How Do You Manage Stress?

Meditate? Breathe? Medication? Take a nap? Exercise? Just muscle through? Reframe? Camomile tea? MoodSurfing has explored several approaches to stress over the years.  We consider it a serious problem, since stress can exacerbate illnesses, both physical and mental, and even cause diseases such as hypertension. In general, our findings over the years support the idea that mindfulness is key.  Mindfulness …

Stress and Depression

Exploring the links between stress, anxiety, and depression Stress and mental illness The stress response is unfortunately very familiar to modern people.  We all know that when something bad happens, our brains flood our bodies with chemicals that would have been useful in the remote past, stimulating the “fight, flight, or freeze” response.  Useful for dealing with a hungry sabre-toothed …