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Depression and anxiety alter the HPA axis, altering the neurochemicals and stress hormones in the body leading to chronic stress, weakening the heart. Not new, but pathways have now been identified.https://neurosciencenews.com/depression-stress-cardiovascular-30062/

Ever wake up suddenly with the adrennalin pumping? Here's why. Shows that emotional experience in dreams is real but not consequential as it would be in waking life.https://neurosciencenews.com/emotional-stress-sleep-30064/

Pregnancy may stirs up fears about being swallowed up by the baby, losing body shape, or being wiped out as a person. If not treated the likelihood of poor parenting is high. I helped my client enjoy her pregnancy rather than fear it squeezing her dry. losangeleswestsidetherapy.com/how-i-helped...

Perhaps it’s the desire to create and seek novelty that slows aging, not just the creative act itself. neurosciencenews.com/creativity-b...

Despite being alerted to suicide risks the health system is ill equipped or motivated to take necessary preventive actions. neurosciencenews.com/abuse-suicid...

The compulsive element of sexual behavior is the clue to the need for control and power to get rid of self-disgust and badness, not an addiction to sex itself. losangeleswestsidetherapy.com/compulsive-s...

Foundations for the default mode of brain operation are set in utero and give more evidence that traits and sensitivities are formed early in utero, giving agency to the fetus we aren't aware of.https://neurosciencenews.com/organoid-cognition-neurodevelopment-29974/

Childhood trauma alters the HPA axis that keeps the nervous system on hyperalert, making them more reactive, impulsive and aggressive. This research gives us a deeper layer of understanding that is very useful.https://neurosciencenews.com/trauma-aggression-self-harm-29901/

Impossible goals are often part of a pattern of perfectionism to gain love and admiration from significant others who are dismissive and cold - leading to a fear that giving up the impossible goals will lead to permanent loss of connection.https://neurosciencenews.com/quitting-goals-wellbeing-29944/

Sensory overload may contribute to tantrums, but discounts the internal emotional overload of raw emotions that are not identified and reflected upon by adults around the child.https://neurosciencenews.com/sensory-overload-tantrum-29968/

This invasive disease carrier is showing up in places it really shouldn't be www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Fans whose sports team loses activate area of the brain where impulse control is regulated, resulting in higher chance of aggression - also extrapolated to other forms of fanatic adherence to identity groups.https://neurosciencenews.com/sport-fanatic-neuroscience-29924/

Age onset of depression - before 25, has strong genetic ties to suicidal risk. Suggests more attention and treatment options for young adults with depression. But mental health isn't sexy and doesn't get the funds it needs.https://neurosciencenews.com/genetic-depression-suicide-neuroscience-29937/

Hormonal and gut differences appear to be influencial in women being more likely to have worse Long Covid. Who's going to call it out as DEI?https://neurosciencenews.com/long-covid-women-neurology-29932/

Evidence about microbiome and brain wiring in infants linked to later mood disorders, should evoke curiosity about diet and psychogical environment in collaboration with each other.https://neurosciencenews.com/depression-microbiome-toddler-29876/

Flatness of emotion often has a purpose within a marriage that serves to maintain a sense of merger with a partner - where feeling one’s juices can sabotaging. But it doesn’t have to be that way if each person undertakes the scary task of individuation. losangeleswestsidetherapy.com/when-does-de...

We can all remember an adult who held on too long or too tightly to claim ownership or evoke jealousy in another. This research elaborates on the personality types that use touch for coercion.https://neurosciencenews.com/dark-triad-touch-manipulation-29838/

Overwhelming guilt can be a useful constraint against the motivation to take care of yourself and be proud of it. Here's how I helped a client understand why she hid behind guilt to avoid authenticity. losangeleswestsidetherapy.com/helping-my-c...

How Psychological defenses get formed and work in adult relationships. Part 5. Shelly and Liam meet and complement one another. She wants fusion, he suffocates. Their defenses get played out. youtu.be/F9eAsE1fNgU

Brain scans show less cortical areas for children living unequal lives that mark their adult lives in profound ways. neurosciencenews.com/income-inequ...

There's a natural rhythm to walking involving coordination with all parts of the body that allows the senses to be more sensitive to external sounds, perhaps lessening the inner chatter that detracts from reality.https://neurosciencenews.com/auditory-processing-walking-29751

Interesting discovery of sugary drinks interacting with a gut microbiome linked to depression in women! Is it sugar in the drink, the craving for sugar or something else peculiar to women?https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/WhctKLbmnFcggkmrWRzNHPRbPtsbWkgzxFNtxKxKWJgzvLvrBDfqmtMsCzhXfQvrnCHPRNB

How Unresolved Sibling Rivalry in Childhood Leads to Co-dependent Adult Relationships losangeleswestsidetherapy.com/how-unresolv...

Skin-to-skin contact regulates emotions, offers safety and boosts brain development. That's why we like massages! Regulating the nervous system allows integration of information that can be used for cognitive and emotional maturity.https://neurosciencenews.com/skin-contact-brain-development-29745/

Whether boys are better able to listen to body cues than girls may be a lesser factor than the psychological sense of feeling emotionally sated. Girls may be responding to a need for longer nurturing episodes than boys who want to be physically active socially. neurosciencenews.com/saiety-neuro...

Parents usually behave as their own parents did, making generational rearing a significant factor. The issue of teens keeping to themselves and not being receptive to parents whose acceptance is conditional isn't addressed.https://neurosciencenews.com/parenting-teen-social-anxiety-29708/

All resilience efforts begin from birth as we build up tolerance and defenses against the forces that can otherwise knock us down. Dementia is no different - it's more prevalent since we live longer.https://neurosciencenews.com/dementia-childhood-social-neuroscience-29712/

Couples cycle through ritualistic patterns of blame and appeasement, because truth is taboo - here's how dream images can help the couple break the taboo and come unstuck.https://losangeleswestsidetherapy.com/helping-clients-4-helping-couples-get-unstuck/

natural, organic nutrients have the necessary ingredients for its purpose. Another reason to favor the natural features of breast feeding; or expressing it for those mothers and babies that have a hard time with the feeding rituals.https://neurosciencenews.com/breast-milk-circadian-rhythm-29667/

What will make people endorse those who want to keep them healthy rather than those who pretend to do so while fostering fossil fuel expansion?https://neurosciencenews.com/air-pollution-lewy-body-dementia-29668/

Better tools for detection doesn’t mean that all suspected cases will have access. What if those that wanted an ADHD diagnosis didn’t meet these criteria? The more arbitrary standards used by a variety of providers caters for the latter!https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-structure-adhd-29666

How psychological defenses are formed and used in adult relationships: Toddler Shelly Develops A False Self to Manage her Rage and Hurt youtu.be/lsugrBLJ-xg?... via @YouTub

Hope and Hopelessness - How They Work to Manage the Threat of Reality losangeleswestsidetherapy.com/hope-and-hop...