By Rachel Williams — 2016
Emotionally responsive games where the calmest contestant wins are being developed for young people with their mental health in mind.
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It’s no secret that kids today are more stressed than ever and why we must help ease children’s stress.
Experts I spoke with for this story pointed to a couple of reasons professional athletes are particularly susceptible to mental health issues.
It’s no surprise that when a person gets a diagnosis of heart disease, cancer or some other life-limiting or life-threatening physical ailment, they become anxious or depressed.
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Plus expert tips on how to manage each of them.
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Here’s why it’s important to look out for all the ways anxiety can manifest in your body.
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For many of my patients, and even myself, the recognition that anxiety can be its own toxic comfort has been a lightbulb moment. It can be unsettling to examine our thoughts and our behaviors closely.
“Because it is possible to create—creating one’s self, willing to be one’s self…—one has anxiety. One would have no anxiety if there were no possibility whatever.”
It’s normal to feel anxious from time to time, but anxiety that disrupts your everyday life may indicate a disorder.
Anxiety disorders are a type of mental health condition. Anxiety makes it difficult to get through your day. Symptoms include feelings of nervousness, panic and fear as well as sweating and a rapid heartbeat. Treatments include medications and cognitive behavioral therapy.
You have questions about anxiety: What causes it? What treatments are best? Top doctors answer them here. Find peace—and plenty of solutions—to keep you moving forward.
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