Recent studies are showing that vagus nerve stimulation reduces the symptoms of resistant depression. The improvement is significant among patients who do not respond to conventional treatments. Where psychotherapy and drugs are not effective, this technique based on electrical stimulation is changing the lives of these patients. For those whoContinue Reading
For most of us, isolation causes a certain fear and even vertigo. Facing loneliness and looking at ourselves face to face is not usually easy. However, we can cope with it if we are connected to ourselves. However, there is an even more atrocious fear of loneliness or the experience ofContinue Reading
Some days we experience the sound of our alarm clock in the morning as a real torture. We find it so hard to get up that we say “Ten more minutes”, we go around in circles 1, 2, 3 times until the next alarm goes off, which sounds like aContinue Reading
Anger and depression are two realities that often go hand in hand. The stereotype tells us that a person is depressed when they appear sad, depressed, and more or less encapsulated in their feelings of unhappiness. However, this is not the case. This is one facet of depression, but notContinue Reading
Sleep learning, or hypnopedia, has been widely promoted. There are many advertising messages claiming that all you have to do is let the lesson “play” while you sleep and when you wake up you will have acquired a set of knowledge. Is this true? What does science say about it?Continue Reading
Antidepressant medications can help relieve symptoms of depression, social anxiety disorder, anxiety disorders, seasonal affective disorder, dysthymia (persistent depressive disorder), and mild chronic depression, as well as other conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder. But how do these medications work? What effects do they have? Anti-depression medicationsContinue Reading
Water is one of the most essential elements for the life of living beings. Therefore, not coming into contact with it regularly is complex, becoming a problem for those who suffer from hydrophobia. Hydrophobia or fear of water is defined as the handicap that humans may suffer when they come into contactContinue Reading
Sadorexia is a little-known eating disorder. It is an evolution of traditional anorexia nervosa, but much more dangerous for health because it includes suicidal or self-harming behaviors. People who suffer from this disease usually reach a maximum level of thinness, until they run out of energy and seriously damage their body. They areContinue Reading
There are different types of stress. Each of them has different characteristics and consequences for the body. Today we are going to focus on chronic stress, a kind of virus that does not give the nervous system a break and ends up affecting the person integrally. So, once detected, itContinue Reading
Some people try to trick the psychologist into giving a diagnosis that interests them based on the simulation of symptoms. We are talking about a serious problem and one that psychologists are often helpless against: in their actions they rely on the honesty of the patient. Now, what can they doContinue Reading