Parents who over criticize their children put them at risk of depression and anxiety. Children who are put down by their parents use coping strategies which make them avoid emotions. They pay less attention to the...
Relaxing music before eye surgery helps patients feel less anxious and reduces their need for sedation. The patients cannot wear headphones during the operation because of the liquids used in the procedure. The effects of the...
heart attack
Hold your temper because it could trigger a heart attack.
The risk of heart attack is 8.5 times greater in the two hours following a burst of intense anger.
The higher risk is not just confined to when you are angry. It lasts for two hours after the outburst.
Anxiety levels in highly stressed groups like veterans 
and prison inmates was hugely reduced through the practice of Transcendental Meditation.
Those with more moderate anxiety levels also showed changes but these were not as dramatic.
Traumatic life events are the biggest cause of anxiety and depression but how a person thinks about these events determines how anxious or depressed they become.
A study run through BBC Radio 4’s “All in the Mind” programme, found that traumatic life events were the single biggest determinant of anxiety and depression.