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  • Is our blood at the core of the mind-body interface?

    cortisol are the two life-saving hormones that give us the energy and the concentration to deal with stressful contribute to a range of mental health problems, from depression to panic attack and post-traumatic stress These cytokines also affect the brain in situations of psychological stress unrelated to infections,

  • 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

  • Déjà Vu: The neuroscience behind the mysterious phenomenon

    to the article and makes the title a little spicier, as in to say, "Have we been here before"’ and stress If you’re constantly tired or stressed (same), you’re more likely to experience déjà vu as fatigue and stress impact our memory, which is a potential cause of the phenomenon. also more likely to experience déjà vu than the older population (sorry if you’re young and tired and stressed

  • Mind and Body, constantly interacting: What do they say to each other?

    Stress can trigger anxiety or exacerbate many diseases and disorders, such as high blood pressure and Stress can also cause muscle tension, leading to physical pain, including in the neck, back, or head, practical understanding of the interaction between psychological processes, the nervous system, and the stress placements, these will run across mind-body interface research laboratories within the IoPPN, including: the Stress

  • Family Connection as a preventive behavioural intervention

    for a parent to connect with their children if they are battling emotional distress, turbulence and stress The CO-SPACE study of 6000 parents showed increased rates of depression, anxiety and stress following Given the transgenerational impact of parental stress on the ability to connect with children, supporting We cannot control the external environmental factors that may stress our children when they are adults

  • Why Early Parent-Infant Relationships Matter

    I found these words very stressful, and, although it may have been an isolated episode for a new parent Growing up, the child will also be more likely to successfully deal with negative emotions and stressful self-esteem, to form positive intimate relationships, to succeed in their studies and career, to manage stress parents in childhood, or with their current partner, lack of support, socio-economic disadvantage, stressful

  • Has the $1.8 trillion Wellness Industry commodified mental wellbeing?

    places its role in mental wellness, is helping with ways of coping with everyday challenges such as stress health charity, provides tips to help improve mental wellbeing including trying to relax and reduce stress Claiming to be ‘the most science-backed meditation app’, they boast stats such as a 32% decrease in stress

  • Complex Trauma: A Spectre in Psychiatry

    I started an MSc in Neuroscience in 2020 too, and during this time I received a post-traumatic stress There are many though who will develop post-traumatic stress responses due to COVID-19, either directly This is why I believe traumatic stress is such an important issue to discuss —  because it is an endemic What is meant by complex trauma or complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD)? its response to stress in later life, locked in a very distressing feedback loop.

  • "Scream Therapy" Can Make You Feel Happier and Calmer

    In today's times, where we are fast-moving and stressed, scream therapy has caught my attention because of its unique approach and ability to provide an unconventional yet potentially cathartic release of stress trauma is often the root of many mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress

  • Don’t fret! Use music to manage your pain

    It can be a great source of anxiety and stress, which then exacerbates the experience of pain. This causes a never-ending back-and-forth of issues, with anxiety and stress causing more pain, and then more pain causing more anxiety and stress, repeating until you are in a spiral of both physical and breathing, and blood pressure (essentially, whatever you need to relax), and reduce those levels of stress

  • Unmasking the Trauma: Narcissistic Abuse and the Hidden Scars of PTSD

    abuse at the hands of a “narcissist” can sometimes be associated with the development of Post Traumatic Stress Individuals who are in a toxic relationship with a “narcissist” may notice that they sometimes feel anxious, stressed disturbing dreams can leave them feeling emotionally drained and anxious when they wake, triggering their 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

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