- Hermina Jatinegara<\/a><\/li>
- 25 March 2024<\/li><\/ul><\/div>
Tips for Managing Stress and Mental Health During Ramadan<\/a><\/h3>
Sahabat Hermina, Ramadan is a month full of blessings and spirituality for Muslims around the world, marking an important period filled with worship, reflection and fasting throughout the day. However, amidst the enthusiasm to welcome this holy month, a person's mental health and emotional stability can often be forgotten. Managing stress and maintaining mental health during Ramadan are important aspects that often don't get enough attention. Here are some tips to help maintain mental health and manage stress during this holy month: \n\n \n Prioritize Adequate Rest \n \n\n Even though worship schedules and social activities increase during Ramadan, it is important to prioritize getting enough rest. Lack of sleep can cause decreased concentration, increased stress, and negatively affect overall mental health. Make sure you get enough sleep every night to restore energy and maintain emotional balance. \n\n \n Maintain a Healthy Diet \n \n\n Fasting during Ramadan changes your eating patterns and daily routine. It is important to ensure that you continue to eat nutritious food when breaking the fast and sahur. Consuming healthy foods rich in nutrients such as fruit, vegetables, protein and complex carbohydrates can help maintain your physical and mental health during the fasting month. \n\n \n Stay Physically Active \n \n\n Even though you may feel tired or weak from fasting, remain as physically active as you can. Taking a light walk after breaking the fast, doing yoga, or participating in other light physical activities can help reduce stress, improve mood, and improve overall mental health. \n\n \n Manage Time Wisely \n \n\n Ramadan is often filled with various religious and social activities. It is important to manage your time wisely so that you have enough time to worship, work, rest and carry out daily activities. Make a regular schedule and prioritize the activities that are most important to you. \n\n \n Communicate with Loved Ones \n \n\n Don't hesitate to talk to family, friends, or religious leaders if you feel stressed or have emotional problems during Ramadan. Sharing your feelings and experiences with those closest to you can help reduce emotional burden and provide necessary support. \n\n \n Maintain Spiritual and Emotional Balance \n \n\n Apart from practicing worship, take time to reflect on yourself, do introspection, and improve your spiritual relationship with God. A balance between spiritual and emotional aspects can help create inner peace and strengthen your mental resilience during the month of Ramadan. \n\n \n Give Yourself Credit \n \n\n Finally, remember to reward yourself for your efforts and dedication during Ramadan. Make time to do things you enjoy and give yourself a chance to relax and de-stress. \n\n So, by paying attention to your mental health and managing stress well, you can spend Ramadan more calmly, happily and meaningfully. May this holy month bring peace, happiness and blessings to us all. Stay healthy. \n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div>- Hermina Padang<\/a><\/li>
- 08 May 2023<\/li><\/ul><\/div>
How to Handle Stress so the body protected from the threat of disease<\/a><\/h3>
Stress is a term used to describe physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are considered threatening or challenging. Stress can appear in various ways. Emotionally, people who experience stress will experience anxiety, depression, fear, irritability and frustration. People who are under stress may behave differently, such as pacing around, eating too much, crying a lot, drinking more than usual, or physically attacking other people by hitting or throwing things. \n\n Stress can also cause physical complaints, such as headaches, stomach aches, excessive sweating and anxiety. In order to manage the stress experienced, sufferers can do sports, relaxation techniques and consumption of healthy foods. \n\n Stress on a person can occur because of a stressor or events that can trigger stress or can also be called stressful experiences or situations. Each person has a different way of reacting to a stressor, that is, some react positively and some react negatively. A positive reaction could be increased alertness. While negative reactions include excessive fear and anxiety. \n\n Living human life requires good stress management skills in order to be able to carry out daily activities properly. Because, if it is not handled properly, stress can have a negative impact on mental, physical and even emotional health. \n\n Stress Management \n\n That is an ability to use resources effectively in dealing with disturbances or mental and emotional disturbances that arise due to responses or responses. The purpose of stress management itself is to improve a person's quality of life for the better. \n\n Stress Management Function \n\n \n Organize yourself \n Think rationally \n Calm down \n Help find a way out \n Increase productivity \n Self maturation \n \n\n To do stress management we need to know what causes stress. \n\n The following are the causes of stress from psychological factors \n\n \n Frustration occurs when a person is blocked or prevented from achieving a desired goal or meeting a perceived need. \n Conflict, when we are faced with a situation divided by two desires, goals, actions. . \n Pressure When there are urgent demands or expectations for a person's behavior that come from an outside source, that person is under stress. \n Crisis, the level of control one has over certain events or situations. \n \n\n How to handle stress well so it doesn't impact your mental and physical health: \n\n \n Talk to someone or share \n Switch to hobbies. This method can help calm the tension in the brain due to excessive stress. In one day, try to set aside 30 minutes to do activities you like, like listening to music or watching movies. Doing an effective hobby increases the production of endorphins, which are hormones that trigger feelings of happiness. This hormone is also responsible for providing more positive energy in a person \n Positive thinking \n Relax and calm the mindStress makes the muscles of the body become more tense. Not only muscles, the mind becomes chaotic and can't think clearly. To manage the symptoms that appear, sufferers can stretch, massage, take a warm bath or sleep. \n Doing physical activity. This activity is done in light to moderate intensity, such as brisk walking, cycling, hiking or jogging. To get the benefits, do it regularly every day for 20 to 30 minutes. \n Increasing Worship \n \n\n So stress management is an attempt by us to be able to manage our lives, emotions, thoughts and ways of dealing with problems. This stress management can be done by making changes in yourself when Hermina's best friend is under constant pressure. Remember Maintaining physical health is important but mental health should not be forgotten. \n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div>- Hermina Podomoro<\/a><\/li>
- 29 April 2023<\/li><\/ul><\/div>
Let's Recognize and Manage Stress Early on<\/a><\/h3>
Stress is a person's reaction both physically and emotionally (mental/psychic) when there is a change in the environment that requires a person to adapt. In general, stress is triggered by human experiences from their immediate environment such as the workplace, family, or social media. \n\n Stress triggers sometimes seem trivial but can produce excessive negative effects on the body. Especially if the stress you feel has accumulated for so long to become chronic. \n\n \n\n Causes of Stress \n\n \n There is a change from habits \n Pressure and job demands \n Negative influence of others \n Expectations that do not match reality and many other reasons. \n \n\n \n\n Stress can reduce immunity and exacerbate the following disease conditions: \n\n \n Headache \n Diabetes \n High blood pressure \n Sleep disorders \n Strokes \n Obesity \n Asthma \n Depression \n Premature aging \n Easily infected \n Sexual dysfunction \n Heart disease \n Stomach acid \n Alzheimer's disease \n \n\n \n\n Why can stress cause disease? \n\n Stress is not just a feeling. Stressful conditions will trigger several reactions, such as increased blood pressure, narrowed blood vessels and faster breathing. \n\n At times of stress, the body releases the hormones cortisol and adrenaline which make the heart work faster. These hormones are also able to make excessive energy expenditure so that you feel tired easily. \n\n \n\n If stress is left unchecked it can cause stress symptoms such as the following: \n\n \n Anxiety, pale face, palpitations \n Difficulty sleeping or not sleeping well \n Decreased appetite or overeating \n Easily offended \n Hard to concentrate \n There are complaints such as headaches, stomachaches, heartburn, excessive sweating \n \n\n \n\n Manage and avoid stress by doing: \n\n \n Regular exercise or physical activity \n Get enough sleep, eat balanced nutrition, apply clean and healthy living habits \n Carry out activities according to interests and abilities \n Think positive \n Calm your mind and develop a hobby \n Talk about complaints with someone you can trust \n Increasing worship according to their respective religions \n Carry out activities according to interests and abilities \n Develop a rewarding hobby \n Increase worship and draw closer to God \n Calm your mind with relaxation \n \n\n \n\n If Hermina's friends experience similar symptoms or experience continuous stress and interfere with your health, immediately consult a Psychiatrist at Hermina Podomoro Hospital. \n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div>- Hermina Tasikmalaya<\/a><\/li>
- 24 January 2023<\/li><\/ul><\/div>
Let's find out the symptoms and how to prevent cervical cancer. <\/a><\/h3>
Cervical cancer, better known as cervical cancer, is a condition in which there is an uncontrolled growth of malignant cells in the cervix. Most cases of cervical cancer are caused by infection with the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) \n\n The following are risk factors for cervical cancer to watch out for, including: \n\n \n Having sexual intercourse at a young age, namely under 18 years \n Have multiple sexual partners. \n Have sexual relations with men who frequently change sexual partners. \n Smoking or as a passive smoker \n Recurrent infections of the genital tract, one of which is due to not keeping the genitals clean. \n Have a family history of cancer. \n There is a history of abnormal pap smear tests. \n \n\n Symptoms of cervical cancer to watch out for: \n\n \n Abnormal bleeding abnormal or prolonged vaginal bleeding. For example, bleeding after menopause, between menstrual cycles, and bleeding after sex \n Leucorrhoea smells Leucorrhoea that is pink or brown, contains blood, or is accompanied by a foul odor can be a sign of a problem or disorder in the reproductive system, including uterine cancer. \n Pain during sexual intercourse The next sign of uterine cancer is pain during intercourse. Usually, this pain will be followed by bleeding after sexual intercourse. \n Pelvic pain. Pelvic pain, which is a sign of uterine cancer, is usually accompanied by pain in the abdomen below the navel. Pain can be felt continuously or intermittently. \n Pain when urinating This pain can arise due to the growth of cancer cells pressing on the bladder and bladder tract. \n \n\n Prevention of cervical cancer is done by avoiding risk factors such as the following: \n\n \n Do not have multiple sexual partners; \n Do not engage in sexual intercourse before the age of 20. \n Avoid exposure to cigarette smoke (active and passive). \n Follow up on the results of the IVA/Pap smear examination, which were positive. \n \n\n Do the HPV vaccination. One way to detect cervical cancer early is through an IVA test and Pap smear at a health care facility. Friends of Hermina : consult your reproductive health and content with a specialist in obstetrics and childbirth at Hermina Tasikmalaya Hospital. \n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>
- 24 January 2023<\/li><\/ul><\/div>
- 29 April 2023<\/li><\/ul><\/div>
- 08 May 2023<\/li><\/ul><\/div>
- 25 March 2024<\/li><\/ul><\/div>