Fatigue

Why do I have trouble breathing when I am stressed and tired?

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Symptom: I have trouble breathing when I am tired. It only happens when I’m tired. When I exercise or workout, I don’t have such problem. I am not overweight, I’m in my early twenties,  5’5” and 120 lbs. I work out 5 days a week and eat healthy. I do smoke but it’s only been 2 [...]

Too much sex and thinking about sex drains you of vital life energy

Too much sex and thinking about sex drains you of vital life energy

In today’s society, everyone wants to be sexually attractive and the commercial industry generates billions of income by ensuring this message is being driven into the minds of the consumer. That being thin and desirable would make a person happy. Websites offering ‘Aunt Agony’ columns generally advocate the more sex a couple have, the better. If having [...]

When life loses its meaning after retirement

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A middle-aged lady told me that nowadays she did not have the mood to do anything at all. She would just would alternate between sitting down and lying on the bed. And she had also lost her appetite- she actually had to force herself to eat just to get something into her body. Usually, about [...]

Thalassemia and the reason to live

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A friend of mine suffers from the following ailments: Minor thalassemia Hepatitis B carrier Heart murmur And a host of health conditions that she was not comfortable in revealing. She was not aware that she had these conditions until she was well into her twenties. A blood test taken prior to a minor operation revealed [...]

Health Vegetarian Soup to Boost Alertness

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A group of friends taught me how to boil soup using vegetables to drink for health: Ingredients (not necessary have to use all, just use whatever below that you can find): white carrots celery carrot potato tomato mushroom Add water and boil for a few hours. Just drink the boiled water. Do not use ‘cooling’ [...]

When you just cannot fall asleep at night

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Have you ever experienced this situation- you are tired, but when you lie down at night, you just could not fall asleep. It is as if, you suddenly become alert even though you have been mentally and/or physically tired prior to going to bed. The moment you lie down, and hours later, your brain just [...]

Food for thought for the lonely

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Have you ever felt that somehow, you are a little different from others? At first you thought that everyone was like you but you come into the bitter realization that no one understands you or no one experience the feelings that you are feeling. Eventually, you start to reject yourself- you have thoughts that you [...]

When you feel unwell and the doctors cannot find anything wrong with you

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A friend of mine shared with me that she used to have a number of health problems. When she attempted to treat using Western medicine, the doctors could not find anything wrong with her. She later tried to take Chinese medicine- it helped a little to relief her condition. Because I know her personally, and [...]

Why inactivity make a person more prone to illness

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In the era of sedentary lifestyle and convenience, most of us do not move much anymore. Why climb the stairs when you can use the elevator? Why walk under the sun when you can drive your car? Why have a medium sized meal when with about extra RM1.50, you can have a McValue meal with [...]