Psychological stress leads to physical stress, anxiety, and depression.
Psychological stress messes with your immune system and can make you moody and depressed. Fortunately, there are tricks to boost your resilience and make you feel better.
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Unending Fear and the Gut-Brain Axis
A mouse study finds a remarkable microbial connection to fear.
A new study in Nature finds that gut microbes are essential for extinguishing the fear response in mice. This may help clinicians devise strategies for people with anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study is the latest in a continuing exploration of the mechanics of the gut-brain axis.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201910/unending-fear-and-the-gut-brain-axis
Stress Can Kill You: How to Cope
Life stressors can lead to nasty diseases. Here’s how to chill out.
For many of us, stress starts when we wake and ramps up throughout the day. We are steeped in it. For the worst afflicted, it can define their lives. We may no longer have to deal with lions on the savannah, but we have stressor aplenty, and they are unrelenting.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201910/stress-can-kill-you-how-cope
Can You Eat Yourself Happy?
Introducing a new food pyramid for a better mood.
The road to happiness winds through your gut. Here are five tips to improve your mood with good food.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201908/can-you-eat-yourself-happy
Does ALS Start in the Gut?
New research shows that gut microbes play a major role in ALS.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease with no cure. New research shows that gut microbes play an important role and may help slow disease progression.
Transferring the Blues
Can depression be transferred via microbes?
Researchers find an unorthodox method to transmit depression from one animal to another. What are the implications for psychiatry?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201907/transferring-the-blues
Microbes and the Mind
Microbes exert a surprising amount of control over our mind.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-microbe/201907/microbes-and-the-mind
Problems Sleeping? Look to Your Gut!
How the bacteria in your gut manipulate your sleep patterns.
Your gut microbes can affect your mood and your sleep patterns. Here are six ways to help you sleep better at night.
The Shocking Source of Your Cravings
Your gut microbiota is brazenly giving you cravings to get what it wants.
These cravings may not be in your favor. Learn how to gain the upper hand.
What Do Microbes Have to Do With Your Love Life?
How much influence do your microbes have over your choice of sexual partners?
It turns out that your microbiota has a surprising impact on your attractiveness and may even determine who you will fall for and who will fall for you. Learn how to harness that power!