It’s as though all of my safe places are gone. The niches into which I used to retreat have sealed their doors.
The Worry has not only returned, but crept into every crevice available.
Even when life is good, It still sneaks up and pulls the faith...
Jeff Grabmeier - Ohio State University For sports fans watching their favorite team play, the greatest enjoyment comes only with a strong dollop of fear and maybe even near-despair, a new study published in the Journal of Communication suggests. Researchers...
Andrea Elyse Messer - Pennsylvania State University Anxiety sensitivity, or the fear of feeling anxious, may put people who are already above-average worriers at risk for depression, according to Pennsylvania State University researchers. Understanding...
by Ewen Callaway Even at the tender age of 3, children who will go on to be convicted of a crime are less likely to learn to link fear with a certain noise than those who don't. This may mean that an insensitivity to fear could be a driving force...
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The question continues to puzzle me: How did I get over depression? That deep change began about 18 months ago, and it’s been a year since I knew for sure that something fundamental had shifted. The...
Kelsey Jackson - University of Missouri The brain is a complex system made of 100 billion neurons with thousands of connections for every human feeling, including one of the strongest emotions, fear. Most neurological fear studies have been rooted in...
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When I was growing up, no one ever talked about depression. I didn’t know what it was, and the moods I went through didn’t get much reaction from my parents. Yet I spent a lot of time isolating...
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Karen Mallet - Georgetown University Researchers have discovered that a primitive region of the brain responsible for sensorimotor control also has an important role in regulating emotional responses to threatening situations. This region appears to work...
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I’ve always had trouble talking honestly about depression, in therapy or out. Even though much of its influence is gone, this remnant of depression is still holding on. I was always able to report the latest news...
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