Anxiety and Depression

I spent my childhood in fear. I thought I was going to fail my exams and spend the rest of my life on the roads, begging for food and shelter. I obsessed that forgotten homework would end my entire school career. I lay awake at night, convinced that burglars would enter and kill us or our house would burn down. In college, I used the same two words as a source text and thought I’d be convicted of plagiarism and kicked out of school. I always worried I’d forgotten something.

Psychological trauma is a person’s experience of emotional distress resulting from an event that overwhelms the capacity to cope with it emotionally. Life-threatening or distressing experiences cause significant fear, helplessness, dissociation, confusion, or other intense feelings that can have long-lasting negative effects on a person’s attitudes, behavior, and functioning. It often leaves people with lasting feelings of helplessness, fear, and hyperarousal. It undermines

Key Takeaways · Obsessions in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) are unwanted, repetitive thoughts that cause anxiety or fear, e.g., contamination/germs, fear of harming others, symmetry, perfectionism, etc. · Compulsions are behaviors done to relieve anxiety from obsessive thoughts. e.g., excessive cleaning, checking, counting, and arranging. · The symptoms can be managed via therapy and medications. Amelie had obsessive-compulsive disorder for as long as she

Definitions: Stress refers to any demand on your mind or body. Situations or events that cause frustration or nervousness can activate it. Anxiety is a sensation of fear, worry, or discomfort. It can arise in response to stress, but sometimes it occurs without any clear cause. Depression is a persistent low mood, impacting thoughts, feelings, and behavior, often arising from a combination of biological, psychological, and environmental influences. While stress is usually a sh

“My 16-year-old daughter has always been a picky eater, but recently, we've noticed a troubling change. She appears to be pushing herself to lose weight by exercising three to four times a day and watching videos and reels about weight loss. We suspect she might be forcing herself to vomit after meals. Additionally, she has become withdrawn, touchy, and moody, making it challenging to get her to talk about what she's going through. Sometimes, she even seems angry.”

The limbic system, particularly the amygdala, generates and processes emotional responses like fear and anxiety, while the prefrontal...

Anxiety Signs and When to Seek Help What is anxiety? Anxiety is a consistent feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something...