If youve got acrophobia, paranoia, anxiety of flying, PTSD, even depression, software could soon be the solution Leslie Channell admits he’s not a typical case for treatment. Channell, known to everybody as Chann, is a registered pilot who served 24 years in the army working on Apache helicopters. Chann also happens to be scared of…
Magic mushrooms are seen in a grow room at a farm in Hazerswoude, central Netherlands .Image: AP Photo/ Peter Dejong After Tammy Burgess was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 55, she fell into the grips of crippling anxiety. “I would just lay on the couch. I didn’t go to work, ” she recently told researchers…
Have you ever felt hunted inside your own head? Like a predator is loose in there, stalking you like preys? Like there is a thing inside of your mind, a darknes, dangerous, devious thing and it is stalking you. Your mind, a forest of beautiful trees and alive with birds and wild things alike, is…
Late last week, a group of scientists published some pre-review research indicating that people were more likely to use low-saturation Instagram filters like Inkwell when feeling depressed. Well, plainly, says Picasso. Groundbreaking stuff, guys. Even if there’s a real association between filters and impressions, the paper’s data hasn’t been vetted by other scientist–so it’s still…
1. Weve all had them and you are not alone . 2 . Tomorrow is a fresh start where today can be washed away. 3 . We have all gone through loss, but the best stories are when you grow stronger from that loss. 4 . You are still alive and breathing. 5 . Youre…
1. Got depressed because my daddy ran broke, lost our home, and went insane . Hed cry all the time, ask me whats wrong with me? and listen to music until he died. 2. Got depressed because the first ten girls I asked out didnt like me and said no . Two actually ran away…
Psychiatrists hail benefits of transformational drug, and call for more trials to explore its potential Thousands of people with severe depression could obtain urgent relief if experimental treatment using ketamine were made more widely available, medical experts say. The drug has been championed by doctors and psychiatrists as a potentially life-changing treatment for those with…
If you’re like most digitally active Americans, you’ve sunk countless hours into social media. But spending too much time on sites like Facebook can also damage your physical and mental health. Compulsively checking the site can disrupt your sleep, attain you envious of friends and whittle away at your attention span , among other things.…
#ad_sharebox_260x60 img padding: 0; margin: 0 ; For some people, sub-zero temperatures aren’t the only difficult side effect of winter. Approximately 10 million Americans also experience seasonal affective disorder, a depression-related mental health condition that waxes and wanes depending on the time of year. In most instances, the disorder begins around the last leg of…
My name is Jasmin Pierre and I am a WARRIOR. I fought in the heat of a serious battle. I have scars that are internal. Sometimes internal scars are even worse than physical scars. This combat lasted for seven long years and it virtually took my life. However I came, I watched, and I conquered.…
