Anxiety is highly prevalent in pre‐adolescent children. Distorted cognitions are characteristic for dysfunctional levels of anxiety. However, applying cognitive elements in pre‐adolescent children cannot be fully ascertained, as it is not until adolescence before children can apply logical and abstract ...
In addition to walloping the math and reading scores of middle and high schoolers, over the past three years school closures and remote learning have hurt students’ mental health and well-being, causing stress, anxiety, depression, and even suicidal thoughts and attempts.Children of color and t...
Many students in our study described how engaging in ‘mindfulness practices’ enabled them to better manage and reframe persistent negative or anxiety producing thoughts (referred to in some mindfulness traditions as suffering) and their consequent perceptions of being “calmer” and “more centered.”...
"I lov e being out ther e with just my thoughts" W ell, my thoughts began to bor e me, and most of them wer e on how much my legs hurt.And how could I enjoy something that brought m e pain? And that wasn't just th e first week-it was practically every day for two months...
Very fortunately for me on day 5, Friday, my friend after chasing around the City managed to get some tablets on Friday pm. Within 4 Hours, the nausea, and the worst of the shakes had abated and Sat morning I felt Alive; I mean cognitively Alive, the anxiety, depression and all associ...
1) distract your monkey mind and all the crazy thoughts flying in your head; 2) calm your nervous system. This is actually the essence of mindfulness, which is easy to learn yet hard to practice. I have been practicing mindfulness meditation for nearly 1000 hours but my mind still wonders...
Criticism from coaches, parents and other teammates, as well as pressure to win can create too much anxiety or stress for young athletes. Stress can be physical, emotional, or psychological and research has indicated that it can lead to burnout. Burnout has been described as dropping or ...
[at least 20% of teenagers now suffer from slight hearing loss], disturbs communication, disrupts sleep, affects heart function, intrudes on cognition…, reduces productivity, provokes unwanted behaviors, and increases accidents” (Mitra). It can also cause or contribute to “anxiety, stress, ...
Emerging data showcases just how significant the impact of the pandemic has been on our well-being. For example, we know thatworking mothershave experienced extreme levels of hardship through COVID. They’ve experienced increased cognitive load–the number of thoughts, safety checks, and added ite...
Goal-oriented sex also limits a couple’s opportunity to create connection, growth, and variety.[v] Goal-oriented sex likely increasesanxietyas well.[vi] If couples can instead shift the focus of sex to be about intimacy, they can increase the quality of emotional closeness ...