There’s A Name For The Heavy Feelings You’re Carrying At Work Right Now
If you feel like you are at the breaking point right now at your job, you are not alone. Americans are coping with what is known as “cascading collective trauma,” as termed by Roxane Cohen Silver, a University of California at Irvine psychologist who has researched trauma for decades. In an article published in the […]
11 Reasons Being Calm Is Making You Anxious
Nobody likes being anxious … right? If that’s true, then why do we sometimes feel so unsettled — weird, even — when life is calm or everything feels settled? This can feel like your heart racing when you’re lying in bed or your thoughts spiraling when watching TV. Or, it might be a tendency to […]
This Is What Happens To Your Brain When You Orgasm
For National Orgasm Day, we know they feel good – but what exactly do they do to our brains? We asked sex therapist and neuroscientist Dr Nan Wise, author of Why Good Sex Matters to explain exactly what happens when we orgasm, from how our brain registers pleasure to the health benefits behind the Big […]
If You’re Going To Google Your Health Symptoms, Here’s How To Do It Right
If the first thing you do when you feel a sniffle or twinge is head to the internet to try to figure out what’s going on, you’re in good company. Surveys suggest about 90% of patients Google their symptoms before they talk to their doctor. But it can, of course, quickly go awry. Mental health […]
Why Am So I Angry for No Reason? 16 Possible Causes
If you constantly feel angry for no reason, it’s important to identify potential causes and learn how you can control your anger before it escalates. Anger is a natural response to negative situations, and sometimes a healthy outlet for expressing your feelings about something that has hurt you. To some degree, anger is also helpful […]
Feelings of fatigue predict early death in older adults
How fatigued certain activities make an older person feel can predict the likelihood death is less than three years away, according to research published today in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciencesby University of Pittsburgh epidemiologists. It is the first study to establish perceived physical fatigability as an indicator of earlier mortality. Older people who […]
At West Virginia Vaccine Clinic, Pandemic Fatigue Sets In
SPENCER, W.Va. (AP) — Chania Batten has as much reason as anybody to feel pandemic fatigue. As a nurse staffing a drive-thru clinic at the only hospital in rural Roane County, West Virginia, she has spent months patiently answering questions, dispelling misinformation and reassuring the skeptical that COVID-19 shots are the key to beating back […]
Can Anxiety Make You Feel Feverish? Anxiety Symptoms
In some cases, anxiety can make you feel feverish without actually increasing your body temperature. In other cases, it can cause a recordable fever In some cases, anxiety can make you feel feverish without actually increasing your body temperature. In other cases, it can cause a recordable fever. Fever is defined as a body temperature […]
The Best Gifts For A Loved One With Depression, According To Therapists
As someone with clinical depression, the holiday season is particularly burdening. I feel the overwhelming sense that everyone around me is having “the most wonderful time of the year,” while to me, yuletide feels like a monsoon of pressure, isolation and lying in bed thinking about the chores I’m not doing and the parties I’m […]
Can You Survive West Nile Virus? Symptoms, Prevention
Most people infected with the West Nile virus do not feel sick (70-90% remain asymptomatic), and less than 1% of people become severely ill. Fortunately, most people infected with the West Nile virus do not feel sick (about 70 to 80 percent of infections are asymptomatic). Only one in five infected people have a fever […]