Comments on: Remarkable New Research About Stress and the Brain

By: Karen Young

Karen Young — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 08:18:29 +0000

In reply to Alex Diaz. Alex all research is hyperlinked in the article. Look for the words in blue.

By: Alex Diaz

Alex Diaz — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 18:47:09 +0000

Do you have the name of the research that looked at how amygdala responded to stress and illustrations to the shrinkage of branches?

By: Karen - Hey Sigmund

Karen - Hey Sigmund — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 01:02:00 +0000

In reply to Andrea. Thanks Andrea.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 17:54:51 +0000

quite understandable and pretty informative…..like the article,because I’ve been also suffering from stress…keep sharing more article about stress….Thank you for your lovely article .

By: Hey Sigmund

Hey Sigmund — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 01:50:59 +0000

In reply to Leonor.

Leonor it depends on what you do with it. The same situation would be stressful for one person, and not so stressful for another. The harm is done from the way you interpret the stress. This article will explain that https://www.heysigmund.com/rethinking-stress-why-changing-our-thinking-could-save-our-lives/. It doesn’t matter what the stress is, if it is experienced as stressful, it will have an affect.

By: Colin Stone, Relaxation Therapist

Colin Stone, Relaxation Therapist — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 23:19:16 +0000

And so much of what we stress about is imagined in our mind. The mind is such an awesome resource, and our imagination is best used to rehearse positive outcomes. Why waste our power on negative thinking? Ten minutes a day in mental rehearsal (how might today turn out if everything goes great?) can give us such a huge boost – without drugs! Try this for just three days in a row and see what happens!

By: Hey Sigmund

Hey Sigmund — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:08:59 +0000

In reply to Michelle. Thanks Michelle!

By: Hey Sigmund

Hey Sigmund — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 02:34:59 +0000

In reply to Monique.

You’re welcome Monique. I’m pleased the article found it’s way to you when it did. Stress can certainly feed into depression. There is definitely a link there. A lot of research is looking at depression as being caused by systemic inflammation, which stress can contribute to. Here is an article that explains that https://www.heysigmund.com/new-research-will-change-way-think-depression/. This is why lifestyle factors, such as exercise, eating the right food to support brain health, reducing stress, sleep, sunlight, social connection, meditation etc are all important for mental health and keeping the vital neurochemicals at healthy levels. Even doing these things though, sometimes depression can happen, so there is still a lot we need to learn about the causes. There is a lot of work happening in the area, which is great news. Hopefully some answers and a reliable, effective way to treat depression aren’t too far away.

By: Hey Sigmund

Hey Sigmund — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 02:28:22 +0000

In reply to Debbie. Debbie there are a number of articles on the site that talk about the natural ways to reduce stress. The scope of this article was this piece of research that explored the effects of stress on the brain. As part of that research, they looked at the effect of a particular medication on those changes in the brain but as the article points out, there are other considerations in relying on medication to turn around the effects of stress on the brain. At the bottom of the article is a suggested article, 'How to be Mindfully Selfish and why It's So Important'. This article discusses medication-free ways to manage stress.

By: Hey Sigmund

Hey Sigmund — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 13:47:20 +0000

In reply to Robert Hammel (The Unhappy Psychologist). Well said. Thanks Robert!