Salt (or sodium) has gotten a bad reputation in America. Many people are filling their grocery carts with “low-sodium” products, or even attempting to eliminate salt from their diet entirely. While it is true that most Americans could stand to cut back on the salt; salt doesn’t cause high blood pressure. More accurately high blood [...]
A 20th-century artist, Louis Wain, who was fascinated by cats, painted these pictures over a period of time in which he developed schizophrenia. The pictures mark progressive stages in the illness and exemplify what it does to the victim’s perception.The progressive escape of reality towards delusion is expressed in the pictures below. Since Wain was [...]
Finally we have our second installment of bizarre brain-related disorders. In our first list we covered such illnesses as Stockholm Syndrome and Stendhal Syndrome. This time we are looking at some slightly more physical disorders – many of which are the result of physical damage to the brain or parts of the body. If you [...]
Although it’s normal to feel anxious from time to time, if you feel anxious without reason and if these worries persist and affect your day-to-day life, you may have generalized anxiety disorder. Symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder may include restlessness, feeling tense or on edge, irritability, impatience, or poor concentration. People may also notice changes [...]
Depression and anxiety can be caused by various factors. What we eat can worsen anxiety and stress levels. Excess processed foods and unbalanced diets can cause symptoms. Clinical depression affects over ten percent of the population and most people experience some level of stress, anxiety or depression. In the northern hemisphere, the winter months cause [...]
If you have chronic insomnia, it’s quite likely that you also have sleep anxiety. And just what does that mean, exactly? It means that your insomnia is making you feel anxious. This anxious feeling is making it even harder to fall asleep. So you’re now on an endless loop of… …not being able to sleep, [...]
Tropophobia: The fear of moving or of making changes. The fear of relocating is a real and devastating problem for some people. The anxiety of moving to a new state, town or even a new house can be overwhelming to some. As hard as it might be to believe, there are tens of thousands of [...]
Anxiety, or the reaction to a perceived danger, is a response that differs from one animal or human to another — or so scientists thought. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University are challenging what we know about stress, and their study has implications for helping clinicians better treat victims of terrorism or natural disasters. Prof. [...]
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“To feel too much is dangerous. Too feel too little is tragic.” The severity and duration of each stage of grieving will differ from person to person, as will the order in which people go through the stages, but understand that the emotions are simply a normal part of the process that help many [...]
