transcendental meditation

Investments Not Resolutions: Healthy Hopes for Women in 2016

by Old Shoe Woman Investments not resolutions: Healthy hopes for women in 2016 According to the Office on Women's Health, hormones released as a response to stress make blood pressure, heart rate and blood sugar levels go up. Long-term stress can help cause a variety of health problems, including depression and anxiety, heart … Read more on GazetteNET Meditation Can Help Soldiers Manage PTSD A new study suggests regular practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM) helps some active duty service members battle post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Researchers found that practicing TM reduced or even eliminated the use of psychotropic … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog) Read ...

Help for Depression Without Medication?

Question by Blake: Help for Depression Without Medication? I currently suffer from severe depression. I know this because it runs very strong in my mothers side of the family, and they are all on medication of various sorts. My mother before me had it, and now she is deceased due to cancer, and while she was a teen, she tried killing herself several times because of depression. My father, who I currently live with, will not take me to a health clinic to get me help or to see a psychiatrist because he “doesn’t believe in medication”. There is no point in talking to him about it anymore, or trying to get him to take me, because all he will say is that I need to “pull my head out of my a**” and “stop being stupid and trying to get attention.” So, the ultimate question is: how can I treat depression in any way without the use of prescription medication? I am currently seventeen, and turning eighteen in five months, but I’m not sure I will mak ...

Transcendental Meditation Can Help Calm Anxiety

by unpatitodegoma Transcendental Meditation can help calm anxiety Studies on high stress groups, such as veterans suffering from PTSD and prison inmates, showed dramatic reductions in anxiety from TM practice, whereas studies of groups with only moderately elevated anxiety levels, such as normal adults and college … Read more on Zee News Dear Abby: Mix of medication, therapy might help control anxiety Blake might need more than medication to help him conquer his anxiety disorder. He might do better ...