By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World Around 13% of Americans take antidepressants, and their use is growing around the world. In the UK, the prescription of...
Category - Depression, Anxiety & Mental Health
Wake Up World’s articles covering depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and mental health, including natural solutions to help you overcome them.
How Stress Impacts Your Body – and How to Fight Back
By Kate Harveston Guest Writer for Wake Up World When you feel overwhelmed, your thoughts start racing through every conceivable scenario. You grow irritable, and little things that previously...
Isolated? Distracted? How to Flip the Script on Mental Health
April 30th, 2020 By Anne Davis Guest Writer for Wake Up World I have been reading (and writing) all sorts of articles and blogs on loneliness, social isolation and mental health issues that are...
Why You Should Practice Uitwaaien
By Elle Hunt Guest Writer for Wake Up World Important psychological benefits come from a unique pastime in the Netherlands which highlights the importance of breathing and spending time outdoors all...
Lonely in Lockdown? Mindfulness Can Help
April 17th, 2020 By Nikki Harper Staff Writer for Wake Up World In this strange covid-19 world, tens of millions of people around the world are currently in lockdown of some kind, allowed to leave...
The Benefits of Confinement – How the Coronavirus Lockdown May Have Some Positive Effects
By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World Recently I’ve been working on a book about transformational experiences that occur in unusual and difficult situations...
Natural Remedies for Anxiety: 8 Tips to Find Relief
By Dr. Edward F. Group Guest Writer for Wake Up World The funny thing about anxiety is that it can come even when you are generally happy. Anxiety symptoms often show up as pressure in your...
Music as Medicine: What’s Your Recommended Daily Dose?
By Nikki Harper Staff Writer for Wake Up World Humans have a complex relationship with music. It’s very clear to most of us from personal experience that music can make us feel happy...
Self-Care While Social Distancing: 12 Ideas and Tips
By Dr. Edward F. Group Guest Writer for Wake Up World Health experts are recommending “social distancing” — staying home and going out only for essentials. Some people...
Your Anxious Child, Coronavirus and You
By Nikki Harper Staff Writer for Wake Up World With more than one quarter of the world’s population under lockdown conditions as of today and more sure to follow, anxiety and fear are...
I Tried Ketamine Infusions for Anxiety: Surprising Results from a Promising Psychedelic Therapy
By Kaia Roman Guest writer for Wake Up World I’ve written about my quest to quell anxiety a lot over the years, including in my book, The Joy Plan. And thankfully, I have found many daily...
From Fear into Love: Coping During Panicked Times
By Rachel Horton White Guest Writer for Wake Up World With all the panic and hysteria in the air, many of us tend to forget that the world around us is a beautiful place around us. The sun is still...