Brain science practices like neurofeedback can help improve the way your brain functions, helping you control anxiety and better manage symptoms of depression.
Living in a constant state of anxiety can flood our brains with stress hormones, making it hypersensitive to threats and more difficult to think logically. The good news is that the brain can change and learn new behavior patterns.
A combination of therapy and medication can help treat anxiety and depression. But if left untreated, anxiety and depression can cause measurable changes in key areas of your brain.
To help bring some clarity to mental health diagnoses doctors, scientists, and behavioral health experts have started to look at brain scans as a way to help diagnose mental illness.
When people don’t understand bipolar behavior, they may mistake you for an egomaniac or call you overly dramatic. But bipolar disorder is a real neurological illness that changes the way your brain operates.
Depression can be exhausting and frustrating, but exercise can help. Physical activity boosts your mental health and helps benefit people with a sudden case of the “blues,” as well as people diagnosed with clinical depression.
If you’re living with an anxiety disorder, you’re probably familiar with the ways anxiety can influence your physical health. You may not realize, though, how much anxiety affects your brain health.
After reading this, we hope you’ll better understand how our mental health has a physical impact on our brains and bodies, and how to better find support for ongoing mental health challenges.