When anxiety spikes, the nervous system can shift into fight-or-flight in seconds, but it can also be guided back toward ...

The phrase “a good cry” dates back to at least the mid-1800s while the phrase “cry it out” dates as far back as the mid-1600s. Both phrases suggest in our lay language that crying can relieve some ...

Any parent will tell you that raising a child isn't easy. While the experience can be filled with joy and love and fulfillment, emotional, financial and marital stress will present challenges to any ...

Parapluie. That's the French word for umbrella. Para means against. Pluie means rain. A parapluie keeps a rainstorm from getting you soaking wet. Parasympathetic. That is the name of the system that ...

Crying: In humans, it is the production of tears usually accompanied by facial muscle contractions and vocal sounds. But what happens in the body during this ordinary occurrence, and what social ...