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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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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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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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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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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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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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 piece of paper in […]
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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 […]
Continue reading »Infant stress affects teen brain. For some girls, stressful experiences in the first year of life seem to drive hormonal changes later in childhood. And […]
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