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foodsensitivitytestingbocaraton · 22 hours

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What happens if you ignore food sensitivity?

Food sensitivity is known as food intolerance. It occurs when the body reacts adversely to certain foods or components within them. Unlike food allergies, which involve an immune system response, food sensitivity typically leads to non-immunologic reactions. Despite the absence of immediate and severe symptoms, ignoring food sensitivity can have insidious consequences that impact both physical and mental well-being.

1. Digestive Discomfort: One of the most common manifestations of food sensitivity is digestive discomfort, including symptoms such as bloating, gas, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or constipation. These symptoms arise from the body's inability to properly digest or metabolize certain foods, leading to gastrointestinal distress. Ignoring these symptoms can exacerbate digestive issues and disrupt gut health.

2. Chronic Inflammation: Prolonged exposure to foods that trigger sensitivity reactions can lead to chronic, low-grade inflammation in the body. This persistent inflammation not only contributes to digestive discomfort but also has systemic effects. It increases the risk of developing inflammatory conditions such as arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic syndrome.

3. Nutritional Deficiencies: Food sensitivities can interfere with nutrient absorption and utilization, leading to deficiencies in essential vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. For example, individuals with lactose intolerance may experience difficulty digesting dairy products, resulting in an inadequate intake of calcium and vitamin D. Similarly, gluten sensitivity can impair the absorption of nutrients such as iron, folate, and B vitamins.

4. Weight Management Challenges: Food sensitivities can disrupt hormonal balance, appetite regulation, and metabolism, making it difficult to maintain a healthy weight. Some individuals may experience weight gain or loss due to inflammation, water retention, or disruptions in energy balance caused by food sensitivity reactions.

5. Skin Problems: Skin conditions such as eczema, acne, psoriasis, or dermatitis can be exacerbated by food sensitivities. Inflammation triggered by food sensitivity reactions may manifest as skin inflammation, redness, itching, or flare-ups of existing skin conditions. Ignoring these symptoms can perpetuate skin problems and undermine efforts to achieve healthy, radiant skin.

6. Mental Health Effects: Emerging research suggests a link between food sensitivity and mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, mood swings, and cognitive dysfunction. The gut-brain axis, a bidirectional communication network between the gut and the brain, plays a crucial role in regulating mood, emotions, and cognitive function.

7. Increased Risk of Chronic Diseases: Untreated food sensitivities can increase the risk of developing chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disorders, and certain cancers. Chronic inflammation, immune dysregulation, and metabolic abnormalities caused by food sensitivity reactions promote disease development and worsening.

Addressing Food Sensitivity for Optimal Health:

1. Identify Trigger Foods: Work with a healthcare professional or registered dietitian, like a food sensitivity testing boca raton to identify trigger foods through methods such as elimination diets, food sensitivity testing, or keeping a food diary. Identifying and eliminating problematic foods from your diet is the first step toward alleviating symptoms and restoring health.

2. Adopt a Healing Diet: Adopt a healing diet that emphasizes whole, minimally processed foods and eliminates or reduces potential trigger foods. Focus on nutrient-dense foods such as fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, healthy fats, and gluten-free grains to support digestive health, reduce inflammation, and optimize nutrient intake.

3. Practice Mindful Eating: Practice mindful eating by paying attention to your body's hunger and fullness cues, eating slowly, and savoring each bite. Mindful eating can help you become more attuned to how different foods affect your body and identify potential trigger foods more effectively.

4. Seek Professional Guidance: If you suspect you have food sensitivities or experience persistent symptoms despite dietary changes, seek professional guidance from a healthcare provider or registered dietitian. They can help you navigate the complexities of food sensitivity, develop a personalized dietary plan, and address underlying factors contributing to your symptoms.

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rehab-buddy · 10 months

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Sensory Integration and occupational therapy for autism spectrum disorder

( ASD )

If your child experiences sensory processing issues, you know it can sometimes be a struggle to make it through the day while trying to meet developmental goals.

In this Article, Dr. Nakul Kaushik best consulted at Rehab Buddy Child Development Centre and Autism Research Institute, one of the leading centers for autism treatment, share information to help all parents who have kids struggling with these issues.

How does sensory integration work?

"It is the neurological process that makes it possible to use our body effectively in a given context and integrates the sensations of one's own body with those of the environment."

The quality of sensations is improved through Sensory Integration, which results in improved occupational performance and increased individual participation. In a similar vein, occupational therapy and sensory integration are closely related and work toward achieving the best possible occupational balance.

Disorders of the Autism Spectrum and Sensory Integration

The following new inclusion criteria for the autism spectrum disorder category appear in the most recent revision of the DSM5 diagnostic manual:

"Hyper- or hypo-reactivity to sensory stimuli or a regular interest in environmental sensory aspects."

This is the first time that people with autism spectrum disorder are recognized for having unusual sensory characteristics. Between 45 and 96 percent of people experience sensory changes throughout their lives.

Objectives:

To Assist The Individual In Integrating Into Society And The Environment.

Diminish Disability.

To Understand The World.

Establish A Tactile Safe Climate By Expanding Consciousness Of It.

Improve Social And Emotional Behavior By Encouraging Behavior That Is More Adaptable And Less Self-stimulatory.

Increment The Way To Deal With New Exercises.

Increase One's Level Of Active Participation In Daily Activities Like Improving The Person's Well-being Through Activities Like Dressing, Feeding, And Playing

Sensory alterations in ASD:

Tactile touchiness: negative responses (66% of cases) to the climate with a low degree of excitement.

Tactile hyposensitivity: diminished or no reaction to upgrades, including torment.

Tactile hunt: the powerful urge to animate cement (self-excitement).

70% show uncommon interests, causing more noteworthy seriousness of ASD side effects.

At the point when an individual shows a high tangible reactivity, we can find gastrointestinal issues, uneasiness, and inclination to high tactile reactivityWhen an individual shows a high tactile reactivity, we can track down gastrointestinal issues, tension, and propensity to invariance, stereotypes...

At the point when an individual shows a low tangible reactivity, we can track down issues in friendly correspondence and dreary ways of behaving. low tangible reactivityWhen an individual shows low tactile reactivity, we can track down problems in friendly correspondence and tedious ways of behaving.

Different hardships may include food selectivity, pussyfooting, fits, self-injury, rest issues, adjusted olfactory framework, unfortunate resilience to the commotion, and issues with the surface of the dress.

Alterations due to atypical sensory integration in ASD:

People with atypical S.I. experience sensory overload, which can result in sensory crises or disconnections, due to the exaggerated stimuli of our society.

- Contact framework:

Refusal to shower due to water pressure or temperature, excessive texture touching, difficulty cutting nails and/or hair, refusal of caresses, tiptoeing, etc.; inadequate body posture; inability to read clothing labels; no effective response.

- Visual Equipment:

Taste or avoidance of lights, moving things, dust, vehicle wheels, wearing a blindfold, not making eye contact, etc.

- The Sensory Organs:

Eating disorders affect roughly 70% of people with ASD. They can smell food before tasting it, smell people, have trouble eating, and don't like smells.

- Gustative Framework:

Placing things in the mouth, tasting for crunchy food, tasting for zesty food, everything in the mouth, food limitation, trouble for certain surfaces or with solids...

- Hear-able Framework:

Throwing things, being in loud places, watching videos over and over, waking up to low sounds, crying in front of stimuli, covering their ears, having trouble going to movies or theaters—"Your ear stimulus is like wearing a hearing aid on super high, it's like an open microphone that picks up everything." Sanctuary Gardin

- Vestibular Framework:

- Proprioceptive System: Rotational games, continuous jumping, climbing, and playing at falling; on the other hand, an exaggerated response to small movements; they dislike the park or swings; they vomit with non-brusque movements.

Conclusion:

If you recently discovered your child has sensory processing issues, find out what to do next. Do you have more questions about sensory integration therapy or how to find the right therapist? Now contact Dr. Nakul Kaushik best consulted at Rehab Buddy Child Development Centre and Autism Research Institute, one of the leading centers for autism treatment to help your child's sensory processing issues.

Dr. Nakul Kaushik

Founder & Director

consultant occupational therapist

Rehab Buddy Child Development Centre

and Autism Research Institute

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autismon · 10 months

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temp pinned 4 ppl who stumbled on my page

My name is RIver/AMnis,

she/they/it/teeth/maw/fang/other neos

i like/rb art, commentary yt, digimon, lgbt stuff, lolita fashion, etc

i am an aro NB lesbian. I am disabled+ND, pagan, alterhuman, and apart of a DID system. I experience psychosis and have NPD.

also ig: white, perisex, allo, other stuff im forgetting prolly idk

feel free to send asks, love, hate, attention, fishing scams, all welcomed dearly

DNI

its long but most is common sense. im just kinda bored and also i saw someone else w a long one and i said "oh that looks like funn".

mspec lesb/gay

sanists

NSFW accounts

think men can be lesbians or lesbians can like them

think only fem aligned people can be lesbians [you're basically saying u view femme alighned ppl r just girls but thinly veiled]

think lesbians oppress men

are an endogenic system

think its every okay under any circumstance to body shame someone [regardless of body type] or make fun of ANY eatiing disorder [bed, pica, mia, ana, any of them]

use mental health words like narc [this is an NPD ran blog] or psycho as an insult

use "delulu", "delusional", etc as a 'haha im silly' term and don't experience psychosis

abled body and say cripple [or support those who do]

think only trans women can reclaim the t slur

anti self dx

call people slurs without asking or as a slur and go "well i can reclaim it!"

think the r slur cant be reclaimed [i will probably reclaim it on this blog once in a blue moon]

speak over minorities

hate ANY minorities in any way

anti-religion or intolerance to any religion [no i dont count cults]

as much as i hate these cringey ass words dni rad-inclus, exlcus, transmeds, truscum, etc

fetishize/romanticize irl killers or are disrespectful about true crime in any way shape or form

use "cult" jokingly or as a joke [minus cult victims obvi]

depends but if u joke about addictions/traumas you don't have / have never experienced or haven't impacted your life at like,, all

use "sysmed"

hard flag or slur discoursers

are anti sex work / porn / kink , or believe in ANY radfem ideology.

dont consume media critically

are d/r/e/a/m fans or support any of the mfs who defend him or are still friends with him

ima b real i don't care about fuckin,, pro/s/h/i/p stuff bc i dont like it so i dont consume it simple as that but if you post it plz keep it much away from me so i never have to think about it or see it, thanks

anti neos/xenos

think "blackwashing" exists

doesn't understand punching up vs punching down

dont believe in transandrophobia and stuff like that

think u can be sexist towards men or racist towards white ppl

anti BLM or EAH[end asian hate]

anti age/pet reg or sexualize it at all

i'll add lateer when bored again

#pinned posttt

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mentalhealthcurriculum · 1 year

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Grade 9

Week 1 - Introductions

The teacher introduces themselves to the class and talks about the importance of the class.

The students introduce themselves individually, talking about 3 of their hobbies, and what they expect to learn this year.

The teacher introduces what they're going to learn in the coming weeks.

Week 2 - Boundaries

Students say what they think boundaries are and what kinds of boundaries they have. (voluntary)

Explication of boundaries

Boundaries are the lines that we create for ourselves about the level of comfort we have around others and our relations with others. People set different boundaries, and you can only sometimes guess their boundaries. Some boundaries that people have can be completely fine for others. Respecting someone's boundaries is very important if you don't want to hurt them.

Some types of boundaries are: (remember, different people set different kinds of boundaries, and not everything can be used to describe everyone)

Emotional

Physical (not wanting a handshake, hug, or other physical contact with people you just met, aren't close to, or anyone.

material (protecting your stuff, not wanting to share, giving your phone to people…)

time (protecting your time)

Why do people have boundaries?

People can have different boundaries in different situations and locations. You could have physical boundaries with strangers, but make them looser for people you are close with (that doesn't mean you will make them looser). Setting boundaries is essential since everyone has boundaries, whether they tell people or not, even if they don't realize it.

Telling people about your boundaries is necessary if you don't want to be uncomfortable. Some people can read your boundaries without you telling them, but some people don't have that skill. There will be people who don't respect your boundaries, some who don't understand or like them. Enforcing them takes a lot of force and courage. If they continue not respecting them, you have the right to distance yourself from them, be it physically or emotionally, with the time you allocate to them or others…

Ways to set boundaries and communicate them

Setting boundaries is communication. The communication can be verbal or physical. You can tell someone you don't want to do something or be called something. If you have set a physical boundary not to touch someone, you could instead high-five them or bow to them, without putting it in words, but still sending them the message.

Students ask questions, or the teacher answers some frequently asked questions.

Week 3 - Boundaries exercises

The students bring examples of boundaries they want to try out or boundaries they have to school.

With the boundaries brought, some students (who volunteer) will perform a play.

If most, or all, students are uncomfortable doing the play, or are uncomfortable during the play, the teacher will then explain that this is a boundary. This is a boundary that shouldn't be crossed.

Week 4 - Eating Disorder

General information about eating disorders

Eating disorders are not voluntary. There is a difference between diets, fasting, and eating disorders. Dieting can happen because of poor body image; many people can start/stop a diet whenever they want. They also have cheat days or involuntarily eat something they shouldn't or isn't part of their diet. Eating disorders can't be stopped or ignored from one day to another; it's persistent. According to Harvard, "It affects the brain processes that control hunger and food intake." Just like depression, it has to be treated for it to stop.

While most teens with eating disorders aim to lose weight or (at the very least) not gain visible weight, there are eating disorders with binge eaters, where they don't lose weight.

Some teens who don't have eating disorders could do some of the things mentioned, like throwing up after a meal, but this isn't every day.

There are two main types of eating disorders:

Anorexia nervosa

When someone restricts themselves from eating, according to AACAP, These people are perfectionists and high achievers in school but have low self-esteem issues. People with it believe they are fat; it doesn't matter how much they lose weight or how thin they are. They restrict regular food intake, and they starve themselves. It damages the body, and it can lead to death from malnutrition.

Bulimia

Patients binge on food with high calories, then get rid of those excess calories by vomiting (self-induced), extreme exercise, and/or laxatives (medicine that makes you poop). This leads to dangerous weight fluctuations, which can harm their health. It can also lead to dehydration, depletion of body nutrients and minerals, damage to the patient's organs, and hormone imbalances. To hide the eating disorder from their parents, the patients could make themselves throw up under the running water and spend a lot of time in the bathroom. Note for parents; teenagers who spend extended amounts of time in the bathroom and have running water could not have an eating disorder, but you still should check up on them.

Students ask questions, or the teacher answers some frequently asked questions.

Week 5 - Body Dysmorphia

General introduction to body dysmorphia

People with body dysmorphia focus on their appearance on an extreme level; they can't stop thinking about their bodies or body parts. They're anxious and stressed about their looks. It doesn't have to be for their entire body, it could be for one body part, as in a pimple, their arms, nose, or lips, or it could be a more general part, like body hair. You could think you're ugly without having body dysmorphia as long as it's not an obsession you've been having.

People with body dysmorphia have a false sense of their looks, often stressed and anxious that people would see their flaws. They try to hide these "flaws" by not going out, hiding behind masks (especially after covid), using makeup and accessories such as hats, and scarves, or wearing clothes to cover themselves. Some tactics used might seem normal, such as long sleeves in the colder, but it might seem weird or even affect the person badly and even hurt them, like wearing long sleeves in the warmer months.

Body dysmorphia is in no way the person's or their surroundings' fault. Someone could have DBB, even though their entire surroundings are friendly to them. It is often genetic, and some research shows that the brain of people with BDD works differently than people without it, and it is a condition that has to be fixed with the help of professionals.

Students ask questions, or the teacher answers some frequently asked questions.

Week 6 - Body Dysmorphia and eating disorder; differences and sum-up; body positivity

Differences between body dysmorphia and eating disorders

People can have one and not the other. People with eating disorders have a problem with food consumption: they restrict their food intake, while people with body dysmorphia have a problem with how they look, obsessing over them. Body dysmorphia can be over something food doesn't affect, like body hair, facial hair, or nose/face shape. People with eating disorders don't like their body or body shape restricting their food access, but they don't obsess over their bodies.

There can be people with both, where body dysmorphia can help establish an eating disorder, but it isn't expected.

Body positivity

People should be comfortable in their bodies.

If you don't like something about your body, you shouldn't get work done on it until you're older than 25, since this is when the brain stops growing.

You should get work done on you because you want it, and not follow body standards or trends; body standards are different for everyone, and trends die down, but the surgery doesn't go away.

Skincare and sunscreen are better and healthier than botox.

You can dislike something about your body, but if you're going to get work done on it, do it because you want it, not because of others. Others can change, but the surgery can't.

If students have questions left from either topic, they can ask them now.

Week 7 - Depression, General information

General introduction to depression

Depression is a mood disorder when someone feels constant sadness and hopelessness. To be considered depressed, someone must have symptoms for 2 weeks or longer. Some symptoms of depression can be:

Changes in appetite — weight loss or gain unrelated to dieting

Trouble sleeping or sleeping too much

Increase in purposeless physical activity (e.g., inability to sit still, pacing, handwringing) or slowed movements and/or speech (these actions must be severe enough to be observable by others)

Difficulty thinking, concentrating, remembering things, and/or making decisions

Feelings of sadness, tearfulness, emptiness, or hopelessness

Angry outbursts, irritability or frustration, even over small matters; crankiness

Loss of interest or pleasure in most or all normal activities, like hobbies or sports, or overindulging in some activities, like binging shows, as an escape

Tiredness and lack of energy, so even small tasks take extra effort

Anxiety, agitation, or restlessness

Feelings of worthlessness or guilt, fixating on past failures or self-blame

Overeating or appetite loss

Aches, pains, headaches, or cramps that won't go away

Digestive problems that don't get better, even with treatment

Lose pleasure in life (not specifically suicidal, but can also be)

Around 1/6 of people will suffer from depression in their lifetime, and this rate is going up. The exact causes of depression aren't exactly known, but we think it can be because of

Brain structure. People with depression seem to have a different biology of their brains.

Brain chemistry. Neurotransmitters are in control of your mood, and they could not function properly in the brains of depressed people.

Hormones. Your hormone levels change because of pregnancy, postpartum issues, thyroid problems, menopause, or other reasons, which could be the cause of your depression.

Genetics. If you're related to someone with depression, you're more likely to get depression. The closer you are to someone with depression (direct family member; parent/sibling), the more likely you are to get depression.

You might get depression after going through an event in your life.

Students ask questions, or the teacher answers some frequently asked questions.

Week 8 - Depression; main types

Depression has its types. Not all symptoms can affect all of them and last different lengths. Depression can be fixed with therapy, and medications, but some people might need more help.

Major Depression

You feel depressed most days of the week, for most of the day. To have a major depressive disorder, you need to be having some/most of these symptoms for at least 2 weeks:

Loss of interest or pleasure in your activities

Weight loss or gain

Trouble getting to sleep or feeling sleepy during the day

Feeling restless and agitated, or else very sluggish and slowed down physically or mentally

Being tired and without energy

Feeling worthless or guilty

Trouble concentrating or making decisions

A symptom you need to have though is consistent depressed or sad feelings. Major depression is different for everyone. For most people, talk therapy and medication can help combat this type of depression.

Persistent Depressive Disorder

Persistent depression is when you've been having depression for at least 2 years. Symptoms:

Change in your appetite (not eating enough or overeating)

Sleeping too much or too little

Lack of energy, or fatigue

Low self-esteem

Trouble concentrating or making decisions

Feeling hopeless

Persistent depression can be treated with psychotherapy, medication, or a mix of both.

Some people with this type don't realize they have depression, since they think everyone thinks and acts like them. Convincing them to get help might be hard.

Bipolar disorder

People with bipolar disorders have extreme mood swings, between very depressed (similar symptoms to major depression) and high-energy moods. Its name refers to the two polar opposites people go through. Bipolar is different from mood swings, or mood changes, as these are extremes (other types of depression have mood swings, but not as extreme as bipolar). Mood swings have to be: extreme; including depressed moods and manic moods; have extreme effects on a person's energy, thinking, and behavior; cause big problems in a person's daily life, to be considered bipolar.

The swings happen like this: They go through a depressive stage, with symptoms similar to major depression, for around 2 weeks; then go through a manic stage, where they have a high-energy mood that lasts for 4-7 days. During this stage, their symptoms are:

have racing thoughts

speaking fast, talking nonstop or skipping from topic to topic

having extreme energy, being hyperactive, or rushing through things

staying awake for days, not seeming to need sleep

acting overly silly or overly happy

be reckless, take unsafe risks

lash out in anger

use poor judgment, do things they shouldn't do

try risky behaviors

think of themselves in inflated ways or think they have superpowers

They might have "normal" moods in between. Because of the sudden shifts, they have trouble forming long-form relationships and achieving goals. They could resort to drinking, drugs, or even self-harm and suicide.

Students ask questions, or the teacher answers some frequently asked questions.

Week 9 - Depression; other types

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Some people might feel depressed during winter when there is less sun. The depression will go away during the rest of the year. Simple antidepressants and light therapy (sitting in a room filled with lights for 15-30 mins) can help this depression.

Psychotic Depression

They have symptoms of major depression alongside psychotic symptoms, like hallucinations, delusions, and paranoia. They need therapy both for their depression, and psychosis.

Postpartum Depression

This happens in women after they give birth. It mainly happens because of the hormone changes happening after giving birth. It can also happen to the parent that didn’t physically give birth too. Postpartum depression usually lasts for 1-10 weeks after birth.

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

This happens during your menstrual cycle (or at the start of it). Symptoms are

Mood swings

Irritability

Anxiety

Trouble concentrating

Fatigue

Change in appetite or sleep habits

Feelings of being overwhelmed

Feeling depressed

'Situational' Depression

It's not a real 'type' of depression, but you might have 'temporary' depression, when you go through bad stages of life, like a divorce, losing your job, or failing an exam. These happen in stressful situations.

Atypical Depression

This is different from major and persistent depression since you gain a mood gain when going through good things in life. Symptoms are usually

Increased appetite

Sleeping more than usual

Feeling of heaviness in your arms and legs

Oversensitive to criticism

Antidepressants help in this case.

Treatment-Resistant Depression

Around 1/3 of treatments don't work, and those people have TRD. You might have other things that affect you alongside your depression, thus not working.

Students ask questions, or the teacher answers some frequently asked questions.

Week 10 - Depression recap and questions

This week is to recap everything the students learned about depression and answer any remaining questions.

If time remains at the end of the class, the teacher can start answering questions others have asked.

Week 11 - Self-Care

Taking care of yourself is very important, both physically and mentally. While going through puberty, your body will start to change, and you must take care of yourself.

The teacher asks the class about their daily care routine, skincare routines, how they shower, and if they brush their teeth…

Each student has to talk, it's not voluntary.

What you have to do everyday/most days

Showers or bathing

If you don't shower every day (or at least most days), your body will start to smell. Kids generally don't smell bad and need fewer showers. But while going through puberty, your body odor will become noticeable, thus requiring you to shower more.

Taking showers is better than taking baths. It uses less water and refreshes the water so that there is always clean water cleaning you.

Skincare

Skincare can get expensive, but it doesn't have to be. For most people, washing their face with water and using a cleanser will be enough. Others who start acne can use foams or soaps to help combat it. Sometimes, you need to go to a dermatologist to know which products to use and which not to. Always try a product on a small part of your skin before applying it to your entire face to eliminate the risk of allergy side effects.

Hygiene

You have to wipe after yourself after going to the bathroom—no exceptions (unless there isn't toilet paper to wipe with). Always flush the toilet after using it. Always wash your hands before getting out, especially if you're in a place with others. Always wash your hands after coming home. Change underwear and clothes often (and wash the dirty ones). These are both important for being in social situations and for your overall health.

For girls: When you start having your period, don't hesitate to ask for the necessary hygienic products you need, and don't feel ashamed to go out to the bathroom. A teacher shouldn't be allowed to keep you from going out when it's an uncontrollable body function that needs proper hygiene care. Also remember it's natural and you shouldn't feel ashamed talking about it, especially with your parents.

Brush your teeth twice a day for 2-3 minutes, and try to floss and use mouthwash as often as you can.

Relaxation methods.

Try including meditation in your routine. Meditation is easy and can be done anywhere, and it doesn't have to take a lot of your time (it can be 10, even 5 minutes a day!), and it has benefits, including better studying and memory. [ask if they want to try a 5-minute quick session]

Yoga is more physical, but it's still an excellent way to calm down and unwind after a stressful day, especially if you're exhausted, tired, or don't want to sweat.

Avoiding social media

To be healthy, avoid social media, as it can be toxic. You can build your algorithms to avoid people who cause you to have body insecurities or who you think are leaving a toxic mark on you.

If you post on your social media and get people harassing you, remember you can deactivate your account or block commenting easily.

Trying to get off of platforms altogether is challenging but possible. Don't delete your account, but try deleting the app and restrict your access as much as possible.

Create time limits, and forget the screen time passcodes. You can live without social media. Your mental health is more important.

Week 12 - Sleeping health

Start the class by asking each student how they spend their evenings and their sleeping patterns.

Talk about the importance of sleep

You need to sleep 8-10 hours daily to be healthy. Sometimes, our bodies need less sleep, but try aiming for a minimum of 7 of sleep every day. Having a good sleep is essential because

It will help your memory and your thinking. Less sleep will make you a worse thinker, and you will hold less information in your head, forgetting what you knew and not being able to remember new information well.

It will reduce your mental health problems.

For your physical health, having less sleep will increase your chances of having problems with your metabolism and a higher chance of diabetes and cardiovascular problems.

More irritated; People who sleep less have been associated with people who engage in high-risk activities. They are also more likely to take part in dangerous activities, have drug and alcohol addictions, take part in fights more often, and take part in unsafe sexual activities.

You will have a higher chance of getting in an accident, like a car crash.

You can be either the pedestrian or the car driver.

One of the reasons teenagers have sleeping problems is because of electronics and school—using electronics with blue light screens 1 hour before your sleep can hinder the quality of your sleep. Most modern devices have a "night shift" or "night light" toggle, which turns your device's blue light into (slightly sickening at first) orange light. Try turning it on your devices 1 hour (or even before) you sleep. The other reason is because of school and assignments. If you feel overwhelmed and lack time to sleep, complain to your school. They should care for your health and try to find a solution.

Meditating before going to sleep is an excellent way to get in the mood to sleep, and so is yoga.

To fall asleep faster, you need to have exercised or move around during the day, avoid caffeine for at least 6 hours before going to sleep and try to drink calming beverages like herbal tea instead (avoid green and black teas as they contain caffeine). Try making a night routine, which could help you fall asleep. A good mattress and pillow that fits your needs is also an excellent way to fall asleep faster. Also, try not to do things that require a lot of energy (both mental and physical) for 1 hour before going to bed.

Try putting your electronics in another room (or further away from your bed). It will also help you get out of bed and turn off your alarm in the morning. You can also try aromas and scents to help you get in the mood.

Avoid being in bed during the day since your body will get used to being awake there. Use your bed only for sleeping.

Sleeping with your cycles is essential. Waking up during your dream is terrible; you should aim to wake up according to your REM cycles. Some online guides (like sleepyti.me) can help you set your schedule accordingly.

Week 13 - Summary & Feedback

The teacher gives a summary of the topics they learned during the semester.

Each student gives feedback on the class, what they liked, what they'd change, and what they would've liked to learn.

If the students have questions remaining from any topic, they can be asked now.

Week 14 - Free time

The students deserve time off for their mental health; if the teacher doesn't have anything else to add, they can have a free period.

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vhaerath · 1 year

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thoughts on little nightmares 2 under the cut, with spoilers. this has been sitting in my drafts for like a month so enjoy

presentation: my god the aesthetic of this game is too good. particularly when I was running around the pale city it reminded me of the bathhouse from spirited away; this location that is technically grounded in reality, but its scale and inhabitants turn it fantastical. obviously in ln2 it becomes a lot darker and grungier, but there’s still clearly so much care placed into environments, what can be interacted with, and how things look. it is bar none the best thing about the series and tarsier really tuned it up here.

the fact that mono and six are also utterly dwarfed by the environments really adds to a sense of foreboding and discomfort as well. this is not just a survival horror game where you, at least, are an adult who can sprint for a good while, and maybe succeed in a quick-time event; you are an extremely vulnerable child who can be swatted aside as casually as breathing by some of the monsters you’re up against. this was relevant in the original but it is MORE relevant here for reasons which i will discuss shortly.

the monster designs: ggguughghhghgHHGHHGHGGHHH. little nightmares has always been a master class in making monsters that aren’t just “oo spooky scary zombie” or like, a guy who is covered in blood or he has no eyes. even if a lot of the monsters in ln2 look human there is always an element of unease to their design that plunges them right into the uncanny valley, especially when they start chasing you. i think the teacher and the doctor are the two freakiest mfers in the game for me just because they should look human but they are not, or not anymore. the sound and the subtle creases and bulges of the teacher’s neck musculature elongating... the doctor’s rumbling as his bloated body crawls across the ceiling, his wheezy, pained giggles... horrible. 10/10

nightmare!six is probably like the best monster design in the game but this kind of relies on her being an already established character. the perversion of the unfamiliar into a twisted, hulking monster, stripped of her agency and intellect to become the exact thing she has been running away from. it ties in very well with the themes of the game which i will also touch on shortly

actual gameplay: literally fuck the platforming with a metal pole. fuck it. i cannot recount how many times i died on that dumbassed bed section in the hospital just because it was hard to calculate how much you needed to wind up your jump. also fuck the mannequin patients section in the hospital. they will literally grab you with a foot of space in between you and the mannequinn itself and it’s bullshit.

apart from that though, there are a lot of fun puzzles and neat environment design thats solved by subtle cues. sometimes these can be so subtle they’re very opaque, which is unfun, but when you finally Get It it’s very satisfying!

i would say i liked the chase scenes more in the original little nightmares (there is really nothing that can top the tidal wave of guests from the original), but i think the thin man chase through the trains was enormously fun. dodging and weaving and leaping as he stalks towards you was so excellently atmospheric. the final teacher chase was also terrifying, just with how animalistically she’s thrusting her face through the vents and chomping at you like a rabid dog

[stephen fry voice] Themes.: [switching into good punctuation] So the original Little Nightmares was very much using gluttony and consumption as its main narrative device. The setting being called The Maw, the chefs chopping prey up to feed to monstrously oversized guests, how the guests will risk their own lives to get their hands on Six, the Lady’s whole sating the hunger of others, and her sensitivity towards mirrors (a clear parallel to eating disorders, especially when it’s revealed she is/sees herself as a disgusting monster). This climaxes with Six literally eating the lady’s throat and gaining her powers, consuming the guests at the end as she walks past them, using her new powers to sate her ever-burning hunger.

But I think the major underlying thesis of the original Little Nightmares, which gets expounded on in the sequel, is the transition from childhood to adulthood and the loss of innocence therein. Obviously, our protagonists and our sympathetic POV are children, Six and Mono. Like I said before, the environments dwarf us, making merely walking around in a kitchen or living quarters an ordeal of leaping and dashing. This is a world that is actively hostile to children, and the places we visit in LN2 are ghastly caricatures of environments children would visit and feel intimidated by. A dark forest where a vicious boogeyman lives. A school populated by violent bullies, ruled over by a monstrous teacher. A dingy hospital full of half-assembled zombie people who are chopped up and put back together by a grotesque doctor who clearly has some passion for what he does. There are no children who are watching TVs in the Pale City; all of the Viewers are adults who react violently to our child protagonists distracting them from their entertainment, perhaps as an abusive guardian may lash out to their child disturbing them.

These are all deep dark fears that a child might experience, and lose when they grow older. One could even call them little nightmares [crickets].

...But a significant part of both of the protagonists’ arcs is that they, too, become the little nightmares [crickets]. Or to be more succinct, they come of age, and it turns them into the very monsters they were trying to run away from. The only real way Six can defend herself at the very end of the original Little Nightmares is by becoming a glutton; eating bread, a rat, a Nome, and then the Lady. To stop herself from being consumed, she has to become the consumer. At the climax of Little Nightmares 2, her “coming-of-age” is more unwilling, but it’s the time she most resembles the monsters she’s been avoiding. A twisted, hulking shadow of her former self, you could almost mistake her as being in the same class of being that the Hunter, the Teacher, the Doctor, and the Thin Man all are. She has grown up and lost her innocence, and this loss is what signifies her being a newfound threat.

Speaking of the Thin Man, the theme of coming-of-age implying monstrousness is most clearly expressed through Mono’s eventual transformation into the Thin Man *. The Thin Man himself is never mistakable as anything but “adult”-- he wears a suit and fedora, so intertwined with Western perceptions of mature masculinity, given the zeitgeist of the American 50s. His movements are so carefully controlled as to seem inhuman next to our young and frightened protagonists; he does not run, shout, or leap, only slowly walking and glitching forward to his next destination.

The Thin Man’s motives remain, as much does in the game, vague. It’s likely he’s trying to save Mono from the influence of the Signal Tower, which is why he kidnaps Six (perhaps realising she will inevitably betray his past self), inadvertently creating a loop that means he will remain imprisoned forever. Running away from the Thin Man is futile; time will always catch up to Mono in the end. The TV static bursts on in every location, and Mono is inexorably drawn towards releasing his fate. Ironically, releasing the Thin Man from the television allows Mono to tap into his transmission powers; he progresses and becomes newly skilled, but it only turns him into a monster in the end.

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