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Young adults with high social anxiety show heightened activity in the brain's visual processing areas. These neural changes explain their high alertness to social threats and offer a physical marker ...

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One thing that distinguishes human beings is their capacity for proactive, prolonged aggression, a human characteristic that results from the complex consciousness created by language. 1 Since threats ...

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As the saying goes: "Relax, nothing is under control." ​Master Your Breath (The 7/11 Technique) ​Stressed individuals tend to be shallow chest-breathers. Shallow breathing can actually trigger more ...

I WANT TO eat. I need to eat. I shouldn’t eat. I just ate. Why do I want to eat more? Oh my god: Why am I constantly thinking about this? This is so ridiculous. I hate this. I’m ashamed of this. This ...

Today, stress has become a routine element of human life. Whether it is through the information overload from digital gadgets, office politics or even from the constant distractions of notifications ...