What many people call anxiety may actually be fear. Understanding how the brain’s alarm system works can completely change how we approach anxiety.

When we first meet Anxiety, the latest emotion helping a 13-year-old girl named Riley in Disney's summer blockbuster "Inside Out 2," the character introduces herself by saying that Fear - another ...

Everyone has felt anxiety. But what exactly is it, and when is it something to, well, be anxious about? Anxiety is a feeling of dread, fear and uneasiness, according to the National Library of ...

In small amounts, anxiety is good for you. It keeps you alert in risky situations and can motivate you to prioritize deadlines and pressing tasks on your to-do list. The problem is when you're feeling ...

Anxiety-based problems are very common, and around 30-40% of individuals in Western societies will develop a problem that is anxiety related at some point in their lives. So prevalent are anxiety ...

For decades, one of the greatest challenges to treating neurological disorders like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ...

Curiosity training is a mindfulness practice used in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to address social anxiety. Here's what to expect.

There’s a surprising common thread in the anxious brain—and it may have to do with what’s on your plate.

Altering attention diminishes worry more powerfully than trying to directly conquer emotional aspects of anxiety. Anxiety can feel tremendously uncomfortable, unsettling, and discombobulating. Whether ...

Sometimes it can feel like whatever is stressing you out — that deadline, a big meeting, the news cycle — is showing up first thing in the morning. You may wake up with a pit already forming in your ...

The sun has begun to set earlier across the western hemisphere, seemingly bringing an influx of anxiety for some people. Especially since Daylight Saving Time kicked in, with sunshine becoming more ...

Sunsets are a beautiful thing to watch, but the feelings that can accompany them? Not so much. Hundreds of people have taken to Reddit revealing that they experience anxiety, panic, and a general ...