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- Why Perfectionism May Be Damaging for our Mental Health
But, that being said, I have recognised that it can provide me additional, and probably unnecessary, stress too much pressure on yourself to try and achieve it, it is understandable that it can add additional stress Studies have found that the stress triggered by toxic perfectionism can lead to experiences of fatigue There have been many previous Inspire the Mind blogs on the impact of stress on our mental and physical Yes, I do often stress more than I should thanks to my perfectionist tendencies, but there are so many
- Who is at risk of developing depression and anxiety in pregnancy?
increased vulnerability is because of the many changes and challenges, as well as the high levels of stress (that is, the stress associated with the role of being a parent) and less optimal child development Of course, it is important to highlight that feeling sad, tired and stressed during pregnancy does not However, it is less known that high levels of stress also increase the risk of depression and anxiety This includes stress during pregnancy (adverse experiences, such as the death of a relative or close
- Do women have it worse off when it comes to epilepsy outcomes?
But what was really interesting was the relationship to stress. , and one in five told us that all their seizures were triggered by stress. But what is it about women’s response to stress that makes their seizures worse? Perhaps this is a clue to the sex difference in stress response and how it affects seizures. And as we know, chronic stress can result in a maladaptive inflammatory response.
- ‘What If My Best Isn’t Good Enough?’ My Journey with Academic Success and Validation at School
What would have been an already stressful period for those leading up to taking exams, was amplified So, as someone who loves to learn, I started to do some research on academic stress and the impact of The Impact of Stress Having panic attacks the night before exams and feeling so nervous I couldn’t sit that academic-related stress can lead to the development of mental health issues, such as depression My Experience Researching the effects of academic stress resonated with me deeply.
- Predicting Children’s Health: The Promise of Blood Tests
Promise of Blood Tests What if children could get a test at the doctor’s office that would tell them if stress ACEs covered a range of stressful experiences from more common stressful experiences, such as divorce Broadly, neuroscientists study what we call stress responsivity systems. Chronic levels of stress and adversity can alter how these systems work in important ways. Source: needpix.com What is important is that both physical stress, like a cold, and psychological stress
- Aquaporin-4, a mysterious new suspect in depression
degree in Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), home to the Stress The link between stress, inflammation, depression and AQP4 It has been known for a while now that both stress and inflammation are important parameters in depression. Animal studies First of all, we looked at studies performed on mice exposed to stress or inflammation Exposing animals to stress and inflammation usually decreased the levels of AQP4 in their brains.
- Our sense of humour is no laughing matter
Humour helps us to socialise and communicate our needs, reduces our stress levels, and boosts our psychological contribute to a variety of functions in the body such as metabolism, reproduction, mood, cognition, and stress response (of which the main hormone is cortisol, a “stress hormone”). This leads to positive effects such as reduced stress levels, and increased resilience after experiencing therapy, is a non-pharmacological intervention with beneficial effects in reducing pain, anxiety, and stress
- Dads: An Untapped Resource in The Perinatal Period
Furthermore, fathers may experience, report, and present mental health symptoms as stress or externalising They found that 7% of fathers presented with high stress in the perinatal period with this rising to This stress impacted their newborns and was found to be associated with child emotional and behavioral problems at 24months, demonstrating that paternal perinatal stress and mental health problems may be Stressed fathers may have a reduce ability to parent and form attachments with the baby, have a reduced
- "Behind the scenes" of adolescent depression
When depressed, our bodies are more likely to produce stress hormones such as cortisol or noradrenaline Depression “behind the scenes” Starting from the beginning: if exposure to stress can increase risk for depression, then something must be happening biologically in response to stress. Indeed, when we are faced with a stressful situation, we release a hormone called cortisol, which helps In a nutshell, early life stress, can push our bodies to manifest higher levels of cortisol, leading
- The Trials and Tribulations of Moral Perfectionism
We can of course assume that the latter most definitely causes some stress in everyday life. We can assume that added stress may come to play but without explicit research to say so, we cannot be Socially prescribed perfectionism is linked to stress in many ways, not just due to the stress the experience Research has suggested that these perfectionists tend to have more negative emotional responses to stress and may generate interpersonal stress for themselves.
- Are all stressors of equal measure?
types like physical stress (e.g., pain or illness) from psychosocial stress (e.g., social isolation depression outcomes in mice by investigating the effects of physical stress and psychosocial stress. but was not affected in response to physical stress. and not psychosocial stress. While in contrast, psychosocial stress promoted depression, increased inflammation, blunted the stress
- SEX DIFFERENCES IN MENTAL HEALTH: A REFLECTION
various types of messages to and from the brain, and regulate emotions and behaviours, including our stress from exercising with almost an anti-anxiety effect; yet, in females, exercising improves resilience to stress depressed in pregnancy have increased levels of another steroid, cortisol, which is important for the stress More interestingly, their babies tend to respond more to stress, by producing more cortisol. Another series of studies conducted in mothers who were stressed at the time of pregnancy show that male

















