Category: Mental Health

People often say “I’m stressed” or “I have anxiety.”   So what do you mean when you say you are stressed or anxious?  There are actually two types of stress, distress and eustress. Distress refers to the type of stress that...

Pressure to succeed has taken on an entirely new meaning since we were kids: in school, in sports, in social settings. With competitive sports starting so young, our little ones are exposed to rejection at a much earlier age...

Have you seen the film, A Miracle on 34th Street? It hinges upon whether people will accept Kris Kringle’s claim that he is in fact Santa Clause… But what a strange preoccupation! Why does it matter so much whether or not...