If you find yourself checking your heartbeat, Googling symptoms late at night or panicking over small aches and pains, you’re not alone. Health anxiety, also known as illness anxiety disorder, can feel like it’s taking over your life. You may previously have known it...
You may have heard the phrase “feelings aren’t facts.” This is often said with the intention of helping a person to stop worrying about something that might not happen. However, the “gut feeling” is a very real experience, and your intuition can contain important...
“Impending doom” is a mental or sometimes physical feeling that something bad is about to happen. It’s more of an intuitive knowing than a rational or logical prediction. Many people report feeling this way, especially in response to difficult news or current events. ...
If you have a friend or a loved one with anxiety, you’ve probably seen how it can affect a person’s mindset and their behavior. Even if it’s obvious to you that they’re safe, their anxiety still feels very real to them. Trying to get them to relax may not help — and...
Has your teen grown distant or stopped talking with you about what’s happening in their life? Maybe they go straight to their room after school, or they try to get out of weekend plans. In these situations, it can be hard for parents to know what to do — especially...
With warmer weather and a long break from school, teens who have anxiety conditions might actually feel more overwhelmed or unsettled rather than relaxed over the summer. For some, the combination of new or unusual situations and stress factors like heat and crowds...
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