Anxiety disorders are the world's most common type of mental health condition, impacting the lives of around 360 million ...

Anxiety has become a daily reality for many people. Sometimes it shows up as a stream of racing thoughts. Other times, it arrives as a flood of uncomfortable sensations in the body. For many people, ...

Psychologists have worked with clients for decades in an attempt to help overly anxious people learn to calm down. It was believed that to reduce stress, the body’s “relaxation response” had to kick ...

Struggling with anxiety? Discover the 4-6 breathing rule: exhale longer to calm your nervous system and find instant relief.

Does it feel like you’ve been walking around with a constant pit in your stomach for the past, um, two years? Us too. Between the seemingly never-ending pandemic and a whole host of other ...

The first time I discovered the social lubricant magic of alcohol was at a high school party. The music was loud, and I was ...

Bestselling author Martha Beck has tried many things over her 62 years of life to quell the anxiety that has been her constant companion since childhood. The Harvard-trained sociologist experimented ...

Reducing stress over the long term involves eating a nutritious diet, getting adequate exercise and logging sufficient hours of sleep. But when Uncle Joe at the holiday feast is repeating a story that ...

If you feel yourself tense up during turbulence, this advice from flight pros can help. Jaromir Chalabala / EyeEm via Getty Images It’s an experience all too familiar with air travelers: One minute ...