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Feeling Nervous All the Time? Here’s What You Need to Know

My Psychiatry

One common contributor is genetic predisposition —if anxiety runs in your family, you may be more likely to experience it yourself due to inherited traits that influence how your brain responds to stress. Treatment options may include talk therapy, lifestyle modifications, stress management techniques, and medication when appropriate.

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Understanding Relationship OCD: When Doubt Becomes an Obsession

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” These thoughts typically trigger compulsive behaviors designed to seek certainty or relief from relationship anxiety. If you have ROCD, you might find yourself constantly questioning your feelings for your partner: “Do I really love them?” ” “Are they truly the right person for me?”

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Test Anxiety – How to Calm Your Nerves Before a Big Test

Clear Behavioral Health

For some people, it can manifest as cognitive, emotional, or physical symptoms that vary in severity [1]. Cognitive Test Anxiety Test anxiety manifests cognitively with intrusive thoughts, difficulty concentrating, or severe mental blocks during the actual test-taking. Within the population of the United States, about 2.7%

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Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder a Mental Illness?

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Unlike generalized anxiety or depression, PTSD develops specifically as a result of psychological trauma. The most important is its origin: trauma. Another difference is how the brain processes trauma. Most people have heard of PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but not everyone understands what it really is.