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A Neuroscientist Explains Why Your Brain Is So Anxious All the Time
Our brains evolved to be on alert for threats. It's just that now, with so many things to worry about, we're constantly worried. By Arielle Pardes.
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Panic attack or atrial fibrillation?
People with anxiety or depression are most likely to mistake panic for atrial fibrillation.
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Neoliberalism is creating loneliness. That’s what’s wrenching society apart
Epidemics of mental illness are crushing the minds and bodies of millions. It’s time to ask where we are heading and why. By George Monbiot.
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Your slow email replies are causing serious anxiety
Danny Garcia wants you to respond to his emails — pronto. Take too long and he starts getting anxious. He even lies awake at night wondering when you’ll reply. Sending emails creates anxiety for Garcia, New York-based marketing operations manager at Stacklist, a website that lists apps and tools that CEOs use in their business. Butterflies churn in his stomach from the moment he hits send.
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Meeting One’s Madness
Our newest correspondent is Megan Mayhew Bergman, who will be writing about naturalism. For her first piece she considers the writer Alan Watts and the “age of environmental anxiety.”
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Sex Workers Describe Their First Day on the Job
Craigslist foot fetishists and porn shoots that put your first day work jitters to shame. By Graham Isador.
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Depression in Young People Affects the Stomach, Anxiety the Skin
Mental disorders and physical diseases frequently go hand in hand. For the first time, psychologists at the University of Basel and Ruhr University Bochum have identified temporal patterns in young people: arthritis and diseases of the digestive system are more common after depression, while anxiety disorders tend to be followed by skin diseases.
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Why We're Living in the Age of Fear
This is the safest time in human history. So why are we all so afraid? By Neil Strauss. (Oct. 6, 2016) [Autoplay video]
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How Worrying Can Actually Make You Sick -- Hypochondriacs Have a Higher Risk of Heart Disease
It really can hurt your health... Some people—even those who are strong and healthy—are totally convinced that disease is just around the corner. An estimated 5-10% of people have health anxiety, meaning they’re obsessed with thoughts of having, getting or dodging illness. Now, a new study published in the journal BMJ Open shows that this type of worry, ironically, is linked to a 70% higher risk of heart disease.
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The mental health system is broken – and fighting stigma won't be enough.
We need proactive services and we need immediate support available for people before things get “that bad.” If it feels big enough to them, then it is that big, period. No questions, no guilt, no shame about it. People’s problems are not to be compared or judged. If it is impacting your life, then you have every right as the next person to seek support.
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The Enduring, Anxious Appeal of Gray
Is it a color that means nothing — or is that the point? By Kyle Chayka.
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How to reduce dependency on drugs like Valium with alternative therapies
Benzodiazepines are used by many people despite their associated risks and harms.
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Men With Migraines Double Odds Of Developing Anxiety
It's likely we know someone who suffers from the debilitating pain of migraines. Symptoms of the headaches, such as sensitivity to sound, light, or touch, tingling or numbness, or vision changes, can make going to work, spending time with family, or even eating nearly impossible. Now, researchers at the University of Toronto, Canada, found migraine attacks double the risk of developing generalized anxiety disorders in men.
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Sleep problems, anxiety and depression — it goes both ways
For many people, treating sleep problems before treating symptoms of anxiety and depression is less stigmatising and might encourage people to seek further help.
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When You Picture Someone With A Mental Illness, Picture Me In A Nice Tailored Suit
It's been nearly three years since I lost my mind. I had told people in the past that I'd lost my mind, but I didn't know what I was talking about. For instance, I'd once danced on stage with the Flaming Lips while wearing a giant furry koala suit. I told people "It was amazing! I lost my mind!" But I didn't know what I was talking about. I was just super-excited, quite drunk, and really high.
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What to know about claustrophobia - Health Disorders List
Claustrophobia: fear of confined places. What is Claustrophobia? claus·tro·pho·bi·a ˌklôstrəˈfōbēə/ noun Extreme or irrational fear of confined places.
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Patients Use Cannabis Instead of Opioids to Treat Pain, Anxiety and Depression, Study Finds
Patients are ditching opioids and instead using cannabis to treat pain, anxiety, and depression mostly in states where pot is legal, according to a new study. Published in the Journal of Pain Research, the results show that 46 percent of people who used cannabis at least once within the previous 90 days used it as a substitute for prescription drugs that treat pain, anxiety, and depression. The investigators surveyed nearly...
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Researchers Find Link Between Food Allergies and Childhood Anxiety
Researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and Albert Einstein College of Medicine studied the link between food allergy and childhood anxiety and depression among a sample of predominantly low socioeconomic status minority children. The results showed that children with a food allergy had a significantly higher prevalence of childhood anxiety.
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Study: Psychedelic drug psilocybin helps depressed patients 're-connect' to the world
New research sheds light on how psilocybin could help people overcome depressive symptoms. The psychedelic drug appears to promote a change from disconnection to connection and a change from avoidance to acceptance. Psilocybin is the primary mind-altering substance in psychedelic “magic” mushrooms. The drug can profoundly alter the way a person experiences the world by producing changes in mood, sensory perception, time perception, and sense of self.
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How Blogging Became My Escape From Anxiety and Depression
I’ve always been very open about my past struggles with anxiety and depression. It’s not something I chose and it’s not even always due to external factors. It’s just the result of some faulty wiring in my brain. Que sera sera, right? But just because I’ve come to terms with these struggles doesn’t mean that it’s always been easy. While I’ve been fortunate enough to maintain some semblance of a “functional” life, there have been plenty of times that I nearly broke under the weight of my tainted emotions.
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