Category: Anxiety
Conquering Stage Fright: Unleashing Your Best Self in the Spotlight
I typically experience intense performance anxiety, but I didn’t want that to hold me back from an incredible opportunity to speak in front of 100 […]
Say What? How to Tell If Someone Is Anxious or Depressed
Source: PublicDomainPNG/Pixabay Published in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, a recent study has found both distinct and overlapping language patterns in two common […]
Be All that You Can Be—or Just Be
Chronic mental and physical Illnesses are rampant amongst teenagers. A 2014 paper demonstrated an 830 percent increase in hospital admissions for pain in adolescents over […]
Are You Introverted, Socially Anxious, or Both?
nikki_meel/Envato Elements Eli and Zoe are invited to the same party, and both are free that night. However, they each make excuses for why they […]
Being Thankful in an Age of Anxiety
Source: Alfonso Cerezo / Pixabay This Thanksgiving feels different to a lot of people. They are glued to the news, concerned about the state of […]
The Absence of Play |
A few evenings ago, I had the pleasure of moderating a talk by Dr. Peter Gray, a veteran researcher and professor of psychology at Boston […]
The Detriments of Avoidance Behavior in Young People
When Gen Z (people born between 1995-2012) arrived, technology was already in full swing, with 33 percent of Gen Zs spending more than six hours […]
When Anxiety Shows Up as Anger
I sat with a friend at a local fast-food stop. I had a lot on my mind. We talked. The waitress asked if we were […]
Effects of Anxiety on Creativity
A creative mind can create scary thoughts and art Created by the author using Midjourney In the United States, anxiety disorders affect about one-third of […]
Is Your Anxiety Ruining Your Relationship?
s_kawee/Envato Elements Julie’s husband, David, is fed up with her. Whenever she gets anxious about a weird health-related symptom or an ambiguous social situation, Julie […]