Posts Tagged ‘anxiety’
Psychological Impact of Physical Injury
Mind, Emotion, Body and Sport: Physical injury can affect psychological health. Psychological health influences the recovery of physical injury. Minor physical injuries can be managed with little to no disruption in activities of daily living (e.g. working, self-care) and rarely trigger psychological impact or emotional trauma. However, empirical studies demonstrate some physical injuries cause substantial physical,…
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HOW THE BRAIN CHANGES & IMPROVES WITH MINDFULNESS INTERVENTIONS & MEDITATION.
HOW THE BRAIN CHANGES & IMPROVES WITH MINDFULNESS INTERVENTIONS & MEDITATION NeuroScience & the Brains of Trained Meditators & Mindfulness Practitioners: A plethora of neuroscience research demonstrates significant and consistent positive changes in the brains of individuals practicing meditation styles from Buddhist meditation to more secular mindfulness based stress reduction techniques. Science demonstrates 1) you can train…
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Understanding Emotions
UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS Anger, Depression, and Anxiety are identified as “The Big Three, but Not The Big Easy” emotions. These three emotions are the most prevalent in our culture. A tremendous amount of suffering is experienced with these three emotions. All emotions are predominantly linked to the mind–the thought stream narrative and commentary about self and others, otherwise known…
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Quick Fix: When Stress, Anxiety, Fear, Anger, Pain, or Grief Arise, Take Conscious Breaths
Good Science & Good Practice: Let us first understand something about breathing ॐ. Breathing keeps us alive, but we rarely appreciate it, and the majority of people are not even consciously aware of their breathing. We are breathing continuously from the moment of birth to the moment of death. Whether happy or unhappy, young or old,…
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Serious Psychological Distress
Are you one of the 8.3 million of Americans suffering from Serious Psychological Distress ? Good Science Good Practice. Medical Minute Update: Recently published scientific study (April, 2017) reports a significant increase over the last 9-years in Serious Psychological Distress (SPD). Researchers from NYU Lagone Medical center analyzed database (9 years of data) from Federal…
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