blog sucks!" it would benefit you to reply back and ask them to explain more.

The important part is even though the information isn't very detailed, you did make a connection with that reader and asking them to expand further will more likely result in them doing so. With that being said here are a few blogs that I think have some really cool blog designs.

Why Do I Like These Blog Designs

Look at it this way. None of these are going to win prizes for being the most well designed. Well, Court's may... but that's besides the point. My focus here really isn't in cosmetics. While that is defiantly something of importance, I believe that there is something even more important. That is presenting the information that you feel is most important to your readers. All three of these designs do that.

With RyanShamus.com, within just a few seconds of visiting the site, you know exactly what he is about and what he can do for you and what you need to do to become part of his blog. With CourtneyTuttle.com, same thing... it is clear as day what Courtney is about and what action I need to do to get involved with being in kept in the loop. Lastly, FullTiltBlogging.com, I have actually used this same theme before successfully in the past. It's a very clean, simple and well designed theme.

For Aaron, it fits his needed perfectly. There isn't anything flashy and shiny that interferes with what Aaron values as being important to showcase to his readers. Aaron is recruiting and wants to build an empire of followers - which I might add he is doing very well with that - so that he can teach them what it is he wants to teach. His blog does a great job displaying what he does and how to get involved.

Whatever your objective may be with your blog, whether you're trying to get people to sign up for a subscription form, click an advertisement or buy a product. You have to showcase the items or sections that are important to you.

One thing that you should not do is overwhelm your readers with too many options. If you have too many options you'll spread your blog traffic too thin and create a situation that will be hard for you to analyse. Make your designs pretty but also keep it simple.

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StumbleUpon Traffic Can Make Money Online

2008-06-14T12:24:00.000-07:00

Written by Garry Conn

Time and time again people insist on trying to convince me that StumbleUpon traffic is useless traffic. While I'll agree to some extent, it can be useless if you're not properly taking advantage of the exposure. So here's the deal. The common complaint about StumbleUpon traffic is that it doesn't convert into money. Typically, bloggers will write something cool or interesting and have it submitted into StumbleUpon resulting in thousands and thousands of visits in a very clustered and quick time frame.

The problem that people face is that the content or the theme of the story being submitted into StumbleUpon isn't something that generates sales, leads or even Google AdSense clicks. Many people feel like it is utterly useless traffic that does nothing but waste bandwidth. While I'll agree with you on one side, I am also going to disagree on the other and here's why.

StumbleUpon Traffic Eventually Leads to PageRank

Of all the things that I have had submitted into StumbleUpon, very commonly I see multiple people turn right around and write a post about what I stumbled on their own blogs. These are backlinks. Backlinks are important towards building up PageRank. The more PageRank an individual page has the more authority and power they have in delivering their own backlinks to other pages that are more important to you (e.g. pages that make you money). You may recall an article I wrote about how you can make money online by editing your old posts? Well there you go, that is the key to the topic in this article.

How To Make Money From StumbleUpon Traffic?

First off you need to get it out of your head that the ACTUAL StumbleUpon traffic will make you money. On that aspect, you are right. StumbleUpon traffic does not convert into leads, sales or even Google AdSense clicks. However, its in the actions of other Stumblers that will eventually lead to you making money. I agree with you, who cares about the "Burst Fire" flood of traffic that you get from StumbleUpon. Only thing that traffic does is suck your server system resources and eats up your bandwidth. However, when you stumble upon a box do you think inside it of outside of it?

Stumbling Upon A Box and Thinking Outside of It!

Thinking out of the box here... If you want to make money, you have to consider the value of StumbleUpon traffic. While it is obvious that many already know that the actual traffic doesn't convert, its in the upcoming weeks and months that you should be concerned with.

The strategy is in creatively writing content that is geared towards a high concentration among Stumblers while also balancing another strategy in future link building to pages that will make you money. While on the surface most people quickly balk at using StumbleUpon as a means for making money online, I am here to tell you that it can be the best thing since the invention of the wheel.

Write Content For Stumble With A Trojan Horse Inside For Google

When you write content for the purpose of getting Stumbled, write your content in a way that carefully uses keywords and phrases that you can eventually use to link to relevant pages that will make you money. The Stumble traffic wave typically only lasts a few days. By then Google will have already crawled and indexed you page. A day or two later, Google will have also crawled all the pages from the other bloggers who have pointed links to your post that was submitted into Stumble upon.

If you carefully wrote your post to include targetable keywords, after a week when the Stumble traffic dies down to nothing, you can simply go back and plug those few selected keywords with links to other pages that you have created for the purpose of making money. In due time, because so many people pointed links to the original post you submitted into StumbleUpon, that page will eventually earn PageRank.

Pages Submitted To Stumble Are Very Likely To Establish PageRank

Pages that earn PageRank establish authority. Pages that are linked from other pages with PageRank also too will earn PageRank. So when you submit your post into StumbleUpon, do so in a way where you know that in about 7 days you'll be going back to plug in links that point to the pages that really count in making money. Because you linked to those money making pages from a page that is soon to be established with PageRank, those additional money making pages will go for the ride as well.

The result will be in having pages built for making money online that end up ranking very well in the search engines. Search engine traffic in many ways is perfect traffic for the fact that if you get traffic from a search engine, it is more likely that they are interested in buying what you have to offer for the fact that they came to your page as a result of searching for it.

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Are You A Natural or a PreFab Blogger?

2008-06-14T12:19:00.000-07:00

Written by Garry Conn

Many people have blogs for a multitude of reasons. Some people enjoy blogging about their family and kids so that other family members out of state can easily view pictures, videos and read about the things going on with immediate family. Other folks really enjoy writing and want to show off their stuff to the world. All in all, there are many reasons why people have blogs.

Really only a small percentage of people have blogs because they want to make money from them. Consequently, even though the percentage of people who want to make money from their blogs is small, it still happens to be one of the most difficult challenges an individual can face.

I see so many amazing and popular blogs in the blogosphere that I know for a fact get tons of traffic, even more than blogs like John Chow dot Com or ShoeMoney.com. Yet, they don't make a dime. The reason being, is that making money online isn't really their focus. Their focus is basically expressing their thoughts and views on things without any care if people read their blog or not. These folks would be happy if only their grandmother read their blog or if a million people read their blog.

These folks are in many ways is what I call natural bloggers. Their minds haven't been tainted by the whole concept of making money online and they don't worry about keyword packing, proper HTML, or optimized post titles. Amazingly, these natural bloggers defeat the odds that search engine optimization expects preach.

A prefabricated blogger is an individual who has come to the realization that there is a ton of potential to make a lot of money with a blog. That individual then sets out to start a blog strictly for the purpose of making money online.

With that being said, there is nothing wrong with being a prefab blogger; however, in doing so or in being on, you still have to run and maintain your blog as if you were a natural blogger. If you don't then you're not going to get very far in your ventures of making money online with a blog.

How do I know this? Simple. I have quite a few blogs myself. I won't lie, other than this blog, www.garryconn.com, I am a totally full blown prefab blogger. I'll make a blog out of any niche topic that I think will yield me the most amount of money with the least amount of effort.

However, in my experience, some of my better performing blogs are on topics that aren't really so "PreFab". If you take www.opticalblog.com or www.airplaneblog.com for examples. Both of these blogs don't really look or feel much different than other of my other "PreFab" blogs; however, there is one HUGE difference between these two blogs compared to my million and one other blogs. That difference is the topic.

I have over 10 years experience with eyeglasses and twice as much involvement with airplanes. I know these topics both very well and writing on this blogs comes very natural for me. Same goes with www.garryconn.com.

People who read blogs, don't like "Prefab" stuff. Blog readers enjoy natural flowing content that is written from the heart. Blog readers enjoy getting to know the author of the blog in slow chunks and also enjoy having the author tie in their content with their personal lives.

So, when you go and seek out a niche topic to create a blog in, consider that people may get turned off if you build a blog that looks like nothing more than a spam house full of ads and links. I am soon discovering that you can do much better with having less on your niche blog rather than having more.

Just because Google AdSense allows you to put up to three ad units on each page, try running only one.

Just because you have found an abundance in affiliate programs that match your niche, try campaigning and promoting only one.

If you place more focus on capturing your readers and place more focus on converting your passer by traffic and converting them into people who will bookmark or save your site to their favorites, you might find that your blog will start to grow quickly.

There is much debate about whether or not a new blog should start out of the gate monetized. I'd say it's ok to monetize your blog from the start; however, I also suggest that you always keep your readers best interest in mind. People read your content because they like you as the author and like your content.

I am learning that people place much more value in what you say rather than what your blog advertises. Consider that when you're building and maintaining your blog.

For over a year, I have launched and maintained a ton of blogs that were built for the purpose of making money online with Google AdSense. However, now I am realizing that that might not actually be the best option for me. I am now discovering the power of running and maintaining a mailing list.

A mailing list has an amazing amount of power. Imagine having the ability to send out an email to thousands of people who actually want to receive your email and want to read what you write. This is huge.

So for me, being a AdSense Guru and a "PreFab" blogger, I am now starting to come around and remap all my blogs and do less article publication designed to capture traffic and then send them away through a Google AdSense click. Instead I am now starting to self promote my mailing list forms.

It is to the point of realization now, that I would much rather NOT have a visitor leave my blog off an AdSense click. Instead I would much rather that that visitor just the click towards signing up to my mailing list.

My ultimate suggestion to you would to be more of a natural blogger who blogs regardless of how many people visit or don't visit your blog. It is very likely that your topic that you blog about also is a shared interest among many other people as well. It is just a matter of time before these people find your blog.

The question you need to ask yourself is this:

When someone does find your blog, what are you going to do with them? How are you going to utilize their visit?

Are you going to:

A.) Make some pocket change off them via an AdSense Click, or...

B.) Are you going to get them to sign up for your RSS Feed or Mailing List so that they can come back to your blog again and again?

My focus is now being more of a natural blogger and less of a "PreFabricated" blogger. I suggest that you do the same. :)

You still have to promote and market your blog. You still have to make sure that your blog is search engine friendly. You still have to do all the things that you have been doing; however, the only difference is that you now need to take advantage of the traffic that you do have. In doing so, your traffic will begin to increase and expand.

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CDF Networks Giving Away Prizes

2008-06-14T01:29:00.000-07:00

CDF Networks is presently organizing a contest. Prizes were donated by Market Leverage. Here’s the list of prizes that you can win.

· $200 ML Amex Rewards Card - Preloaded with $200 to spend on whatever you want.

· USB Pen - Superslick pen with a built in 2 GB USB drive.

· Flip Ultra Video Camera - Perfect camera for video blogging.

· Ipod Nano - Engraved with CDF Networks and MarketLeverage on the back.

This is open for everybody. Winners will be selected on June 18.

8 Mega Pixel Sensor for Mobile Phones from Samsung

2008-04-02T02:14:00.000-07:00

If until now the norm was found about 5 mega pixel sensors in mobile phones focused on photography, which has submitted today Samsung will replace soon.

The sensor 8 Mega pixel Samsung has a thickness of only 8.5 mm, which makes it a precious CMOS sensor for mobile phones. Phones that will implement this sensor is expected to reach market in the second half of this year.

This sensor is not only improves resolution, but incorporates improvements needed as stabilizer, macro mode and even face detection that already incorporate routinely the most basic compact cameras. And for those who like it also allows to take photographs with a fun way to detect smiles that has become popular Sony in its latest compact.

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2008-03-02T06:54:00.000-08:00

Blowing up the spy satellite USA 193

2008-02-20T15:47:00.001-08:00

I give some of the facts and some opinions on the US blowing up the spy satellite USA 193.

Paypal Alternative - Noca - Innovative New Online Payment System

2008-01-24T02:12:00.001-08:00

Noca, a new online payment system which is better than Paypal, Google Checkout and Amazon Payments in many prospectives. Noca intentions to finally make possible online payments for purchases of all sizes, it make a start with a spotlight on micro-payments.

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"Crazy" Macworld predictions!

2008-01-15T12:45:00.001-08:00

Macworld 2008 it's coming!
http://www.bluntmation.com
Soon Steve Jobs will be wandering onto the stage in San Fancisco, complete with his reality distortion field, to address apple fans, tech journo's and bloggers.
His keynote address at every macworld is (almost) always full of exciting new news about new apple products.
But beware the dangerous "RDF" Steve Jobs carries with him everywhere, and turns up to max power at every Macworld.
Want to hear my predictions, expectations and dreams for the new apple gear at this years macworld? Sure you do.

Gizmodo's most popular stories of 2007

2008-01-13T09:42:00.001-08:00

Gizmodo's manage to create a post which show the Greatest stories of 2007, the most famous stories. check out fantastic list full of popular and innovative gadgets, breaking news from industry, unbiased and detailed reviews, technology related updates, even weird war planes, and Star Wars and much more...

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Check out Microsoft iPod

2008-01-04T10:43:00.001-08:00

Microsoft's next generation iPod

Iphone From China Fake but Great

2008-01-04T10:42:00.001-08:00

Great Iphone with 4GB internal memory from China also cheap and reliable.

What i Think about the Future iPod

2008-01-04T09:38:00.001-08:00

This video shows the possible future iPods. i found these on the internet...

Watch How to install Windows Vista in 2 minutes

2008-01-04T09:35:00.001-08:00

This Short video explaining that how you can install Windows Vista in few minutes.

Are You Using Windows Vista or Windows XP?

2008-01-04T09:32:00.001-08:00

Here's why I'm "upgrading" from Windows Vista to Windows XP in a few days. I just flipped on the webcam and started talking - it's all based on a post I made to my personal blog the other day. Are you on Vista? Are you still on XP? What are your plans?

Find out How to have unstoppable confidence!

2007-12-12T02:16:00.000-08:00

How would you feel if you could turn on raging confidence whenever you needed it? Chris, a personal development coach, can show you how to spend less than two minutes and change your entire outlook!

Check out this short video about How to have confidence and courage.

How to Make $100 K in 10 days! You can Do This

2007-12-12T01:34:00.000-08:00

Money some how or the other one of the most important thing in our life. Isn't it?

Watch this video! it will show you how to make $100 K in 10 days!
I get some motivation and inspiration from this video and you can learn how to do it yourself.
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LENA HEADEY Actress of Film “300” was diagnosed with clinical depression

2007-04-02T04:07:00.000-07:00

LENA HEADEY was identified with clinical depression as a teenager, and still undergo from the condition. Headey hold responsible her distressed childhood for producing her long-lasting depression.
She says, "I was diagnosed when I was 15, and it comes and goes. I may undergo from it once or twice a year, but I now be familiar with it and deal with it. "I don't use medication for the reason that I'm so worried about becoming reliant on it, but I can realize people who do, because you do go through the most dreadful feelings of isolation." The 33-year-old Hollywood star, who once ran away from home as a teen, rarely has suicidal thoughts today. She says, "When the depression comes, it's very extreme and you can't see beyond it."

Causes or Sources of Stress

2006-08-07T10:42:00.000-07:00

Under Category: Stress Management

Why are you stressed out?

The circumstances that cause stress are called stressors. Stressors vary in severity and duration. For example, the responsibility of caring for a sick parent may be an ongoing source of major stress, whereas getting stuck in a traffic jam may cause mild, short-term stress. Stressors can be classified into three general categories: catastrophic events, major life changes, and daily hassles. In addition, simply thinking about unpleasant past events or anticipating unpleasant future events can cause stress for many people.It's different for everyone, but there are some common stressful situations like those listed below. Read the list. Can you relate to any of them?

Major Life Changes
The most stressful events for adults involve major life changes, such as death of a spouse or family member, divorce, imprisonment, losing one’s job, and major personal disability or illness.

Changes in your everyday routine
Such as moving to a new neighborhood, starting a new school year or a new job. Same continues routine may cause stress too.

Too many activities & work in your life
trying to do lot of things at same time may cause stress because due to lot of work you may not give enough time to relax & chill out.

Feeling-inferior
the way you feel about yourself emotionally or physically-do you think you aren't smart enough or as popular as you should be?

Family problems
these may include divorce, money problems, violence in the home, problems with alcohol or other drugs, the illness or death of a family member or close friend.

Peer pressure
Are your friends asking you to do things you don't want to do or that you feel aren't the right choices for you?

Fear of violence
feeling unsafe in your neighborhood or school can create almost constant stress.

Academic grades or performance
Bad academic results may also cause stress. For example a student who is unprepared for a chemistry test and anticipates a bad grade may feel stress.

Catastrophes
A catastrophe is a sudden, often life-threatening calamity or disaster that pushes people to the outer limits of their coping capability. Catastrophes include natural disasters—such as earthquakes, tornadoes, fires, floods, and hurricanes—as well as wars, torture, automobile accidents, violent physical attacks, and sexual assaults. Catastrophes often continue to affect their victims’ mental health long after the event has ended. For example the most of the survivors of concentration camps in World War II (1939-1945) continued to experience nightmares and other symptoms of severe emotional problems long after their release from the camps.Symptoms of this disorder may include extreme anxiety, disturbing flashbacks and nightmares, emotional numbness, and irritability.

Common Signs of Stress

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Under Category: Stress Management, Anxiety Disorder

Stress is a common experience. We may feel stress when we are very busy, have important deadlines to meet, or have too little time to finish all of our tasks.
Your body or your emotions will let you know.
Difficulty in concentrating or remembering Feel tired without any reason

Anxious thoughts
Have headaches or an unexplained back pain
Eat a lot more or a lot less than you usually do
Have trouble sleeping
Have more colds than usual
Suddenly have flashes of anger or fight more with your family members and friends
Let little things bother you
Feel sad, moody, and lonely
Have trouble thinking as clearly as you usually do

Stress can also change outward behaviors. Teeth clenching, hand wringing, pacing, nail biting, and heavy breathing are common signs of stress. If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you may be stressed out.

How to Deal with Depression in College

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Under Category: Depression, Stress Management, Anxiety Disorders

Often many physical & mental changes occur in college student’s life. The life changes that occur during your college years can trigger serious depression. At this vulnerable time, the best thing you can do is to seek help. If your feelings of constant stress and sadness go on for weeks or months, you may be experiencing more than just difficulty adjusting to life’s changes.
Take following simple steps to eliminate depression in college life.

Plan your day Carefully.
Make time every day to prioritize your work. Prioritizing can give you a sense of control over what you must do and a sense that you can do it.

Don’t expect too much.
Generally While studying in college student expect a lot, when couldn’t accomplish, get depressed. So expect less and accept reality.

Take good sleep.
Too many students defer doing important class work until nighttime, work through much of the night, and start every day feeling exhausted. Constant fatigue can be a critical trigger for depression. Seven or eight hours of sleep a night is important to your well-being.

Participate in extracurricular activity.
Sports, theater, fraternities and sororities, the student newspaper – whatever interests you – can bring opportunities to meet people interested in the same things you are, and these activities provide welcome change from class work.

Listen Music & Other Entertainment.
Listen music, watch movies read novel or other fictions also help you in dealing with depression.

Participate in Social Activities.
This may be a roommate or a friend from class. Friendships can help make a strange place feel more friendly and comfortable. Sharing your emotions reduces isolation and helps you realize that you are not alone.

Try relaxation methods.
These include meditation, deep breathing, warm baths, long walks, exercise – whatever you enjoy that lessens your feelings of stress and discomfort.

Take time for yourself every day.
Make special time for yourself – even if it’s only for 15 minutes a day. Focusing on yourself can be energizing and gives you a feeling of purpose and control over your life.

Work towards recovery.
The most important step in combating depression and reclaiming your college experience is to seek treatment. Your physician should communicate to you that remission of symptoms should be your goal and work with you to determine whether psychological counseling, medication or a combination of both treatments is needed.

Motivate yourself.
Every day motivate and energize yourself, feel fresh, confident & contented. Think in positive way and eliminate negative attitude.

Symptoms of Narcolepsy

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Symptoms usually appear in adolescence and the disorder afflicts men and women equally. Although the disease itself may not be diagnosed for many years afterward.

The primary symptom is an overwhelming feeling of fatigue, together with sleep attacks that may occur with or without warning. Excessive sleepiness: an uncontrollable needs to sleep during the day.

Cataplexy
About 80 percent of narcolepsy cases are accompanied by cataplexy, a loss of muscle control that causes the person to collapse, often following a sudden surge of emotion, such as laughter or rage.

Sleep paralysis
More than 60 percent of narcoleptics experience sleep paralysis, an inability to move for one or two minutes even though fully conscious, which can induce an intense feeling of fear.

Hypnagogic hallucinations
Narcoleptics may also experience hypnagogic hallucinations, usually vivid, emotionally charged, and unpleasant visions, which occur at the onset of sleep or upon awakening.

Under Category: Sleep Disorder

Sleep Disorder Causes Road Accidents

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Under Category: Sleep Disorder

People who suffer from a common sleep disorder are much more likely to have a road accident than other drivers, according to a study.A research team from Burgos, Spain, says that people with sleep apnoea - a condition that causes snoring and irregular breathing - are seven times more likely to crash than other drivers. Previous reports have shown that sufferers are only twice or three times as likely to have road accidents. The research comes as a UK poll shows that up to 11% of drivers admit to having fallen asleep at the wheel.
The throat temporarily closing during sleep causes sleep apnoea. The sleeper wakes violently because of a lack of oxygen. The condition, which is more common in overweight people, can cause extreme fatigue because many hours of sleep are lost. It can be identified only through monitoring the way people sleep.Screening The Spanish researchers studied 102 drivers who had been given emergency treatment for traffic accidents between April and December 1995.A random group of 152 patients was chosen as a control. The patients were screened for sleep apnoea at home. Other factors such as alcohol consumption, age, driving experience and use of drugs which cause drowsiness were taken into account.The researchers found that 4% of men and 2% of women in their study suffered from sleep apnoea.Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, the researchers concluded: "There is a strong association between sleep apnoea...and the risk of traffic accidents."A 1988 study by the US National Commission on Sleep Disorders found that drowsiness was a factor in about half of all traffic accidents and 36% of fatal accidents.Tougher action In an accompanying editorial, Dr Paul Suratt of the University of Virginia Medical Centre and Dr Larry Findley of the Sleep Disorders Center of Northern Colorado call for tougher action on sleep disorders.They argue: "Because of the magnitude of the problem of traffic accidents related to sleep apnoea, all [US] states should enact rules to deal with drivers who have sleep apnoea and sleepiness in general."Pilots are already tested and the US government is considering whether to add sleep disorders to a two-year medical examination required for all interstate commercial drivers.However, few states take action against the average car driver.One that does is California which requires doctors to report anyone with a sleep disorder for assessment as to whether they are fit to drive.In the UK, 20% of road accidents which lead to death and serious injury are caused by drowsiness or sleep disorders, according to the Department of Transport, Environment and the Regions.Each fatal accident is estimated to cost the government ï¿½750,000.
A group of sleep disorder specialists are launching the British Sleep Foundation on Tuesday to raise awareness about the problem.They say the US puts around $88m into researching the problem, while the UK spends next to nothing.A recent Gallup survey showed that 11% of people admitted to having fallen asleep when driving.Some 2% of Britons are estimated to suffer from sleep apnoea and 10% from insomnia.Resourcebbc.co.uk

Suicide & Hopelessness

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Suicide, intentional, self-inflicted death. It caused often because of hopelessness.
You’ll see Posts & Articles related to Suicide & Hopelessness.

Stories of & by Mentally ill People

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This section contains posts & stories of sufferers. By reading these stories you can relate yourself to them.

Mood Disorders

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Mood Disorders or Affective Disorders, mental illnesses characterized by disturbances in a person’s mood.
This Section contains informative articles.

Schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia is the most chronic and disabling of the severe mental disorders, associated with abnormalities of brain structure and function, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations. It is sometimes called a psychotic disorder or a psychosis.

Mental Health Tools & Quiz

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This section contains Quiz & Other effective tools for mental health.

Depression or Depressive Disorders

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Depression or depressive disorders (unipolar depression) are mental illnesses characterized by a profound and persistent feeling of sadness or despair and/or a loss of interest in things that were once pleasurable. Disturbance in sleep, appetite, and mental processes are a common accompaniment.

Read symptoms, Causes, treatment and much more about Depression or depressive disorders.

Anxiety Disorder

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Anxiety Disorders, mental illnesses in which a person experiences an abnormally high level of anxiety over a long period of time. Read about anxiety symptom, treatments, causes, antianxiety drugs and much more…

Stress Management

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Stress (psychology), an unpleasant state of emotional and physiological arousal that people experience in situations that they perceive as dangerous or threatening to their well-being.
Read Tips & Articles to reduce & manage stress.

Sleep Disorder

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People who suffer from some mental illness such as stress have difficulty in falling or staying asleep.
This Section Contains Posts & Articles related to Sleep Disorders.

Personality Disorders

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Personality Disorders, a disorder in which one’s personality results in personal distress or significantly impairs social or work functioning.
Here’s posts related to Personality Disorders.

Bipolar Disorder

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Bipolar Disorder, mental illness in which a person’s mood alternates between extreme mania and depression.
Read Posts & Articles related to Bipolar Disorders.

Grief, Death & Dying

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Grief, emotional response to death or other loss of a loved one.
Read Posts & Tips to overcome Grief of Death and loss of loved ones

Mood Disorders

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Mood Disorders or Affective Disorders, mental illnesses characterized by disturbances in a person’s mood.
This Section contains informative articles.

Eating Disorder

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Eating Disorder, abnormal behavior patterns with regard to food, not including simple overindulgence and resulting obesity. Two serious eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

Read posts & articles to avoid Eating Disorders.

Suicide & Hopelessness

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Suicide, intentional, self-inflicted death. It caused often because of hopelessness.
You’ll see Posts & Articles related to Suicide & Hopelessness.

Alzheimer's Disease

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Alzheimer’s Disease, progressive brain disorder that causes a gradual and irreversible decline in memory, language skills, perception of time and space, and, eventually, the ability to care for oneself.
Read Articles & Posts about Alzheimer’s disease.

Drugs & Medications For All Mental illness

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Drugs introduced in the mid-1950s enabled many people who otherwise would have spent years in mental institutions to return to the community and live productive lives.

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Mental Health & illness

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Depression

Anxiety Disorder

Bipolar Disorder

Eating Disorder

Schizophrenia & Paranoia

Stress Management

Mood Disorders

Addiction & Recovery

Grief & Dying

Alzheimer's Disease

Sleep Disorder

Suicide & Hopelessness

Stories of & by Mentally ill People

Anti Depressant

Personality Disorders

Health Tools & Quiz