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Tag Archives: STRESS

5 Signs Your Mental Health is Falling Apart

5 Signs Your Mental Health is Falling Apart

It’s Mental Health Awareness month! How is your mental health? And how do you tell whether your mental health is falling apart? Are you prone to suffer from a mental illness? What are the symptoms? What are the key signs of stress affecting mental health? How are you coping with …

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Coping Strategies for Stress & Anxiety during Quarantine

Coping Strategies for Stress & Anxiety during Quarantine

Luke Hanson, Academic Advisor and postbac at University of Alabama at Birmingham, Capsule Contributor Stress. I think it’s fair to say we’re all feeling it right now, whether that’s over Coronavirus, the markets, deals been pulled out, job uncertainty, food shortages… the list goes on. The negative impacts of stress …

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Aromatherapy may reduce nurses’ stress – "The researchers found that participants felt significantly less stressed, anxious, fatigued and overwhelmed after wearing the aromatherapy patches. The levels of anxiety and fatigue they reported fell by 40 percent, and their stress"

Interesting way to use aromatherapy (patches attached to nurses ID). I have been researching about aromatherapy (scent – nasal, massotherapy – skin and capsules of the oil – oral), specifically Lavandula angustifolia, a species of lavender, and its effects in reducing anxiety and better sleep quality. Most studies are well …

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Kids Can Tell When Moms Suppress Their Stress

Kids Can Tell When Moms Suppress Their Stress

When mothers suppress stress around their kids, those feelings can actually transmit to their children, according to new research published in the Journal of Family Psychology. For the study, researchers observed interactions between parents and children ages 7 to 11, and found that children had a physical response when their …

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