Stress can make you stronger. You can expand your emotional capacity, build resilience, and find calm amid life’s challenges.

Journal of Traumatic Stress (JTS) is published for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Journal of Traumatic Stress , the official publication for the International Society for ...

Journaling is widely recognized as a healthy practice that benefits your mental health. Research shows that writing down thoughts and feelings can decrease stress and increase empathy, focus, and ...

Neuroscientists have investigated the effects of stress on the perception of scenes and faces. In a behavioral study, they compared the results of stressed participants with those of an unstressed ...

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“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” William James I first began to re-think the way I think about stress when I saw Dr. Kelly McGonigal’s wonderful ...

Many of us kept a journal as kids, then gave up the habit as we grew older. But recording your experiences, thoughts, and feelings can offer you many mental and emotional benefits as an adult, and it ...

According to the American Heart Association (AHA), experts do not fully understand the link between stress and blood pressure. Stress affects the circulatory system, although those effects only occur ...