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In today’s ongoing stressful academic sections, we all have witnessed that exam anxiety is a very common phenomenon among students that cuts across disciplines and levels. In human terms, we call it ...

Key points Anxiety’s purpose is to protect us from danger. We want our anxiety levels to accurately match reality. Attaining realistic anxiety involves learning whether a situation results in a feared ...

I can’t pinpoint exactly when I developed anxiety, but that’s because I didn’t know about it. When I was growing up, I didn’t hear about the topic of mental health unless it was the butt of a joke.

Researchers found that a brief episode of anxiety may have a bigger influence on a person's ability to learn what is safe and what is not. A new study used a virtual reality game that involved picking ...

Child psychologist offers strategies to help students manage stress and improve performance on standardized tests.

This week, you will learn more about the different parts of anxiety. You will also learn how to use reward systems. This module will take about 30 minutes to complete readings, watch videos, and ...

Anxiety is often not an all-or-nothing feeling. Just like other emotions, anxiety exists along a continuum with different levels of intensity. You can picture this continuum using the anxiety ...

Are emotions always perfectly in touch with reality? Absolutely not. They’re based on our perceptions, and our perceptions aren’t always in line with reality. That’s the goal, though—to get our ...