What Is the Vagus Nerve?
What happens in the vagus nerve doesn’t stay in the vagus nerve
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What Is Hangxiety?
If your anxiety increases after a night of drinking, you’re not alone. Here’s why it happens and what you can do if it happens to you.
I Powered Through Anxiety and Climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro
While filming a documentary about mental health and disability, I eventually conquered my own anxieties. It took every tool in my arsenal.
I’m Grateful for the Anxiety That Left Me Gasping for Air
My anxiety helped me realize I needed to reconnect with myself
How to Get Through the Holidays When Dealing with Grief
Grief can turn the holidays into a difficult time of year, but there are ways to get through it
Getting Help for Your Mental Health Is Not a Weakness, but Try Telling My Asian Parents That
As Chinese immigrants, my parents taught me their cultural values of hard work and overcoming challenges through helping yourself — but when the challenge is mental health, that approach doesn’t work.
When Stigma Kills
Attitudes about mental health in the Black community are changing, but there’s still stigma surrounding mental health diagnoses
This Is Your Brain on No Sleep
We need those 7 to 9 hours to keep our brains healthy in the short term — and for the long haul
Staring at an Image of Yourself on Zoom Has Serious Consequences for Mental Health – Especially for Women
While experiences with self-objectification lead both women and men to focus on their appearance, women tend to face many more negative consequences
What’s the 411 on the New 988 Hotline? 5 Questions Answered About a National Mental Health Service
The 988 Lifeline will connect callers with specialists trained to assist with mental health crises, including psychotic symptoms and substance abuse
Even After Lockdowns Eased, Pandemic Depression Persisted Across Social Classes – New Study
The pandemic’s sustained impact on the nation’s mental health is unprecedented
Everything you need to know about women’s health — in one place.
I Was Searching for a Miracle Cure for My Breast Cancer. I Found Hope Instead.
A diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer sent me down the road of magical thinking, but the only miracle I found was hope
Ready for Another Pandemic Malady? It’s Called ‘Decision Fatigue’
Faced with a stream of difficult choices about health and safety during a global pandemic, we may experience a unique kind of burnout that could deeply affect our brains and our mental health
There Is Much More to Mindfulness Than the Popular Media Hype
Medicalized meditation is now a self-help commodity that generates over $1 billion per year, leading some critics to label it “McMindfulness”
Can Acupuncture Help?
Acupuncture has become more mainstream over the past decade, but it still seems a bit mysterious. We took a look into this ancient practice.
I Was Stalked for 2 Decades Before It Was a Crime
My experience helped pass the first anti-stalking laws in the United States
Regret Can Be All-Consuming – a Neurobehavioral Scientist Explains How People Can Overcome It
Regret can increase stress and negatively affect your physical health
You’re Getting Sleepy: What You Need to Know About Hypnosis
Despite a bad reputation, hypnosis isn’t quack science — if you’re open to it
Finding My Birth Mother Changed My Life — and the Way I Manage My Health Care
As an adoptee, I was denied the right to my medical history. Finally having access to it makes me feel connected to others and my new family.
What Is Imposter Syndrome?
It’s not just you — Serena Williams and Tina Fey have had it, too
Más allá de lo físico: Cómo la artritis psoriásica puede afectar tu salud mental y sexual
La artritis psoriásica puede afectar mucho más que solo sus articulaciones
Conversación sobre la salud: Preguntas para su proveedor de servicios médicos sobre la artritis psoriásica
Obtenga más información y actúe más rápidamente para tener mejores resultados con la artritis psoriásica
Grocery Workers Suffer the Mental Health Effects of Customer Hostility and Lack of Safety in Their Workplace
Shoppers have become increasingly rude, to the point that interactions with customers are now often contentious and occasionally violent