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The way out of burnout
A psychoanalyst explains why for people feeling “burnt out”, simply trying to relax doesn’t always work. By Josh Cohen.
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24 hours offline every week has made a world of difference for my health, sanity, and happiness
Stress — on the job and off — has been called a health epidemic by the World Health Organization. It makes us more prone to a host of maladies, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and cancer. And it's estimated to kill more than 120,000 American workers each year. It's not just work, of course. It's how we work. Our smartphones tether us to our 9-to-5 jobs 24/7. We're online, all the time. Day and night. Weekday and weekend. Technology, supposed to make our lives easier, has made it a lot more complicated.
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Chimp study shows how hanging out with friends makes life less stressful
Research suggests friends don't just help in the bad times – they cut damaging stress just by being around. By Ben Garrod.
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Hair provides proof of the link between chronic stress and heart attack
Researchers at the University of Western Ontario have provided the first direct evidence using a biological marker, to show chronic stress plays an important role in heart attacks.
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4 Ways in Which Work Stress Can Negatively Affect the Workforce
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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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Life is less stressful after retirement, but only for those at the top
People in low-level jobs experience more stress than their superiors, and the gap gets even wider after they retire. You might expect people at the top of the corporate hierarchy to have more stress than those at the bottom, but it’s actually the other way around. Considering the many health risks associated with stress, that’s no small burden. And retirement offers little relief.
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How stress works in the human body, to make or break us
The subtle flows and toxic hits of stress get under the skin, making and breaking the body and brain over a lifetime. By Bruce McEwen.
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Having a bad job may be worse for your health than having no job at all
People working in low paying, unstable jobs show more signs of chronic stress than their counterparts who remain unemployed. For the unemployed, finding a job can be a path to improved mental health, but only if it’s a good one, a recent study finds. Researchers tracked 116 British adults who were unemployed in 2009-2010. Those who found good jobs enjoyed improved mental health outcomes, while those who found jobs that were stressful, poorly paid, or unstable saw no improvement.
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Stressful times call for empathic people
Every fall, college freshmen begin the familiar tradition of establishing friendships with classmates in their dormitories. But little do they realize how much choosing the right friends – notably ones with empathy – could be beneficial during stressful times, a new Stanford study says. “The transition to college can be tumultuous,” said Jamil Zaki, an assistant professor of psychology at Stanford and co-author of the study. “Whom you end up making friendships with can play a significant role...
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A new Swedish study shows spending just 72 hours in nature can reduce your stress levels by up to 70%
The 72 Hours Cabin is a Swedish initiative that aims to investigate the effects of nature on the human body, specifically related to stress and anxiety levels. Stress is one of the leading causes attributed to many health issues that affect us in the western world.
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Fish Depression Is Not a Joke
Can a fish be depressed? This question has been floating around my head ever since I spent a night in a hotel across from an excruciatingly sad-looking Siamese fighting fish. His name was Bruce Lee, according to a sign beneath his little bowl. There we were trying to enjoy a complimentary bloody mary on the last day of our honeymoon and there was Bruce Lee, totally still, his lower fin grazing the clear faux rocks on the bottom of his home. When he did finally move, just slightly, I got the sense that he would prefer to be dead.
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A Restaurant Ruined My Life
I was a foodie with a boring day job who figured he could run a restaurant. Then I encountered rats, endless red tape, crippling costs and debt-induced meltdowns, started popping sleeping pills, lost my house, and nearly sabotaged my marriage. By Robert Maxwell.
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Sevier [Co. Tennessee] deputy suffered panic attack while armed, couple charged with causing it
A Sevier County Sheriff’s Office deputy opened fire without warning in a mobile home park, suffered an apparent panic attack four minutes later and was forcibly disarmed by a paramedic, body camera footage shows. By Jamie Satterfield.
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How to Stop a Panic Attack
During a panic attack, your entire body is on high alert. Your heart is pounding and you are breathing too fast and shallow. It can feel like your thoughts are racing, and you can’t think straight no matter what you do. The severity of the symptoms experienced during a panic attack are so intense that it can throw off the rest of your day. It’s understandable that you’d want to do everything you can to make it stop.
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Not Your Messiah
The safety of a rifle slung around your shoulders, your squad mates in front of and behind you, and the comfort of a well-worn FROG suit, were gone, replaced by strange clothes, strange sights, strange people. By Peter Lucier.
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Stressed out? Try smelling your partner’s shirt
The scent of a romantic partner can help lower stress levels, new psychology research from the University of British Columbia has found. The study, published this week in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, found women feel calmer after being exposed to their male partner’s scent. Conversely, being exposed to a stranger’s scent had the opposite effect and raised levels of the stress hormone, cortisol.
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Don't Panic, but Researchers Have Discovered That Stress is Contagious
Researchers have discovered brain cells change following close contact with a stressed individual. Simply put, stress is contagious. Stress can be brought on by big things like existential crises. More commonly, stress comes from trivial, every-day things like walking into a meeting that’s already started. Living in a world dominated by social media, we are constantly forced to compare our lives to those of others. Life is, by nature, unstable and uncertain, which can make stress inevitable. Therefore, it is unsurprising that we find ourselves in the midst of an anxiety epidemic.
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Study finds sniffing sweetheart’s sweaty T-shirt may lower stress
Are you anxious about an upcoming job interview, public speaking engagement, or any other high-pressure workplace situation? Here’s a weird but now research-supported tip: Try taking a whiff of your sweetheart’s sweaty T-shirt.
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Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises and Your Vagus Nerve
Vagus Nerve Survival Guide: Phase One (This entry is first in a 9 part series.) By Christopher Bergland.
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