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    The old taking a break thing is likely familiar to many of you. But what should you consider before deciding to put some space between you and your significant other? Scroll on for the questions you should ask yourself before you put things on ice. 1/ Why Now? Versus a week ago, a month ago, even six months ago, what's making you want to take a breather now? While this might seem like an obvious question, it should help you decipher whether your desire to take a break is a direct result of a recent argument or of something greater (like a recurring fight that seems to have no end). Sometimes we will make major life decisions in the heat of battle, says Dr. Gary Brown, a licensed psychotherapist in Los Angeles. And sometimes when we make decisions based upon inten...

    Many of the physical side effects of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (a hormonal disorder, commonly referred to as PCOS) are widely known: weight gain, irregular periods, excess body hair and - as the name suggests - cysts on the ovaries. It's thought to impact around 1 in 5 women worldwide and could also make conceiving a child more difficult. But what about the mental health aspects of PCOS? A new study conducted over fifteen years by the University of Oulu, Finland, on 5889 women, asked each participant (who was 31 years old at the beginning of the research) to fill in a questionnaire. The questions all focussed on their life satisfaction and health status (for example, their weight, height and the frequency of their periods), and the results found that the women with P...