While several studies have reported a link between mental health and fruit and vegetable consumption, a new study identified a key factor that provides even greater emotional health and well-being.
A landmark study conducted by a team of researchers at the London School of Economics determined most of the unhappiness we experience is due to failed relationships and physical and mental illness rather than money problems and poverty.
Two studies demonstrate the impact relationships and social support have on our health.
Did someone hurt you and you can’t forgive? Is a memory of something that happened to you or that you did to another interfering with your emotional well-being?
Emotions coordinate our behavior and physiological states during survival-salient events and pleasurable interactions. Even though we are often consciously aware of our current emotional state, such as anger or happiness, the mechanisms giving rise to these subjective sensations have remained unresolved. Brilliant research by Finnish scientists has mapped the areas of our body that are experiencing an increase or decrease in sensory activity when we experience a particular emotion.
Question: Dr. Elaine, I have tried and tried to get control of my thoughts. It feels like they are doing the thinking for me, and I can’t stop them. The only time I can stop worrying and thinking about something terrible happening is when I am asleep. I am a nervous wreck. My doctor wants me to take anti-anxiety medication, and I don’t want to. What can I do?
We all have our challenging moments and shifts in our view of life that cause us to focus on our difficulties and hardships.