A post a Psych Central. Here’s a good one (number four): Flood a piece of paper with your worries. When your brain is bursting with worries, write them down. Release all those cooped-up worries from the corners of your mind, and let the paper deal with them. By writing down your worries, you feel as [...]
http://www.anxietyla.com/2011/01/12/nine-ways-to-ward-off-your-worries/
Smart Pen Detects, Helps to Reduce Stress (Psych Central). Move over smart phones, a new device — a pen — is said to measure if an individual is stressed-out and provide individual biofeedback for assisting self-regulation. Researcher and designer Miguel Bruns Alonso has developed a pen which can measure the stress levels of the person using it, [...]
http://www.anxietyla.com/2010/12/26/stress-tool-stress-pen/
Stress Management and Empathy Improve With Age (PsychCentral) Emerging research suggests older people are better at seeing the positive side of a stressful situation and are better than young adults when empathizing with the less fortunate. This better management of mental processes holds true even though older people may become emotional when confronted with poignant [...]
http://www.anxietyla.com/2010/12/17/stressed-out-just-age/
Six steps to overcoming stress from helpguide.org. Among the tips–Start a Stress Journal. A stress journal can help you identify the regular stressors in your life and the way you deal with them. Each time you feel stressed, keep track of it in your journal. As you keep a daily log, you will begin to [...]
http://www.anxietyla.com/2010/12/05/beat-stress-in-6-steps/
Stressed Out About a Problem? Shift Your Focus (WebMD). Article includes a list of suggestions. Getting caught up in a problem isn’t just frustrating — it can literally stress you out. When you’re stressed out, it’s harder to think clearly. Emotional stress can send your problem-solving skills into a tailspin.
http://www.anxietyla.com/2010/11/23/focus-shift/
A study reports meditation helps cells. Emerging research suggests the positive psychological changes that occur during meditation training are associated with changes at the most basic unit of life. University of California researchers are the first to determine the positive well-being garnered from meditation is linked to improved cell health.
http://www.anxietyla.com/2010/11/05/meditation-helps-cells/
How you perceive time can affect your level of stress, a study says. “I actually didn’t find one single room in my school that didn’t have a clock. In India, clocks are not of such importance,” she noted, adding that cultural differences and attitudes toward time affect the way people manage time and deal with [...]
http://www.anxietyla.com/2010/10/24/perception-of-time-affects-stress/
Anxiety reduction tips from Matthew Edlund on the Huffington Post. Number one is nice and simple: Start with deep breathing. Stand up straight and breathe in to the count of four, out to the count of eight. Repeat for five breaths.
http://www.anxietyla.com/2010/10/18/8-tips-for-reducing-anxiety/
Why are anxiety disorders among women on the rise? One general practitioner—not a psychiatrist—estimates that one in five of the patients she sees now is there for anxiety issues, making it one of the most common reasons young women show up in her exam room. Megan Catalano, 34, of Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, is living [...]
http://www.anxietyla.com/2010/10/16/womens-anxiety-increasing/
Your personality may influence your interest in exercise (PsychCentral): If you have a high metabolism, you are more likely to have personality traits that will draw you to a five-mile run or a game of tennis. On the flip side, if you have a slow metabolism, the couch may look much more appealing to you…
http://www.anxietyla.com/2010/10/14/personality-and-exercise/
