Stress inoculation: Can you train for stress?
Imagine a time when you were so stressed out about something, it made everything worse. Welcome to stress inoculation 101! In this article, we […]
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Scientifically Proven Healthy Habits- Get Back On Track!
Scientifically proven healthy habits: Stress, anxiety, and general unhappiness are all caused by an imbalance in our lives. In other words, a balanced life […]
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Dysthymia: Persistent Depressive Disorder- What is it and Symptoms
We’ve all been “there”, where we find ourselves more down than usual, we don’t feel like doing anything and have a constant feeling of […]
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Brain Gym: 16 Activities That Will Help Your Brain Stay Younger
Brain Gym for a healthy mind. A few years ago, we started to learn about the importance of training our brains. Today we know […]
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Hypertension: A complete guide to high blood pressure
“I was walking down to the supermarket and started to feel vision problems, headache, chest pain, difficulty breathing and pounding in my chest and […]
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Dysphasia: Difficulty with comprehension of spoken or written language
Imagine not being about to sing your favorite song, or not being able to write or say how you feel or what you are […]
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Sports Psychology: From training your body to your emotions
Have you ever thought about how your favorite athletes are able to do what they do? They do it by using sports psychology. In […]
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Optimism vs. Pessimism: Which is better for your health?
The way we view the world can say a lot about our mental and physical well-being. It can influence the people we interact with, […]
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Types of exercise: Different types of exercise and their benefits
Types of exercise. Cue the groans! This blog post is all about the benefits of different types of exercise. Yes! You read that correctly! […]
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The Effects of Sugar on the Brain: Everything you need to know
We are always hearing about how sugar is bad for us, but how does it affect us? How does sugar affect our brains? In […]
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Fibromyalgia: What is it, symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment
Fibromyalgia. If you don’t know what fibromyalgia is, you should know that those who suffer from it have to cope with hypersensitivity, which causes […]
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Hypnotherapy: What is it, what are the different types and treatments?
Hypnotherapy. Have you ever thought of being hypnotized? In this article, we answer some questions you might have: what is hypnotherapy, what are the […]
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Post-Holiday Blues: Is it real? Can I prevent it?
I’m sure you’ve heard of post-holiday blues or post-vacation blues. But does it really exist, or, as some say, is it a product of […]
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Living With Social Anxiety: What is Social Anxiety and how to treat it
Living with social anxiety. Calm down, calm down, calm down. But you can’t. Your voice is shaking and your hands are trembling, clutching that […]
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Andropause or Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome: A Helpful Guide to Male Menopause
Andropause is a syndrome caused by a decrease in testosterone levels in men due to age. Not all men suffer from this disorder, but […]
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Manage Stress: Learn techniques and tips to reduce stress
Manage stress. A complete guide to learning how to control and manage stress. Learn to recognize stressful situations, discover the most common mistakes that […]
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Type A and Type B Personality: Is there a Type C? Which one are you?
Type A and Type B personality. Are you a person who is competitive by nature? Do you or the people you know consider you […]
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Animal Assisted Therapy: What it is, and how does it help?
Nothing but heart eyes galore anytime we see an owner with a dog on a street. We see those sad commercials with animals who […]
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Erectile Dysfunction: Brief Treatment Guide on How to Overcome It
Erectile Dysfunction: Brief treatment guide in how to overcome it. The level of daily stress is enough to encourage situations in which you are […]
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Nail biting: Everything you need to know to stop doing it.
Nail biting habit or onychophagia is one of the most common nervous problems. Do you want to stop biting your nails forever? In this […]
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Bedwetting: Find out why does your child still wet the bed
Your child over 5 years old is still bedwetting? It is a problem that we should try to tackle as soon as possible. Discover […]
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Tourette’s Syndrome: Complete guide to understanding and treating it
Tourette’s syndrome is a type of tic disorder that severely incapacitates the person. What usually draws attention are the cases in which these people […]
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Acute Stress: Are You Controlled By Your Nerves?
We face stressful situations in our day-to-day that cause behavioral and emotional problems. These problems caused by stress usually go away on their own, […]
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Willpower: The complete guide to good habits
It’s common to think that obese people, smokers, and drinkers have little to no willpower. Is this true? How does willpower affect people? What […]
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Fight or Flight: All You Need to Know About This Response
Fight or Flight. The sympathetic nervous system is one of two subdivisions of the autonomic nervous system, which is part of the peripheral nervous […]
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Overcoming procrastination: Are you a procrastinator? 20 tips to stop postponing your tasks
Can’t stop postponing important projects or delaying tasks? In this article we explain what is procrastination, causes, consequences, advantages and disadvantages and overcoming procrastination. […]
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12 Anxiety Symptoms: Fear sharpens the senses while anxiety paralyzes them
Anxiety Symptoms. “I’m worried all day excessively about anything that happens to me”, “I feel agitated and nervous and at night I have a […]
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Migraine Triggers: What are Migraines and How to Avoid Them
What are migraines? Though migraines are common (migraines and tension type headaches are the second and third most common disease in the world) the exact cause […]
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Stress and Aging: Is Your Stress Aging You?
You wake up in the morning and look in the mirror and ask yourself “why do my eyes look so tired? Have I put […]
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Understanding Your Brain and Stress: What Happens When We’re Stressed?
It’s time to talk about our good ol’ buddy stress. For most of us, it seems to cling to us all day every day, […]
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Does Stress Get You Down? Overcoming Anxiety and Panic Attacks
How can you work on overcoming anxiety and panic attacks? Getting stressed out before a final paper is due, or before giving an important […]
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Problems With Your S.O? How To Take The Stress Out Of Sex
Sexual relationships can cause stress for both men and women, and it can be caused by a ton of factors, like an unjustified fear […]
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Never Ending Worry: Living With Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Feeling nervous and worried is a natural and quite common response to a frightening stimulus. Anxiety is natural even if it brings us discomfort. […]
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Does Socializing Stress You Out? How To Overcome Social Anxiety
Let’s set the scene: It’s peak lunch time and you’re in a hurry before your next class. You usually eat with a few friends, […]
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How to Overcome Depression During Pregnancy: Why do I Feel Guilty?
We recently talked about postpartum depression, and now we’re going to look at how to overcome depression during pregnancy. Being pregnant and bringing a […]
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What is Stress: Types and Symptoms of Stress
What is Stress If you think you may have stress, keep in mind that it’s just a normal response from the organism that subconsciously responds […]
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Joyful laughter boosts brain health and reduces stress hormone
Joyful laughter boosts brain health and reduces stress hormone We are all familiar with the saying, “laughter is the best medicine.” And this motto […]
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Brain vacations: stress, boredom and travel.
Brain vacations: stress, boredom and travel. This common experience shows that our brains can run on ‘automatic pilot’, taking us through life’s familiar routines […]
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How new mothers process stress
How new mothers process stress. Postpartum women process stress differently from females who have not recently given birth. This is according to new research […]
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Stress resilience, susceptibility traced to neurons in reward circuit
Stress resilience, susceptibility traced to neurons in reward circuit. A specific pattern of neuronal firing in a brain reward circuit instantly rendered mice vulnerable […]
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Study supports link between stress, epileptic seizures
Study supports link between stress, epileptic seizures. Scientists have long thought that stress plays a role in epileptic seizures, and new evidence suggests that […]
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Stress causes brain to shrink
Stress causes brain to shrink. A new study has found that living a stressful life may lead to shrinking in important parts of the […]
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How depression and stress trigger loss of brain volume
How depression, stress trigger loss of brain volume. People who suffer from chronic stress or major depression tend to lose brain volume, and such […]
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