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How to Calm Your Nerves When You’re Freaking Out, According to Experts

We casually reference our nervous systems all the time—it’s highly likely that, at some point, you’ve used expressions like, “My nerves are shot,” or, “That’s getting on my nerves.” Even…

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I’m lonely, in my 30s and find it very hard to make new friends | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

I’m lonely, in my 30s, and find it very hard to make new friends Social anxiety and a dislike of party culture can create a void of loneliness, but there…

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15 Benefits of Running That Will Make You Want to Log Some Miles

“You’re able to open up and be vulnerable with someone when you’re side by side, in parallel, in ways that you’re not when you’re face to face,” Dr. Bagley says.…

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What to Do If Your Antidepressants Are Killing Your Sex Drive

Your doctor should go over your medical history first to get a sense of when you started taking the antidepressants, when you started noticing a change in your sex drive,…

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Grieving Lost Time Is Totally Normal—Here’s How to Find Healing

Rather, time grief tends to be cyclical, she says. Sometimes, the pain recedes and you can enjoy your life. Other times, a reminder of the loss hits you like a…

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6 Ways Living With Crohn’s May Impact Your Mental Health

Some people with Crohn’s disease develop food-related anxieties, and because eating and pain often go hand in hand, they wind up restricting how much they eat or skipping meals to…

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3 Helpful Things to Do If You Wake Up in the Middle of the Night

No one told me that when you become a mom, the middle-of-the-night wake-ups may not end when you get past the baby stage. My youngest is almost five, and I still…

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Stop tying yourself in knots: what stress does to your body – and how to beat it

From migraines to IBS, back pain and hair loss, millions of us suffer health problems triggered by stress and anxiety. Here’s how to deal with them by Amy Fleming Migraine…

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How to Make the Most of Your Time Off, Even If Your Family Is Exhausting

This article is part of SELF’s Rest Week, an editorial package dedicated to doing less. If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that taking care of yourself,…

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These Stress Relief Activities Actually Work, According to Experts

If you feel like your stress has been next-level lately, you might find a tiny bit of comfort in the fact that you’re definitely not alone. According to the American Psychological Association’s…

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8 Coping Skills Therapists Use When They’re Really Angry

If taking a few deep breaths simply isn’t cutting it (you know, when you’re super ticked off), you can still use the power of your lungs to your benefit. Atmakuri recommends exhaling…

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6 Signs Your Anger Issues Would Benefit From Therapy, According to Experts

Not only can these emotional eruptions be harmful to yourself and others, but they likely mean you’re struggling with managing an underlying problem. Maybe you feel unnerved about your overwhelming…

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What Do We Do With All This Anger?

If you feel emotionally pummeled by any of this, you aren’t alone. Survey after survey shows that we’re sad, and worried, and stressed—and furious. That’s why, when we started discussing anger at SELF…

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How to Cope If Family Gatherings Trigger Your Social Anxiety

Thanksgiving is nearly here, and I’m starting to feel a bit jittery about all the awkward interactions I’m about to have with family members and long-lost acquaintances from high school.…

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5 Ways to Reduce Stress During the Midterm Elections

Voting in next week’s midterm elections is very, very important: Every single one of us needs to show up at the polls for the sake of the nation as a…

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TikTok Is Changing the Way We Talk About ADHD—For Better and Worse

This oversimplification of ADHD—symptoms as common as sleepiness and feeling unmotivated have been equated with disorder on TikTok—may boost the risk of overdiagnosis and misdiagnoses, the researchers suggest, adding to…

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Adults Should Be Screened for Anxiety, New Draft Recommendation Says

A mental health crisis has been swelling in the United States—and far too little has been done on a national level to improve how we identify, diagnose, and treat people…

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‘Romanticizing Your Life’ Can Be a Legit Form of Mindfulness

Staying fully present isn’t always easy, though, when you live in a go-go-go society that can make reading alone in a park with your notifications muted feel like a rebellious…

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Oh wow! How getting more awe can improve your life – and even make you a nicer person

Oh wow! How getting more awe can improve your life – and even make you a nicer person Whether it’s the immensity of the Grand Canyon or the beauty of…

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‘Spider-Man’ Star Laura Harrier Wants to Destigmatize Therapy in the Black Community

Laura Harrier covered a lot of ground in a recent interview with Cosmopolitan. She shared what her new home looks like (think 1920s Paris), her go-to reality TV show (90…

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