If the economy isn’t enough to give you agita (see my earlier post), then all the press about swine flu might do the trick. Let’s recall the basics of anxiety: something bad, we’re not sure just what but it’s bad, may happen in the future and there’s nothing we can do about it. I discussed …
Three new pieces of research on the interconnection of stress and the body. The first comes to us from Journal of the American College of Cardiology. As reported by CNN, there may be “a link between mental stress and sudden cardiac arrest, which causes more than 400,000 deaths every year.” The study’s author, Dr. Rachel …
NPR had a nice piece on the emotional impact of the economic recession. From resilience to panic to suicide attempts, NPR covers it all. You can read it here: Economic Crisis, Unemployment Take Emotional Toll. Or you can listen to it here.
In the very first post on this blog, I wrote: "Actions based on anxiety are often regrettable." That may be true, but someone experiencing intense anxiety or a panic attack feels under great pressure to do something, anything to relieve the anxiety and improve their situation. Nevertheless, actions born from anxiety often have poor or …
This is a brief follow-up to my fourth post on anxiety: “Biological Aspects of Stress and Anxiety.” In researching for the next topic for the blog, I ran across a video about Robert Sapolsky, the author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers. The video is short but makes a dramatic point about the effects …
In a post from Discovery Health Cares, aromatherapy is suggested for stress management and anxiety reduction. My apologies for the delay in between posts recently. I will hopefully be getting back to a more regular schedule soon.