stress

American Actor Bradley Cooper, starred in the 2011 film, “Limitless” where he takes a powerful drug that enabled him the ability to defy all limits of his brain’s potential. Although the story was fictional, it would be a great feat to live…

There’s this idea that “getting it out” when we’re angry is actually helpful or fulfilling in some way, that taking the opportunity to really lay into someone when they’re hurt us is helpful. It makes sense logically: if someone injures us,…

Let’s start from here. Do you know what anxiety is? Anxiety is regularly experienced stress that shows as fear, panic, tension, sleeplessness, irritability. What differs anxiety from ordinary forms of tension and apprehensiveness, is the…

“We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap,” explained Anthony Hopkins. Is your habit of overthinking …

The convenience of our modern world is an incredible thing. We have endless information at our fingertips. We can have a sandwich, a car, or even a message delivered to our door at a moment's notice. We can communicate with friends and…

The history of stress is quite interesting. The term “stress” was borrowed from the field of physics by one of the pioneers of stress research, Hans Selye. He contended that stress was a non-specific strain on the body caused by certain…

"Doing something positive will help turn your mood around. When you smile, your body relaxes. When you experience human touch and interaction, it eases tension in your body,” wrote Simone Elkeles. We are at our best when our body and…

Nurture versus nature: It's the classic debate of personality psychology. Does our world shape us into who we are? Or does our innate personality determine the life we create? Like most students of psychology, I believe the truth lies…

Does it feel like you have been burning at both ends lately? Is it almost as if you are always just waiting for everything to fall apart and the worst disaster in the world to take place at your hands? Many suffer from this tightening, gut…