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How to Help a Friend With Depression
Being depressed or upset about breaking up with your boyfriend or getting in a fight with your best friend is a totally normal response. We all feel sad sometimes, or have short periods of time when we're in a funk, but being clinically depressed is completely different.
This serious medical condition can make a person feel upset for no reason, or it can be triggered by an event, such as losing a loved one.
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Is Your Fearless 3-Year-Old Destined For a Life of Crime?
Mamas of fearless children often encourage their wild child's eager behavior, but a new study may have them trying to instill a lil fear factor into their lives. Results from a 20-year study show that children who lack the ability to fear may have a dysfunction with their amygdala — the part of the brain linked to fear conditioning, emotions, and one's mental state. Researchers found children who showed no fear were often more likely to go against authorities and find themselves in trouble later in life.
Are You a Compulsive People-Pleaser?
We've all done it before — offering to do a favor we later regret, or overextending ourselves when really we just need me-time. But for some people (and I imagine women outnumber men here because of social conditioning), chronic niceness can verge on the pathological and actually be hazardous to the people-pleaser's overall health.
According to Les Barbanell, psychologist and author of Removing the Mask of Kindness, there are many reasons compulsive people-pleasers turn out that way.
Look Out... Pregnancy Can Be Contagious!
So pregnancy isn't really contagious, but it can certainly stir up the idea for wanna-be-moms. Women who love the expectant time may be green with envy when they see a bump struttin' down the street. When a best friend, sister or co-worker is blessed with a baby, it can make her closest bud wish they were growing one, too.
Is This Craigslist Ad Real?
Moving to San Francisco? Well, do I have the place and 'mate for you. It doesn't have any space, but rent's only $680.
Stress
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- The Body's Response
- Complications
- Conditions with Similar Sym...
- Treatment
- Risk Factors
- Lifestyle Changes
- Resources
- References
- Some people are pre-programmed for a heightened response to stress by conditions in the womb. Pregnant women under stress who eat a diet high in protein and low in carbohydrates have babies with higher cortisol levels. Later on, these levels increase in response to stress.
- The impact of stress on the heart and circulation system is becoming more clear.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Risk Factors
- Causes
- Diagnosis
- Other Disorders Associated ...
- Complications
- Treatment
- Medications
- Behavioral Management
- Other Treatments
- Resources
- References
Fibromyalgia
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Diagnosis
- Conditions with Similar Sym...
- Prognosis
- Treatment
- Lifestyle Changes
- Behavioral Therapy
- Medications
- Resources
- References
- People with fibromyalgia have decreased activity in opioid receptors in parts of the brain that affect mood and the emotional aspect of pain, researchers have found. This might explain why fibromyalgia patients are likely to experience depression, and are not very responsive to opioid painkillers.
- Researchers have identified a conflict between sensory perception and nervous system processing in people with fibromyalgia. One study suggests that people with the condition might have greater awareness of, or less tolerance for, movement problems (such as tremor) that don't match with their expected sensory feedback.
Depression
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Complications of Depression...
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Antidepressants and Drug Tr...
- Psychotherapy
- Other Treatments
- Lifestyle Changes
- Resources
- References
Anxiety disorders
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Complications
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Medications
- Other Treatments
- Resources
- References
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