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Is Stress Turning my Hair Grey?

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When we start to go grey depends a lot on genetics. Your first grey hairs usually appear anywhere between your twenties and fifties. For men, grey hairs normally start at the temples and sideburns. Women tend to start greying on the hairline, especially at the front. The most rapid greying usually happens between ages 50 […]

Engineered for Success

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In September 2017, Harvey pounded Texas with such violence that it put 2/3 of Houston under water. Irma followed shortly after, crushing the Caribbean Islands, pounding Florida, and wreaking havoc in surrounding islands. Aside from the indescribable human and private property loss, these hurricanes inflicted more than 500 billion dollars in damage. Storm-ravaged cities face […]

How to Overcome Excessive Anxiety

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Anxiety is a widespread phenomenon in our society. Today I want to comment on some of the origins of excessive or exaggerated anxiety. First, let’s look at what excessive anxiety is. Excessive or exaggerated anxiety is a feeling, a sense of anguish, with or without a feeling of tightness in the chest. It’s a restlessness, […]

How to Remain Youthful and Resilient Despite Stress

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A bit of stress can be good for your mental and physical well-being, but too much can lead to anxiety, depression and other health problems. It can also make you age faster. So learning to become more stress-resilient is important if you’re not in a hurry to grow old fast. Studies have shown that people […]

Scientific Facts about Exercise that Few People Know

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I’m going to bring you something different in terms of mental health. What role do exercise and good nutrition have for your mental powers? The organ in our body that enables us to think, feel and make decisions is the brain, which, in an adult, weighs about 3 pounds (1.5 kg). God created the brain […]

How Much Stress is Too Much?

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COVID-19 taught most people that the line between tolerable and toxic stress – defined as persistent demands that lead to disease – varies widely. But some people will age faster and die younger from toxic stressors than others. So how much stress is too much, and what can you do about it? I’m a psychiatrist […]