Resilience doesn’t come from some rare and special qualities that only Olympic athletes, astronauts, or Antarctic explorers possess. Resilience is part of the human legacy that makes us the Earth’s dominant life-form. Human resilience comes from the everyday magic of ordinary human ingenuity found within the human brain. One human brain contains as many nerve …
Tag Archives: Mental Health
Antidepressants
For the first time, doctors and people with depression now have extensive data on antidepressant treatments from a federally funded, large-scale, long-term study directly comparing treatment strategies. Results from this data indicate that if the first treatment with one SSRI (Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro) fails, about one in four people who choose to switch to …
The Connection Between Anxiety and Drug Addiction
Anxiety is an emotion that is expressed naturally by your body in response to stress. This is a feeling of fear or apprehension about the uncertainty of the future or events like the first day at a new job, a test, or a job interview.
Managing Anxiety and Sobriety
In many cases, alcohol use and anxiety tend to go together. Since alcohol affects the serotonin levels and other transmitters in your brain, it can cause your anxiety to worsen. Once the alcohol begins to wear off, you may feel even more anxious than usual. There are many people who have social anxiety and use …