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"How to Reduce Anxiety With Every Breath"
These five breathing techniques will help reduce anxiety more effectively. Psychology Today, Seth J. Gillihan, October 22, 2019 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/think-act-be/201910/how-reduce-anxiety-every-breath Guided Meditation: When warmer weather comes, here are 3 meditations to take outside with you.
Mindful, Nicole Bayes-Fleming, May 2, 2019 https://www.mindful.org/three-guided-meditations-to-take-outside-with-you/ "Benefits From a Tumultuous Childhood"
Brain development during childhood is affected by parenting which can be impair or be beneficial. Research shows that growing up in different environments effect how adults currently perceive their lives and relationships. Adults who suffered from abusive households have a different approach on life and can benefit from their suffering from the past. Psychology Today, Megan Hustad, March 7, 2017 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201703/surprising-benefits-those-who-had-tough-childhoods "Power of Restorative Sleep"
New research uncovers the connections between sleeping well and staying healthy as we age. By Kirsten Weir APA Monitor - October 2017, Vol 48, No. 9 Exercising Outside May Make Exercise More Pleasant.
"Fresh Air" Lengthy bouts of exercise feel easier and more pleasant when done outside, suggests a study in PLOS One. Each of 42 healthy participants engaged in three types of activities on different days: a three-hour mountain hike, a three-hour session on an indoor treadmill, and three hours relaxing in a room with computers and magazines. Participants took part in all activities in groups of between three and eight members, and the order of the activities was varied across participants. They wore heart monitors during the activities and answered survey questions about their moods and anxiety levels at the beginning and end of each session. The researchers found that although the mountain hike was more strenuous than the treadmill walk—participants' heart rates rose higher on the hike—the participants reported that the treadmill walk felt more strenuous. Also, participants reported better moods after the hike than after the treadmill session, and better moods after either bout of exercise than after relaxing with computers and magazines. |
"How to Outsmart Your Brain" We have all been trained to 'use our heads', but our ability to think outside the brain is left undeveloped. This article talks about a new way of being intelligent and using external ways of thinking to expand our intellectual abilities.
Psychology Today, Annie Murphy Paul, July 6, 2021 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/202107/how-outsmart-your-brain "17 Ways to Curb Anxiety" These options provide ways to deal with anxiety in the moment and on your own.
Psychology Today, Linda Esposito, September 9, 2019 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anxiety-zen/201909/17-things-curb-your-anxiety-don-t-involve-therapy "10 Ways for a Child to Achieve Calm" Parents can use these tips to help children struggling with anxiety.
Psychology Today, Erin Leyba, March 24, 2019 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/joyful-parenting/201903/10-better-ways-help-anxious-child-calm-down "Are You Too Hard on Yourself?" Here are seven ways to reflect on yourself and see if you are too self-critical.
Psychology Today, Alice Boyes, October 11, 2018 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-practice/201810/7-signs-youre-too-hard-yourself "Bright daylight, better sleep" Spending time in bright light during the day could mitigate the sleep disturbances caused by blue-light exposure from device screens at night, suggests research published in Sleep Medicine. In a sleep lab, 14 participants were exposed to very bright light—similar to daytime light—for 6.5 hours. Then, half were instructed to read a hard-copy novel and half an e-reader novel for two hours before bed. The researchers then monitored participants' sleep overnight and found no differences—in melatonin levels, sleep duration or sleepiness—between the hard-copy and e-reader participants. They say this suggests that bright daytime light exposure could help mitigate the effects of nighttime blue-screen exposure, though caution that larger studies are needed.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/11/inbrief.aspx A study finds that men may express symptoms of depression through descriptions of anger and stress.
"Men's Depression: Endorsed Experiences and Expressions" https://utexas.influuent.utsystem.edu/en/publications/mens-depression-endorsed-experiences-and-expressions Depressive symptoms in pregnant women show four distinct patterns. "Patterns of pregnancy and postpartum depressive symptoms: Latent class trajectories and predictors"
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