A racing heart from anxiety is your body's fight-or-flight system doing its job — it's trying to protect you, not harm you.

“As your blood flows toward muscles, vision, and hearing to react to threats, your motility can change,” said Dr. Merrill.

Having a panic attack? You're not alone. Learn how to ride it out with kind, practical steps—like grounding, breathing, and support. Help is here, right now.

Many people get nervous in social situations, but at what point do nerves turn into full blown social anxiety?

As both an anxiety therapist and someone who has personally experienced Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), panic disorder, OCD, and agoraphobia, I’ve heard countless descriptions of anxiety and panic ...

“If you don’t have anxiety,” stand-up comedian Aparna Nancherla riffs onstage, “the way I would describe it is there’s, like, an edgy improv group in your brain and it just needs a one-word suggestion ...

“Illness anxiety disorder is a mental health condition where individuals become excessively worried about having or developing a severe illness despite minimal or no physical symptoms and reassurance ...

It has become such common advice that few question it. But rather than inspirational, it can feel like a burden. How do I go about finding this and what if I never do? This is “purpose anxiety” — the ...

It should have been a moment of relief. On Sunday afternoon, June 1, before the start of a Jewish holiday, Rabbi Caryn Aviv hit “send” on the final draft of her forthcoming book, “Unlearning Jewish ...