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Sara de Melo Castanheira is an expert in Occupational Therapy and Quality of Life. She is also the Technical Director of SER Igual, an Association of special rehabilitation services in Tavira TEENAGERHOOD AND THE DEVELOPING BRAIN Afew weeks ago, a mum of two teenagers asked me what she our identity formation. There are two parts teenagerhood and going till 20-22 years old could do to help her teenage daughters. She felt unable to of the brain that deserve a careful look and of a person. a special study – the Limbic “My oldest one thinks that sleeping System and the Prefrontal give them what they needed and cortex. The Limbic System is is a waste of time! How can I show her most of the time she struggled to understand the most important structure what they needed. “My older daughter thinks for memory and is situated that sleeping is one of the most that what she sees on Instagram and TikTok near a structure dedicated to important things she can do in order to Apps are reality, even when I tell her about help to produce emotions. This the existence of filters and what influencers anatomic relation guarantees have a good development and to do and why they act like they do. But my that the experiences with a be able to learn?” daughter doesn’t listen me!” lot of emotion are more easily “My other daughter goes to parties and in remembered than the neutral each party there's always one colleague events. The Prefrontal cortex is the last For the mums and dads that are experiencing in an advanced alcoholic brain layer to mature. Is the teenagerhood at home with your sons and state. They drink till they fall “My older daughter responsible area for critical daughters I just can say that their brain is still over. Why don't they listen? thinking, decision making, self- developing. They need you to be present in Why do they have this kind thinks that what control, planning, attention, their life and to help them to think. They seem of irresponsible behaviour!” she sees on organisation, emotional very independent and autonomous but they “My oldest one thinks that Instagram and still need their parents to guide them, like sleeping is a waste of time! control, risks and urges, self- the talking cricket from Pinocchio´s story. monitoriation, empathy and How can I show her that TikTok Apps are problem solving. Adopt an active listening, create an emphatic sleeping is one of the most In teenagerhood, as the brain relation, be present and interested in their important things she can reality, even when (prefrontal cortex) is still in problems and worries. Make a predictable do in order to have a good development, teenagers routine and make sure they have a good sleep development and to be able I tell her about make use of the Amygdala routine. to learn?” the existence of to make decisions and to Teenagehood is the life stage where some of Teenagerhood is a period of filters and what solve problems. It’s good to the mental disorders start to occur and you great changes, physically, remember that Amygdala is need to be alert for an early intervention. cognitively, behavioural and influencers do and associated with emotions, Please feel at ease to make an appointment of personal and cultural urges, aggressiveness and with our Clinical Psychologist in order to guide values. These changes are why they act like instinct behaviour. To complete you with your worries about your teenagers or experienced in a particular this mess, we know that to help your child for a better understanding of manner by the teenagers, in they do. But my the teenage brain contains their life and to facilitate their identity creation. their gender and age. daughter doesn’t lower levels of these two As we are a non-profit association for listen to me!” neurotransmitters – serotonin handicap people, we have the mission to Knowledge about and dopamine, that promote achieve more social projects, so we can neuroscience can help us, as parents, to understand how pleasure and well-being have a more inclusive community. If you the brain of a teenager works. Vulnerability, sensations. This can generate a higher level want to sponsor a social project or become intense emotions, reactivity, emotional of aggressiveness and with higher levels of a social investor, please come along and visit hypersensitivity, search for new emotions, testosterone, contributing to anger explosions Associação SER Igual in Tavira. and an incessant search for identity – these and urges such behaviour. The frontal lobes of We will be glad to talk about our ideas and are some of the experiences that make a the brain, in turn, are not fully projects. If you are interested in our work, teenager's life. But after all, what makes all developed in these years, which can limit please visit us on our FB page (@SerIgualPT) these emotional waves occur? the cerebral function in problem solving, and IG (@igual.ser) or make an appointment Teenagehood is of an extreme importance emotional regulation and focus. The Cortex to [email protected] or by phone 918180020. for the neuronal organisation of the brain brain has its maturation process all over the Thanks once more for your attention. Stay and in the changes that drastically affect childhood development, passing through safe and stay tuned for next article. 52 www.eastalgarvemag.com
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Health WINTER WELLNESS Christmas is coming The goose is getting fat Please put a penny in the old man’s hat If you haven’t got a penny, a halfpenny will do If you haven’t got a halfpenny, may God bless you! My childhood was full of these your system. roof. Christmas is a classic time for family old English ditties which Find a way to de-stress yourself that fits who and friends with different behavioural styles showed the social history of you are. Who you are depends upon your to get together with potential conflicts and the ages. Using goose fat was behavioural style and your natural behaviour misunderstandings created. commonplace in cooking, characteristics. For example, using the DISC When stress is high, so is your blood pressure; rearing your own goose was not unusual, system of profiling, a high D behaviour style your body is under attack; your cells pick up inflation was unheard of, poverty was present will de-stress by going for a long run and/ negative energy which leads to inflammation in society and stress was plentiful. or having a sports massage. An ‘I’ type will and disease. Not a happy situation. Fast forward to Christmas 2021 and who party. High ‘S’ types may curl up with a book However you are spending this Christmas, knows what’s in store. Chances are that the and high ‘C’ types often withdraw to re- please keep your stress levels under review only similar charge and de-stress. and don’t become a statistic of the wrong factor is stress. DISC Behavioural Profiling is an integral kind. Did you know that stress kills? part of my Perfect 10 VIP Health Mentoring Stress can be positive. We need an element of Programme. Elaine Godley MBA, O.A. Dip (Psych) physical and emotional stress to motivate and When my clients see the graphs and charts Elaine lives in the Algarve. Her clients enjoy get us out of bed each morning. However, within their personal DISC report and better health, greater mobility and reduced when the level of stress experienced is understand how their behaviour is causing pain. overwhelming and therefore potentially their health challenges, they are often Through ‘at home’ laboratory blood tests, unmanageable, your health will take a nose- astounded. Some even say that their life now hair mineral tissue analysis, online metabolic dive. Guaranteed. makes sense after all these years! testing and behaviour analysis, Elaine guides How you manage your stress level is an Not only does your behaviour style affect your individuals on how to improve their health interesting conversation for many. From taking health, it also has a significant effect upon and wellbeing using nutrition and lifestyle a long soak in a bath filled with essential oils relationships within your personal life and in adjustments to reverse or avoid illness and and Epsom Salts to detox and de-stress you, the workplace. disease. to taking a gentle jog around your local park. When opposing behaviour styles get together, For details on the Perfect 10 VIP Health From painting to craft making, from reading without a deeper understanding of each Mentoring Programme contact: to playing music. These are all ways to reboot other’s style, stress levels can go through the [email protected] 54 www.eastalgarvemag.com
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Gardens 8 Houseplants that lower Humidity It’s that time of year again… we’re not referring to Christmas, but to indoor damp and humidity. A dehumidifier will help to solve indoor damp, but it will mean using more electricity. However, we can also get plants in our house to lower humidity. Houseplants are a natural way to remove the damp ambiance and clammy air inside your home that lead to mustiness, damp, winter mold. Humidity absorbing indoor plants harvest their required moisture from the air and they bring the outdoors in. How plants help reduce humidity Most plants get moisture from the air by their leaves, but some of them are extremely efficient at the process and harvest much of their moisture through their leaves, here are our top 8: 2Boston Fern This is another well-known houseplant that can thrive in more moist climates, and it will naturally absorb the air moisture. The Boston fern only needs moist soil and indirect sunlight to survive inside your home. You might need to mist the plant if your air dries out too much. 1Peace Lily 3Palms 4Orchids This plant will help reduce the level Palms grow in more Epiphytes, such as of humidity as it is a type of plant that humid, tropical areas orchids, are plants that despite being watered, will absorb and will absorb a bit of thrive harmlessly on moisture as well from the air through its moisture through their other objects or plants. leaves. It needs little sunlight to flourish, leaves. Whether you They are definitely the so it’s no challenge to keep this plant opt for lady palm, areca types of plants that help healthy indoors. Peace lily will help purify palm, bamboo palm or reduce humidity indoors certain contaminants of your indoor air at reed palm, they are all as they get nutrients the same time. great at helping get rid and moisture from the of air pollutants indoors, air. 56 formaldehyde in particular. Palms are easy to care for www.eastalgarvemag.com as well. But the most ideal if compared to other types is the reed palm as it can survive in lower light and can grow indoors. Just keep the soil moist all the time.
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