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Never send this text to someone with anxiety

Those three little words can trigger an onslaught of worried thoughts.

How parental burnout can harm children — and 8 ways to build a better bond

57% of parents reported burnout in an online survey of 722 caregivers that Ohio State University conducted last summer.

This specific nature activity can improve students' mental health

Birds fly over the rainbow — so why can’t you watch your worries fly away too?

This is a free and easy way to beat stress, experts say

You may want to give this breezy way to fight stress a try.

5 tips to try if you're super stressed out at work

There's one essential question to ask yourself.

Do you love your really loud car? Chances are you're a psychopath: study

Might want to get that checked out.

Crying at the gym is completely normal — and could benefit you

Some people put blood, sweat, and tears into their workouts — emphasis on tears.

4 morning habits to ditch for a happier day — and 5 to do instead

Not a morning person? Here's how to change that.

Don't go ballistic — study reveals how anger can increase heart attack, stroke risk

For the sake of your blood vessels, don't B negative.

I'm a personal development coach — here's my 5-second procrastination cure

A simple solution could turn you from a chronic procrastinator to a model of productivity.

I'm a memory researcher — here's how to never forget someone's name

"You may be unsurprised to learn that our memory systems are not necessarily designed to remember where we put our phones. Or keys. Or water bottles," Dr. Althea Need Kaminske...

I'm a veterinarian — the profession is facing a mental health crisis

Being a veterinarian is ruff job.

I'm a neuroscientist — make these 5 lifestyle tweaks to improve your memory

Brain health is a critical but often overlooked aspect of our overall health and well-being — protecting it can potentially reduce the risk of developing dementia.

Kids' phone-based existence is 'inhuman' — and 10 times worse than any middle-school horrors: author

Jonathan Haidt, author of the buzzy new book "The Anxious Generation," says social media has "rewired childhood" to the point of danger — and made girls' lives much worse.

Finland is the world's happiest country, US drops to all-time low

This year is the first since the report first launched 20 years ago that the US didn't fall in the top 20 happiest countries.

'Woke' people more likely to be unhappy, anxious and depressed, new study suggests

Their findings, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, suggest other Western nations may see similar patterns among their socially conscious citizens.

My daughter eats plaster, foam, wool — what we've learned about her unusual condition

"She's really fussy with normal food, but she’ll sit and eat a sponge," said a mom from Wales.

Clean up your act: Why decluttering your home can save your mental health, according to a doctor

A highly cluttered environment could lead to communication or relationship struggles as all the visual stimuli could interfere with reading other's expressions and emotions.

Doing this for 20 seconds each day could lead to major improvements to your mental health

It may not be as easy as that — but daily affirmations have been linked to improved mental health, according to a study from the University of California Berkeley.

Promising new treatment for PTSD revealed — how it can help veterans

“There's a lot of promise here, and that offers hope," study author Noah Philip said.