Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. IN THE FACE OF GRUELING STRESS, it’s easy to romanticize the body ...

To combat my own lack of literacy on stress, last year I enrolled in “The Neurobiology of Stress,” an upper-division course in UC Berkeley’s Integrative Biology department. Throughout the class, we ...

Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker. (What does not kill me, makes me stronger.) —Friedrich Nietzsche, aphorism number eight from Twilight of the Idols (1888) In the mid-19th century, a French ...

Stress activates your body's "fight-or-flight" response, which causes symptoms like increased heart rate and anxiety. Acute stress is short-term and often solvable, while chronic stress is long-term ...

Stress can come from any number of sources, including your job, relationships, or life challenges and other emotionally taxing situations (just to name a few). The concept of geopathic stress appears ...

Chronic stress can show on your face in two ways. First, the hormones that your body releases when you feel stress can lead to physiological changes that negatively impact your skin. Second, feeling ...

A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase refers to something for which it is not literally applicable—like describing someone as having a “sunny” disposition or being a “wet blanket.

High levels of stress can lead to different types of hair loss. It may inhibit hair regrowth, cause the body’s immune system to attack the hair follicles, or cause an irresistible urge to pull one’s ...

Stress can cause diarrhea and other physical symptoms. Various home remedies for diarrhea and stress management techniques may help with stress-induced diarrhea. Share on Pinterest Ivan Gener/Stocksy ...