Psychology

The Chinese medicine diet for anxiety

Anxiety is not always a bad thing. In fact, in evolutionary terms, feeling anxious about potential threats is critical for survival because it helps us...

6 things you can do to overcome social anxiety

Social anxiety is the fear of being judged and evaluated negatively by other people. It can cause feelings of inadequacy, inferiority, self-consciousness, embarrassment, humiliation, and depression. Social...

How to manage anxiety and nausea

Anxiety is not always a bad thing. In fact, in evolutionary terms, feeling anxious about potential threats is critical for survival because it helps us...

Who are watching TV? Nearly a third of TV ads play to empty rooms

Paying thousands of dollars to advertise on television is a huge proposition – never more so than for the Super Bowl, for which 30-second...

This smartwatch could measure your stress hormone

The human body responds to stress, from the everyday to the extreme, by producing a hormone called cortisol. To date, it has been impractical to...

Depression drug Ketamine could treat anxiety rapidly

Life isn’t always a walk in the park– you, like everyone else, experience the highs and lows of daily living. There will be moments of...

Brain shortcuts may explain why many people are against COVID vaccine and masks

If close friends and family members who contracted COVID-19 had mild cases and recovered quickly, or if they had an adverse reaction to the...

How to ruin the taste of a cookie with just 2 words

A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but a chocolate chip cookie labeled “consumer complaint” won’t taste as good as the...

Scientists find best way to fix a sad mood

What’s the best way to improve a sad mood? It may be whatever skill you think you’re best at, a new study suggests. Think you’re good...

7 signs you are emotionally unavailable (detached)

Do you find yourself closed off to others and can actively avoid them or any situation that will invoke an emotional response? Emotional detachment refers...