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Fish show link between anxiety relief and probiotics 0

Evidence that probiotics offer natural anxiety relief has come in a surprising way—a study about anxiety in fish.

A fascinating new study from the University of Missouri (MU) shows that fish anxiety levels are impacted by the bacteria in their gut. And there’s good reason to believe it’s the same for us humans.

Click to find out what the study tells us about anxiety and your gut. 

What is Anxiety? 0

What is anxiety? Learn how fear, the fight-or-flight response, and emotional triggers contribute to anxiety—plus tips, symptoms, and helpful resources.

Recognizing Anxiety: Emotional Signs and Physical Symptoms 0

We feel anxiety emotionally, and we feel anxiety physically. Anxiety symptoms can be both emotional and physical.

It can drive you to act in a demanding or irrational way as you attempt to get relief from the fear. Or it can narrow your world as you reduce your exposure to situations that stimulate the fear.

Click "Read More" to increase your understanding of anxiety and find out about the emotional and physical symptoms of anxiety and panic.

What Panic Attacks Feel Like: Symptoms, Duration & Recovery 0

Panic typically starts with emotional causes, but those emotions stimulate intense physical reactions that mimic heart attacks and other scary physical symptoms.

One of the common repercussions of having a panic attack is that from that point forward you can get anxiety about the potential of having another attack. You get anxiety about the anxiety.

Journal Away Your Stress 0

Studies show that when people write about stressful situations—and they include the emotional component—their physical health improves.

The studies’ control group that wrote about troubling situations, but did not include the emotional component, did not show health improvements.

Beware of Taking on Other People’s Negative Emotions 0

Sometimes, we take on other people’s emotional overflow like a sponge absorbing a toxic spill. If you take on other people’s stuff, you may have no room left for yours. This can contribute to you getting overwhelmed and anxious relatively easy.

Click Read More to discover how and why you may have absorbed other people's toxic emotions, and how to protect yourself.