1st August 2016 By Anthony Tyler Guest writer for Wake Up World Another ancient holistic remedy has continued to circulate itself through Western underground recreational drug culture, pharmacology...
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.
Do You Compulsively Pick at Your Own Skin? Dealing with ‘Dermatillomania’
By Angela Hartlin Guest writer for Wake Up World Compulsive skin picking (aka Dermatillomania) is a disorder that affects an estimated 2% of the US population. Picking at an annoying pimple...
How Words Rewire Our Brains, For Better or Worse
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “Just seeing a list of negative words for a few seconds will make a highly anxious or depressed person feel worse, and the more...
Making Any Kind of Art (at Any Skill Level) Reduces Stress Hormones
28th July 2016 By April McCarthy Guest writer for Wake Up World Whether you’re Van Gogh or a stick-figure sketcher, a new Drexel University study found that making art can significantly reduce...
If You Want to Accelerate Brain Development in Children, Teach Them Music
By Joe Battaglia Guest writer for Wake Up World Music, the universal language of mood, emotion and desire, connects with us through a wide variety of neural systems. We now know from controlled...
SSRI Antidepressants Put Patients at Clear Risk of Suicide
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World It is now estimated that 1 in 8 Americans are on serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) antidepressants [1] and a shocking 1 in 4 among...
Are You In An Abusive Relationship With Yourself?
By Nanice Ellis Contributing writer for Wake Up World Did you know that more than 20% of the global population is in an abusive relationship with a partner or family member? This sounds like a big...
The School System: The Incarceration of Children
14th July 2016 By Razi Berry Guest writer for Wake Up World CAFOs, also known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, are confined feedlots in which animals raised for food products are kept in...
Let’s Talk About the Role of Psychedelics in a Sane Society
6th July 2016 By Julian Palmer Guest writer for Wake Up World In terms of how we are using psychedelics as a society, we need to ask: Where is all this going? For those of us who take...
Decline in Childhood Play Related to Rising Anxiety and Depression in Children, Adolescents
By Christina Lavers Contributing writer for Wake Up World “We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing...
Freedom From Addictions
28th June 2016 By Melissa Joy Jonsson Guest writer for Wake Up World To see the beauty and clarity of a person emerging from the confusion of addiction is to witness grace in action. All addictions...
15 Effective Foods For Mood and Happiness
By April McCarthy Guest writer for Wake Up World There are many foods that may be hurting your mood, making you sick, and even pushing you toward depression! On the flip side there are many foods...