Anxiety

Watching Spiderman and Antman might help you overcome your fear of bugs. Researchers from Ariel University and Bar-Ilan University say that doing so can act as exposure therapy for people who are afraid of bugs. Exposure therapy is exposing oneself to their phobia until they’re no longer afraid. With this…

Millions of people in the US alone suffer with specific phobias, or severe irrational fears of a given thing, place, or circumstance. While there is effective treatment out there, of which often centers around cognitive behavioral therapy, not all phobia suffers find relief. Researchers from Wurzburg University Hospital and the…

A fast-acting psychedelic drug could help treat depression and anxiety. This, from a Johns Hopkins University study that surveyed 362 adults. Researchers found that the use of a synthetic psychedelic, 5-MeO-DMT, is associated with improvements in depression and anxiety when taken in a controlled setting. Approximately 80% of those surveyed…

Overcoming fear relies on an unusual change in DNA. One day, DNA therapy could help to cure disorders like social anxiety or PTSD. University of Queensland researchers taught mice to fear and then unfear a specific sound. First, the mice were placed in a box and exposed to the sound,…

There’s an underrated, simple solution for relieving ourselves of stress and anxiety: engaging in a little humor. Appeal to your funny bone by accessing some quick humor or thinking back on a funny moment. Share your favorite humor or a funny moment with a friend—socializing will get you some added…

If you’re like me, your anxiety gets a little out of whack from time to time… and often for no good reason. You’re walking to work, or hanging out with friends, when out of nowhere this heaviness bombards you, an unexplained worry takes over, and your happiness, productivity, peace, contentment—you…

My anxiety has felt… closer, lately. It used to be this distant threat that I could close the door on or swallow deep down. Now, it’s a heaviness that sits in my throat and weighs on my mind. Sometimes, it hits me like a baseball gone rogue. Most of the…

Stress is an unequivocal part of life—there’s really no way to ensure we’re calm and happy and peaceful at all times. That would be too easy. However, there is a way to better manage the stress and anxiety we experience. In fact, there are multiple ways: spending time outside, engaging…

Christmas is a billion dollar holiday in the United States. People save throughout the year to to make sure they are able to purchase the gifts that their family members have requested. This is especially true for adults who have children. Children are conditioned through the media and their peers…

All of a sudden, my playful, adventurous little brother developed an obsession with using hand sanitizer. He had to squirt some into his hands after running outside and before eating dinner. He insisted on using it after touching the dog and before shaking someone’s hand. We didn’t think too much…

This amazing documentary from 2011 called, “A Social Anxiety: Afraid of People” was featured on Reddit last night, so we thought we’d share it with all of you. If you suffer from SA or know of anybody who does share this video with them as the responses from Redditors and…

Almost everyone deals with anxiety in some form or another, so it’s always comforting to know that you’re never alone when it comes to feeling over-anxious or worried. Even if you’re Captain America. Actor Chris Evans gives an amazing and intimate interview about his Boston upbringing, the challenging decision he…