Meditate Your Anxiety Away
Can meditation relieve anxiety disorders? Researchers from the Meditation Therapy Clinic at Khon Kaen University in Thailand set out to answer this question and found that meditation works just as wel ...
Study Finds that Yoga Could Replace Some Prescription Drugs
Traditional medical practitioners often turn to prescription drugs to treat depression and anxiety disorders before other alternatives are explored. What if doctors prescribed a twice-weekly yoga sess ...
Banish the Worry Wart in You
Here are some tips to help nix the worrying habit (something I’m guilty of), and reduce tension, courtesy of Dr. Weil, MD:
1. Breathing Exercises. Deep belly breathing is one option. Others aboun ...
Drug Treatment Program
Unfortunately, many addicts suffer from a dual diagnosis, where they suffer from Valium addiction together with another condition such as bi-polar disorder, anxiety or panic attacks, depression, etc ...
Rocking To Relieve Anxiety
For as long as I can remember, when I am nervous, upset, sad, worried, bored, anxious, etc, I rock back and forth. I can often be seen sitting there rocking my body rhythmically. Sometimes I'm not e ...
Battle Depression through Meditation
Yes, you read right. You can fight depression, low self-esteem, anxiety, and much more with meditation. Psychologists are currently using meditation as an addition to their medication treatments for ...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Symptoms
Living through trauma is bad enough, but post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can transform the pain into a continual nightmare. PTSD is a psychological disorder in which an individual relives specif ...
Genes plus parenting may promote shyness, anxiety
A mother whose child has a naturally fearful temperament may act less nurturing toward the child, triggering a vicious cycle of behavior that reinforces the child's fearfulness and shyness, researcher ...