Meditation for stress and anxiety is an evidence-based practice that downregulates the HPA axis—the body’s central stress response system—reducing cortisol secretion and enhancing parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) tone. A landmark 2023 JAMA Psychiatry trial found that Mindfulness...
Meditation for anxiety is an evidence-based contemplative practice that reduces activity in the amygdala—the brain’s fear epicenter—while strengthening the prefrontal cortex, which governs emotional regulation. A landmark 2023 JAMA Psychiatry trial found that Mindfulness-Based...
Separation Anxiety Disorder (SepAD) is a debilitating psychiatric condition characterised by developmentally inappropriate, excessive fear concerning detachment from major attachment figures—typically parents in youth or romantic partners in adulthood. The DSM-5 has removed age-of-onset...
Panic Disorder (PD) is a debilitating anxiety condition defined by recurrent, unexpected panic attacks—abrupt surges of intense fear or discomfort that peak within minutes. The disorder is not merely about the attacks themselves; it requires at least one month of persistent anticipatory...
Anxiety while sleeping, or nocturnal anxiety, is the distressing experience of heightened worry and physiological arousal that interferes with falling or staying asleep. Unlike daytime anxiety that merely persists into the night, this condition involves the anticipation of sleep itself as...
