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- 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
- Coping with Life: Adjusting sails in storms
With any stressful event, adrenaline and cortisol hormones are released. The body prepares itself for the fight-or-flight physiological response to stress. Long-term stress can impact our physical as well as mental health and should be taken seriously. How do we cope with life’s constant stress-inducing nature? Talk it out It’s not just a saying, science agrees that verbalizing our feelings eases the stress load
- Aspiring Parents: Insights for Those Seeking Medical Assistance
All these factors can exacerbate stress, potentially leading to discontinuing medical treatments and If you are expecting a baby, you should keep in mind that the prenatal period can be stressful, and it These changes may increase stress levels and lead to social isolation. Furthermore, transitional phases and stressful moments can negatively impact a couple’s relationship. relationship through small daily gestures, such as emotionally supporting your partner during times of stress
- The Bow that Bends but Doesn't Break: Might Flexibility Reduce Depression Risk?
Jan Kiecolt-Glaser’s Stress and Health Lab. When we experience chronic stress, like the pandemic, it is as if there is a constant tension on that I also saw how many of us, as chronically-stressed and socially-isolated people, did not handle daily What exactly is a physical response to stress? Over time, this stress-induced inflammation may increase depression risk. So What Can Be Done?
- Music for the Mind
feel-good’ chemicals like dopamine and naturally occurring opioids, which help lift mood and reduce stress This encourages relaxation and mindfulness, aligns the body’s energy, and reduces stress, as well as particularly after World Wars I and II, musicians played for soldiers recovering from physical and emotional stress emerged as a powerful tool for alleviating symptoms of anxiety and depression, significantly reducing stress
- Stuck in the spiral of 'what if'? Understanding the basics of Catastrophising
brain in particular, the amygdala, has a key role in detecting threats and quickly priming us to elicit stress It can be helpful when we haven’t got learned information about potentially stressful stimuli (we haven psychological disorders such as health anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and posttraumatic stress likely for our thinking to head toward the spiral, such as negative mood states or periods of increased stress Catastrophising might ultimately stem from somewhere beneficial, but that doesn’t mean it cannot lead to a lot of stress
- How to Help Babies Sleep Better Without Just Leaving Them Crying
After a while, I started feeling stressed and asked why they would not go to him. They also said that, in the beginning, they found it very stressful to not respond to the baby's crying However, this does not mean they are necessarily not experiencing stress; they may have just learnt to Indeed, many parents find such sleeping techniques very stressful, and many regret having used them. This is because, to stay awake, they have produced high levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which
- Romanticising Christmas: The Holiday Magic
Studies have shown that adopting this mindset can help individuals shift focus away from life’s stresses morning coffee or a sunset, can boost one’s mental health by increasing life satisfaction and reducing stress finding meaning or beauty can help counteract negative thought patterns, providing a sense of calm during stressful
- The Winter of Blackouts: Ukraine in the Dark. Part 3
country’s public health sector and the mental health of our generation after years of battling constant stress In my effort to understand the consequences of power outage-related stress, I spoke to a Ukrainian psychologist Children are mirroring the stress and tension their parents are going through, which often spills out a price to pay for the constant “fight or flight” mode and the huge amounts of cortisol (the body's stress Surveys of people living through the power shortages often report spiking rates of stress, anxiety, and
- Exercising our immune system during COVID-19
A recent study in astronauts, who experience great levels of isolation and confinement stress when in Prolonged exposure to stressful situations puts our biological stress response into overdrive, increasing the production of stress hormones such as cortisol that can inhibit many critical functions of our immune Specifically, stress causes our immune cells to become less efficient at responding to infectious agents However, the direct improvements in immunity coupled with lower levels of stress, would indicate that
- My Experience of Burnout as an Author (and How You Can Avoid It)
crying, she placed her hand on my arm and said, "you are burned out and experiencing high levels of stress It was what executives got, what celebrities went through, and what people with high-powered, stressful The term ‘burnout’ describes a severe stress condition that leads to serious physical, mental, and emotional We’ve all remarked on occasion that we are ‘really stressed’, but chronic stress can be the cause of How can staying at home and making up stories lead to such high levels of exhaustion and stress that
- How women in Indian Kashmir confront mental health crisis and stigma
They have suffered severe stress , from being sexually harassed, to experiencing violence, gunfights, to 21% of men) had probable anxiety disorder, and 22% of women (compared to 18%) had post-traumatic stress “The stigma associated with mental health is cultural, and those who experience stress or anxiety are receiving more than 75,000 calls from individuals in Kashmir, primarily women, who experienced anxiety, stress

















