Two intertwined factors play a central role in this puzzling phenomenon: our evolutionary history and the complex psychological processes of the human brain.
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- Mental Health Stories
We Have to Embrace the Broken-Hearted – That’s the Way to Live a Life with a Purpose
Particularly in our society, we have erected those barriers with the souls who have been deeply hurt and are deeply troubled.
- Health & Medicine
Medication Administration Errors Can Induce Fear, Sadness, and Guilt Among Healthcare Professionals
Healthcare professionals described a variety of negative emotions when reporting medication administration errors, the most common feelings of fear, disturbed mood, sadness, and guilt.
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
Why Do Some Memories of Distant Events Seem Like Ages Ago While Others Seem Like Yesterday?
Ordinarily, we can be aware of early memory, but sense that the event happened long ago.
The brain uses distinct mechanisms to store recent versus remote fear memories.
Approximately 11% of Australians suffer from phobias, and the fear of being alone is one of them.
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
Clinical Psychologists and Their Patients Need New Ways to Understand Fear of Losing Control
by News Releaseby News ReleaseControl is an important construct in the fields of psychology and psychopathology.
- Mind & Brain
Jumping Gene Found to Be Strongly Linked to Depression, Fear, and Anxiety
by News Releaseby News ReleaseThis gene also plays an important role in reducing depression, fear, and anxiety.
- Mental Health & Well-Being
Psychotherapist Shares Tips on How to Manage Your Mental Health During the Cost-of-Living Crisis
by News Releaseby News ReleaseThe Cost-of-Living Crisis is another in a series of existential crises we have experienced as a nation, including Brexit, Covid, and the war in Ukraine.
- Business & Industry
New Research Reveals People Who Value Hierarchical Structures Favour Tyrannical Leadership Traits
by News Releaseby News ReleasePeople who place a high value on hierarchical structures brought on by the perception that the world is a threatening place.
- Mental Health & Well-Being
Managing Mental Health: 5 Tips to Master Your Anxiety Naturally
by News Releaseby News ReleaseThe lasting effects of the pandemic driving a national and global mental health crisis, fear and anxiety are common emotional responses.
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
Paranoid Personality Disorder Is a Challenging Mental Health Condition
Paranoid personality disorder comes under the umbrella of eccentric personality disorders.
- Mental Health & Well-Being
Researchers Develop New Methodology to Measure Impact of Continuous Traumatic Stress from Rocket Attacks
by Psychregby PsychregExposure to ongoing life risk exists wherever people experience continuous terror, rampant crime, and civil war.
Anger and anxiety are forms of fear, as well as coping mechanisms that we use when we feel that our safety is being put at risk.
With well-calibrated, internal compasses, great leaders are better able to tune out the noise and opinions of others to achieve their purpose and mission.