KAPMI LIBRARY BLOG

Image Credit: Pinterest Books are said to be a person’s best friends as when there is no one to guide us, our books are always there to show us the right path in life. They always direct us to follow the moral values and principles of life. Everyone has a book which helped to change one’s life. Books are a great source of knowledge for us and they play an important role in the lives of students. A book never gives wrong advice to its reader and every book we read has a message to learn. In fact, a recent study shows that reading books has a positive impact on the brain. When we read a book or listen to a story, the brain releases certain harmones that allow us to turn the story into our own idea and experience. This is known as ‘neuro coupling’. The brain releases ‘happy hormone’ and we start a perceiving the story as our own and as a result, all the areas of the brain are activated in this process. Many of us have special memories of the books that have inspired us, and have lea...

       Image Credit: Google.com         “What Mental Health needs is more sunlight, more candor and more unshamed conversation”. -Glenn Close.      Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.      Mental health is important because it's a vital part of our life and impacts our thoughts, behaviors and emotions. Being healthy emotionally can promote productivity and effectiveness in activities like work, school or care giving.  Mental health is one of the most neglected areas of public health. Close to 1 billion people are living with a mental disorder, 3 million people die every year from the harmful use of alcohol and one person dies every 40 seconds by suicide. And now, billions of people around the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, whi...