I have met many young people who have diagnosed themselves with anxiety because they took anonline screening testthat only asked two questions—one about feeling nervous and the second about being unable to control worry over the past two weeks. There is no inquiry about conte...
skip to main content this is the difference between feeling anxious and having an anxiety disorder there are some important contrasts. getty / stuart kinlough save this story save this story your thoughts are racing. your heart is practically pounding out of your chest. your forehead is damp ...
Furthermore, we analyzed the role of spatial anxiety and trait anxiety as potential mediators of the relation between participant sex and mental rotation performance. Spatial anxiety partially mediated the link between the sex of the participants and the MRT performance controlling for trait anxiety....
So while people generally have the same level of access to the whole range of human feelings, they can differ in the mood to which they naturally revert. But while no feeling is bad or wrong, mood can be unhealthy or distressing. A mood, such as generalized anxiety or stress, can also...
Unfortunately, pregnant women and infants are exposed to a wide range of chemicals (i.e., developmental neurotoxicants) that can interfere with the developing central nervous system [11,12,13]. To reduce exposure and harm, Project TENDR (Targeting Environmental Neuro-Development Risks; 2016) –...
Stress vs. Anxiety As someone who’s both stressed and anxious often, I find it hard to delineate between the two. Are they that different? Does one cause the other? Are they frenemies or BFFs? Stressis defined as a response to an external trigger. You’re prepping for an exam, a jo...
METHOD: A convenience sample of 323 outpatients with a diagnosis of cancer between 6 to 18 months, a good performance status (Karnofsky Performance Status > 80), and no cognitive deficits or central nervous system (CNS) involvement by disease were approached in university and affiliated cancer ...
We postulate that the decrease in estrogen level in menopause may induce chronic inflammation, which consequently damages the gastric mucosa, lower esophageal sphincter and enteric nervous system, and exacerbates GERD. The strength of this research is the inclusion of large cohort of community-dwelling...
Divisions of the Human Nervous System The nervous system can be divided into portions on the basis of anatomy, on the basis of function or using a combination of both. Most schemes begin by distinguishing between the central nervous system or CNS, which includes the brain and spinal cord, and...
But although the terms "anxiety" and "nervous" are often used interchangeably, feeling nervous and having an anxiety disorder are two very different things. So how do you know if the nervousness you're feeling is normal or actually an anxiety disorder? This article explores the differences betw...