Anxiety is often not an all-or-nothing feeling. Just like other emotions, anxiety exists along a continuum with different levels of intensity. You can picture this continuum using the anxiety scale ...

"Yes," I said, mostly to my on-screen reflection. "I want to try." My anxiety can feel debilitating "What does anxiety feel like?" someone close to me asked. "Like inside your head?" Related ...

There was nowhere else I'd rather be. "Yes," I said, mostly to my on-screen reflection. "I want to try." "What does anxiety feel like?" someone close to me asked. "Like inside your head?" ...

Only as if, though: If I believed the alarm enough to, say, go to the hospital, I’ll be told I’m all right, that it’s in my head. It’s nothing but anxiety. For most of my life, the anxiety ...

But then, when the corners of my mouth produce a sharp pain from a day of forced laughter, I remember that anxiety feels like a betrayal. I'm not sure I can trust that my mind and body will ever ...

Why do I feel anxiety in my body? Regardless how real or imagined a threat is, anxiety is a response to perception of danger. It is both psychological and physical. The brain’s amygdala makes ...

My anxiety as a teacher takes a hit every time we revisit this repetitive headline. It is personal and desperately frustrating to grapple with school shootings time and again. Amid the ...

What I did not expect was to find myself in a place that made me more isolated and aggravated my social anxiety. Over the years, I struggled academically. My responsibilities at home and constant ...

This can be very difficult to cope with when it happens all the time. My mum has been suffering from anxiety of being alone for the past two years. Memory loss is an issue for sure, but the anxiety of ...

We don’t always clock that we’re feeling highly stressed in the moment – but smartwatches do, argues Bethany Clark, and they can help get you through the shallow breathing and clammy skin.

TUCSON, Ariz. – The Greek yogurt, crunchy granola and sweet berries melted in my mouth. I had been fasting all morning for bloodwork at Canyon Ranch, a wellness resort where I agreed to ...