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  • How to keep moving if you are feeling down or depressed

    recently had a conversation with Consultant psychiatrist Dr Jamie Arkell, who noted that this kind of stress-reducing explained, “we need to keep cortisol levels low because after the age of 30, the DHEA hormone which manages stress In addition, the stress hormone cortisol drives muscle loss.

  • Complexity and distress: the mental load of living with Type 1 Diabetes

    Research suggests there are genetic pre-dispositions to T1D, which can be provoked by a virus/infection or stress are not only influenced by what you eat and how much insulin you’ve injected, but also by exercise, stress mentally calculating the carbs in each course before they’ve even seen it; how every walk, run, or stressful

  • An Underrated Superpower? The Science Behind High Sensitivity

    constantly respond more saps energy, and a bombardment of sensory data makes HSPs prone to suffer extra from stress The same sensory depth that makes them more prone to struggle when they have to handle stress, then, encouraged to stay busy and stay tough, HSPs need to be better than most at saying no to unnecessary stressors your sensitivity and care for yourself, says Elaine Aaron herself, becomes extra necessary when undue stress

  • Breaking the intergenerational transmission of childhood maltreatment

    functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, the system that gets activated in case of stress , and consequently higher levels of cortisol, the hormone released during stressful situations; genetic mothers who have experienced childhood maltreatment go on to have healthy children who do not experience stress

  • It's More Than Just a Sport: A Self-Discovery Journey

    Have you ever been so stressed out, that all you want to do is just relieve that tension? We all know that physical activities are good for your mental health, helping you relieve stress and activity has a huge potential to enhance our wellbeing, including positively impacting our mood, reducing stress

  • Coping During Coronavirus: Tips from Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

    In recent weeks, many of my patients have asked me about how to manage stress and take care of their As a clinical psychologist and researcher who studies how stress impacts mental health, I’ve come up with a few suggestions that I shared with my patients on how to manage stress in this time. And it is totally normal to feel anxious or stressed in the face of these changes. She has previously written another great blog for us on stress early in life and the effect it can have

  • An Insider's View on Mental Health in the Legal Profession

    An Insider’s View on Mental Health in the Legal Profession Law is a high-stress profession; there’s almost Having been deemed the second most stressed profession with a ‘toxic, cut-throat’ work environment, it the barriers posed by the working environment for newly qualified lawyers, another major source of stress a need to ‘prove’ themselves — only to create prime conditions for burning out and perpetuating the stress One lawyer told me that when she first started working, stress management and self-support was never

  • Like the White Rabbit, ‘We’re Late!’ or so says social media

    Thinking about what Carroll may have been trying to imply, we can definitely sense the stress and urgency It's a lot, and it’s stressful. these constructed deadlines, can inevitably impact our wellbeing, leading to feelings of nervousness, stress

  • Quiet Quitting - a controversial trend or valid boundary setting?

    recognition at work don’t compensate for fall-out like poorer home life, strained family relationships, stress quiet quitting as a ‘self-indulgent sulk’, invalidating and downplaying the link between workplace stress However, people’s mental health in relation to work must be taken seriously, and we know that external stresses A better understanding of workplace stress and its consequences on our mental health is needed by employers

  • Small life changes that can help improve our mental health

    , such as that covered in this review, has shown how exercise boosts our endorphins and reduces our stress various types of sleep interventions, and findings showed that improved sleep quality reduced levels of stress If you’ve been working or studying a lot and are stressed out, try to ensure you have a healthy balance

  • Understanding mental health and how to keep it strong during this pandemic

    state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses The WHO stresses the fact that mental health is not just an absence of mental disorder or disabilities It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices everyday. sense of contentment A zest for living and the ability to laugh and have fun The ability to deal with stress It also relieves stress, improves memory, helps you sleep better, and boosts your overall mood.

  • Sex-specific immune profiles in adolescent depression

    What we know so far From the studies in adults, we know that chronically higher levels of the stress activation) were associated with depression in adolescents, but mainly in the context of early life stress developed a composite risk score based on 11 different sociodemographic factors, including early life stress

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