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What Mood Swings May Say About Your Mental and Physical Health
Maybe you’re having a great day and your smile is as bright as the sunlight shining through the window, or maybe your day seems like...
Is Depression Genetic?
About 7% of adults and 13% of adolescents report having had at least one episode in which they experienced depression symptoms. Exactly what causes depression...
Are You Right or Left Brained?
Are you a righty or a lefty? It seems like a simple question: about 90 percent of the population are right-handed—they prefer to use their...
Type A Personality: Driven or Draining?
Type A Personality refers to the long-standing traits and patterns that influence how a person interacts with others and responds to the world around them....
What Is Serotonin Syndrome, and Are You at Risk?
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that acts as a hormone regulating emotions, sleep, appetite, and other functions. An increase in serotonin levels is often associated with...
What Is Imposter Syndrome and How Can You Overcome It?
Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep are among the most accomplished actors in film history, beloved by audiences and honored with multiple Academy Awards. They have...
How to Lower Cortisol: The Body’s Stress Hormone
Emotional stress can trigger elevations of cortisol, an important steroid hormone. Chronically high cortisol levels may contribute to abdominal obesity and an array of other...
How to Stop Being a Perfectionist
Do you set demanding standards for yourself…sweat every last detail…tell people, “I’m fine” even when you’re terrible? Perfectionists are some of the highest achievers in...
Cognitive Distortions
Humans are thinking animals. We constantly use our brains to make sense of the world—applying logic and the lessons of experience to understand what’s happening,...
Beyond the Stages of Grief: Other Ways of Dealing with Loss
Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance. The well-known five stages of grief, introduced by Swiss-American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in 1969, have become the way many people...
What is Doomscrolling? And How Can You Stop It?
If you’re one of the millions of Americans hooked on reading negative news and information online the good news is you’re not alone. The bad...
