Think twice before you cyberstalk—seeing someone online may make face-to-face interactions more stressful
Stress
America’s Teens Outscore Adults On Stress
The source is age-old problems like what they should do after high school
Don’t Let Them Smell You Sweat: You’ll Seem Untrustworthy
There’s a reason why you should never let ’em see — or smell — you sweat. You appear not just less confident, but less competent and less trustworthy as well.
Inside the National Suicide Hotline: Preventing the Next Tragedy
As U.S. suicide rates rise, experts are divided over which strategies save more lives
How Financial Woes Change Your Brain (And Not for the Better)
Worrying about making ends meet, it seems, can occupy enough of the brain‘s finite thinking power that it makes it difficult to think clearly.
How Stress Can Make Therapy Sessions More Effective
Therapy is all about learning how to cope and manage difficult situations better, but sessions may not always equip patients with the practical tools they need to face challenges when they occur.
Many Hearts, One Beat: Singing Syncs Up Heart Rates
When choir members sing together, it’s not just their voices that join in harmony.
Stress Can Boost Good Habits Too
(UPDATED) Under stress, we all tend to seek comfort — sometimes in not-so-healthy ways — but a new study suggests that challenging experiences are as likely to promote good habits as they are to support bad ones.
How You Deal With Your Emotions Can Influence Your Anxiety
When faced with a challenge, whether you deny the problems it poses or dive in to solve them in a positive way may determine how much anxiety you feel overall.
Relax: It’s Good for Your Genes
While it might seem that your body and brain aren’t doing much when you’re on break, relaxing triggers a flurry of genetic activity that is responsible for some important health benefits.
Study: Women Abused As Kids More Likely To Have Children With Autism
The results are the first to suggest a trans-generational contributor to the developmental disorder.
Needle This: Study Hints at How Acupuncture Works to Relieve Stress
Needles may not seem like the best tool for treating stress, but acupuncture could be tapping into basic biological systems that keep stress under control.
