Not many people are relaxed at work. It is often a challenging, sometimes competitive and highly charged political environment and has many demands both mentally and emotionally
What causes it?
Workplace stress can be caused by many factors, such as excessive workload, long working hours, friction with colleagues or disagreements with senior managers. Such stressors result [...]
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Panic Attacks – Cure Without Medication, Is It Possible?
Panic attacks and/or anxiety attacks can hit you at any time. They usually hit you at the worst possible moment. If you are a sufferer I’m sure you would give anything to stop them dead. Your wish could be granted.
Why it Limits Your Life Potential
do you feel like panic is stopping you [...]
Different Psychological Effects Of Stress
Have you ever gone through a day without some kind of stress in it? We are all faced with things that really irritate, whether mild to moderate or severe. You probably don’t need someone to tell you that too muchof it makes you cranky and keeps you from getting a good night’s sleep.
It clearly has [...]
Sports psychology’s positive effects on teens and their families
One of the interesting aspects of the American culture is its obsession to sports. We idolize the sports stars.
It is important to us that our pro sports team win all the time. We even place a lot of emphasis on the sports our children play.It sometimes gets out of hand because of our extreme [...]
A Stress Test Helpful In Checking Heart Health
A person can suffer with heart problems after a particular time. When this happens the doctor might require him to go through some special tests to find out what the issue actually is.
There are other illnesses the same as heart problems which should be treated. There are different types of tests that are [...]
How To Do Stress Management ?
A number of people are regularly stressed out. Whether it has to do with your job, personal issues, or any other aspect of your life, you should know that a bit of stress is normal in life and you should not be worried, but you will be able to tell when it is starting to [...]
Reduce Stress, Be Healthy
Overcoming stress involves developing a state of calm clear thoughts and quiet confidence through a variety of techniques and lifestyle changes
Stress management is not only an urgent need in today’s fast-paced lifestyle, but an important factor in both physical and mental health.
It is a psychological approach which teaches people, skills to cope with anxiety and [...]
How You Can Use Your Furniture to Prevent Seasonal Affective Disorder
The summer months are usually a time of fun and happiness. For SAD sufferers it is a different story in the winter
You have a skip in your step, the birds are singing and you have the warm sun on your face. Come winter however and for a lot of people the mood changes. 3% of [...]
Using HARS to assess your anxiety
The Hamilton anxiety rating scale (HARS) was developed as a tool to be used by doctors and therapists to assess the severity of a patient’s anxiety. In order to measure this anxiety, there is a set of 14 questions which are aimed at the different types of anxiety that patients typically experience. The questions [...]
The Basic Facts of ADHD Meds
ADHD meds are not miracle drugs that instantly get rid of all ADHD symptoms. The meds may not work properly and also cause side effects. To find the right levels and types of meds can take time in order to get good results. Here are five tips on how to best work [...]
Will Panic Away Work For You?
Every one of us can effectively manage panic attacks; however, no factual cure exists for anxiety. This is due to the reason that anxiety occurs due to one’s emotional feelings that are responsible for destabilizing one’s living conditions.
No doubt anxiety is a normal phenomenon but when it happens in abundance it causes problems both for [...]
Sugar Cravings, Links To Stress And Depression
Constant stress can easily lead to depression. They can be quite closely connected, especially if cravings for sugar start to devlop when stressed. Here is an article that takes a look at the significance of the ’sweet tooth’, stress and depression.
Depression is often caused biochemically. This means that people get depressed because their biochemistry [...]
