• About

ConnieSelleccaBlog

~ Intelligence for Your Life

ConnieSelleccaBlog

Tag Archives: anxious

The importance of getting more sleep!

05 Tuesday Oct 2021

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

anxiety, anxious, calm, calming, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, feeling anxious, feeling calm, get more sleep, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, more sleep, reduce anxiety, sleeping

If you’re anxious about what you have on your plate tomorrow, get a little more sleep tonight. According to the experts at UC Berkeley, increasing your sleep before a stressful event – by turning in a little earlier, or sleeping a little later – can reduce anxiety. It works by decreasing activity in the area of the brain that heightens stress – the amygdala. So if you have a job interview tomorrow – an exam – or an important sales call – get a little more sleep, and you’ll feel calmer and more in control tomorrow.  

Follow me on Facebook 

To relieve your anxiety:

06 Friday Aug 2021

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

anxiety, anxious, calming, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, feeling anxious, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, reduce anxiety, relax, relaxing, relieve stress, stress relief, talk to a friend

Talk to someone who’s as anxious as you are! That advice comes from USC psychologist, Dr. Sarah Townsend. She says, connecting with someone who’s having the same feelings you are can buffer you against stress. That’s because you’ll be reassured that your emotional state is completely normal. And it’ll calm you down more than sharing your anxiety with someone who’s totally calm.

Follow me on Facebook

We really DO hate hot weather.

26 Monday Apr 2021

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

anxiety, anxious, back to work, back to work on Monday, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, hot temperatures, hot weather, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, irritable, stressed, stressed out

Environmental experts at the Vancouver School of Economics analyzed a BILLION tweets, comparing temperatures, and the use of positive and negative words and emojis. The result: Going from a mild 70-degrees to hot 90-degrees causes the same happiness dip we experience going from a relaxing Sunday to back to work on Monday. And when the temperature tops 100 degrees, people are 3 TIMES unhappier than when the weather’s cold. So why are we more irritable when it’s hot out? First, because high temperatures increase our heart rate, testosterone, and other metabolic reactions that trigger our stress response. Also, psychologically, hot weather makes us feel out of control. Because if it’s cold you can wear more layers… but, when it’s hot, after a certain point, you can’t remove any more clothing to cool down. And when we feel we have no control, it makes us stressed out, anxious, and irritable. 

Follow me on Facebook

Which vegetable can make you feel less anxious?

17 Wednesday Mar 2021

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

anxiety, anxious, calming effect, claustrophobia, claustrophobic, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, cucumber, cucumbers, feel less anxious, feeling anxious, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, reduce anxiety

A cucumber! That’s according to neurologist Dr. Alan Hirsch from the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation. In his studies, the scent of cucumber was so effective at relieving anxiety that it even helped people suffering from claustrophobia! In fact, when people with claustrophobia were put in a small elevator with the scent of cucumber, 75% felt calmer. Dr. Hirsch says the scent changes a person’s perception of space – making places feel more expansive. And it works so well, some hospitals use cucumber oil to calm patients before MRI scans! For the best results with a fresh cucumber – slice it before taking a whiff. That’ll release more odor molecules.

Follow me on Facebook

Feeling anxious, or unable to concentrate?

17 Tuesday Nov 2020

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

anxiety, anxious, calm, calmer, calming, concentrate, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, focus, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, lemon balm, memory

Grab some lemon balm! The leafy plant from the mint family contains compounds that prevent the breakdown of a brain chemical linked to focus and memory. Lemon balm also contains brain-boosting quercetin and energizing caffeic acid… a combination proven to ease anxiety, and enhance problem-solving, focus, and recall. Your best bet: Place a drop of lemon balm essential oil on each palm, cup your hands over your face, and take 10 slow, deep breaths. And you’ll feel calmer, and more focused in no time!

Follow me on Facebook

Could this be the cure for anxiety?

04 Monday Nov 2019

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

anxiety, anxious, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, excited, excitement, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, nervous, relax, stress

anxiety-excitement-wp

Alison Wood Brooks is a professor at Harvard Business School who’s researched anxiety. And she says, instead of trying to completely flip the script on anxiety by trying to relax – we’re better off transforming our anxiety into something it’s closer to… Excitement. In a study, Brooks tested participants by having them complete anxiety-inducing tasks: like singing karaoke, doing a math test, and giving a speech.

And when participants said, “I’m excited” before the tasks, they not only felt more positive, they also performed better.

That’s because excitement and anxiety have something in common – they’re both emotions of arousal. They both make our heart beat faster and stimulate a stress response. But the difference is that anxiety is negative, whereas excitement is positive… that’s why it’s easier to get from anxiety to excitement, than from anxiety to calm.

So Dr. Brooks says, the next time you’re anxious – don’t take deep breaths to relax. Try saying, “I’m excited!” instead.

Follow me on Facebook

Feeling anxious?

07 Monday Oct 2019

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, anxiety, anxious, chocolate, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, dark chocolate, green tea, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, relax, stress

green-tea-dark-chocolate-wp

Grab a cup of green tea and a little dark chocolate. The Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine says the combo reduces tension and worries as effectively as prescription anti-anxiety meds. That’s because green tea contains L-theanine, an amino acid shown to trigger calmness. It lowers activity in the anterior cingulate cortex – the brain region that controls obsessive thoughts and worries. And dark chocolate contains mood-boosting compounds and reduces cortisol – the stress hormone that triggers anxiety. Together, you’ve got a total win-win, anxiety-killing combination.

Follow me on Facebook

Nail biters aren’t stressed or anxious…

27 Friday Sep 2019

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

anxiety, anxious, bored, boredom, boring, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, nail biter, nail-biting, stress, University of Montreal

nail-biting-girl-wp

…they’re BORED! That’s according to research from the University of Montreal, which also found that nail biters are more likely to be PERFECTIONISTS.

Psychiatry professor Dr. Kieron O’Conner led the study… and she found that perfectionists have a hard time relaxing. They’re quick to get frustrated, impatient and bored… and that can lead to nail-biting.

In the study, people were simply left alone in a room for 6 minutes with nothing to do. The researchers found the perfectionists were more likely to feel restless and bit their nails as an outlet for their impatience.

The bottom line? Perfectionists need to find better ways to handle boredom and frustration, so they can channel their energy more productively.

Follow me on Facebook

We’re really anxious!

21 Friday Jun 2019

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

anxiety, anxious, brain, brain chemicals, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, Google, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, mood, sage, stress, stressed out

anxiety-man-wp

How do I know? Because Google-searches for the word “anxiety” has more than doubled. You may need therapy to deal with your issues – but in the meantime, sniff fresh, crushed sage – or a cotton ball with a couple drops of sage essential oil. Researchers at Simmons College in Boston found the smell of sage cuts anxiety for up to 4 hours. That’s because its compounds boost production of brain chemicals that help regulate our mood.

Follow me on Facebook

Having a lousy day at work?

20 Monday May 2019

Posted by ConnieSellecca in Intelligence for Your Life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

anxiety, anxious, bad, bad day, bad day at work, bad news, boss, comedy, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, depressed, depression, friends, funny tv show, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, news, nightly news, reruns, Seinfeld, stress, stress levels, stress relief

bad-day-at-work-wp

It could be due to the lousy, depressing news you watched last night! Researchers found negative media stories increase stress levels – especially among women – and make us more anxious during future nerve-wracking events… like an upcoming face-to-face with the boss. So experts say to skip the negative news at night – and watch a “Friends” rerun instead.

Follow me on Facebook

← Older posts

Subscribe

  • Entries (RSS)
  • Comments (RSS)

Archives

  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014

Categories

  • Intelligence for Your Life
  • Photos

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • ConnieSelleccaBlog
    • Join 820 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • ConnieSelleccaBlog
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...