Psychology

What is Illness Anxiety Disorder? In Illness Anxiety Disorder (IAD), previously known as hypochondriasis, the individual develops an excessive worry about any physical or psychological symptoms experienced albeit in the absence of a diagnosed health condition. The anxiety experienced is so pervasive that it interferes with the individual’s ability to function adequately and it’s …

While we are all familiar with the meaning of the word ‘anxiety’ and we are likely to have experienced a certain degree of anxiety at some point in our life, it’s important to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy anxiety. Healthy anxiety is experienced before a meaningful event in life such as a job …

Feeling anxious before a challenging event such as a job interview, a presentation or an exam is very common and considered normal. However, anxiety is generally viewed as ‘bad’ and as an indicator that the person is not coping with the task at hand. This article aims to debunk this myth …

If you type the word ‘stress’ in the google search engine, it returns about 519,000,000 results, making stress a more frequent word than ‘mum’ which bears about 203,000,000 results! On one hand, it is true that a lot of people experience stress on a daily basis and this affects their work or school performance, …

The connection between physical and mental health is no news! As early as the second century AD, the Roman poet Juvenal advocated “mens sana in corpore sano”, meaning “a healthy mind in a healthy body”. While this Latin quote is well-known, its veracity has only been established in the past few decades …

The personality of a human being is highly complex but can be determined by doing many tests. The difficulty lies in the fact that a person’s behaviour cannot be easily checked and professionals have to work a lot to determine the behaviour of a particular person. There is also a link between the health …