Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components. These components combine to create the painful feelings that we typically recognize as anger, fear, apprehension, or worry.

Anxiety is often accompanied by physical sensations such as heart palpitations, nausea, chest pain, shortness of breath, stomach aches, or headache. The cognitive component entails expectation of a diffuse and certain danger.

When starting a treatment plan for an autistic person, doctors will usually look at different medicines that can help out. Because an autistic person can display different symptoms, the medication plan is going to be different for every person. There is no medicine that is going to cure autism, but medication is used to lessen the symptoms to help people live full, functional lives.

Parents may not want to start their children on medication right away when there is diagnosis...

According to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, some species manage to survive and prevail in their environment, while other species tend to disappear because they are not strong enough. The selective process decides which species lives and which will become extinct, depending on their resistance.

This concept is accepted by many people until today and they refuse to understand that Darwin was wrong.

He was right when he discovered that the human being is...

In order to become successful in life, it is quite essential to be healthy and wise. While any sort of physical restrictions of the body can be fought with and dealt with, the central processing unit of our body that is our brain needs to be absolutely perfect in order to live a happy & successful life. For all our errands what we primarily need is a sharp brain so as to understand our environment and act promptly & make well evaluated decisions.

Along with a...

Dealing With Sounds In Everyday Life

Part of daily life is to deal with sounds, but with an autistic child, these sounds can prove both traumatic and frightening. You will need to control the effect of sounds especially if your child has a sensory problem. Always remember that every child has a different approach, so by watching your child closely you will be able to find out the effect of Auditory Stimulation.

An autistic child does not react favorable to loud...

At times, it can start with a mere butterfly inside the stomach. As you watch the clock strike each second, the butterfly seems to flutter faster, more intense, making you feel uncomfortable. Then, you begin to feel difficulty in breathing, palpitations, and profuse sweating. This is the usual combination an individual experiences during a panic attack .  This episode is triggered by different events, most of which are situations that make a person feel nervous. Say, a job...

You can feel it starting to begin. The dizziness, rapid breathing, increased blood pressure are all signs of an approaching anxiety attack. When you feel an attack coming, your natural tendency is to stress and panic which just continues the cycle. To help control your attacks, try these tips below to ease your anxiety.

1. Control your breathing. Your body needs oxygen in your blood to work properly. Quick, shallow breathing can actually cause the feelings of anxiety to...

1. Autistic persons with caring and support family members, colleagues and friends have the advantage of knowing the security of a support group that is educated and informed about their condition and emotional needs whereas persons unaware of autism tend to give rise to stereotypes that can lead to disgust, hate, embarassment and similarly upsetting situations. Therefore, community members must be educated about autism as a disorder in order to help the affected person fit in with...

Having a child diagnosed with autism may be fraught with heavy emotions for many parents but it is a time when they are required to to keep their wits about them, learn the true extent of autism and what they can do to help the child grow as a healthy, happy and capable individual. This knowledge will guide parents in learning and applying proven, scientific methods in dealing with the disorder and training their own emotional responses so the child does not feel unloved.

As people grow older, many start having trouble remembering things.  Many feel frustrated that they cannot recall information that was relayed to them mere minutes ago.  Many are worried that their minds aren't as sharp as they used to be.

Well, ancient Indian ayurvedic medicine has just the sort of thing to help such people out of that rut.

It is an herb.  It's called brahmi.

A perennial plant commonly found in the marshes of South and Southeast Asia,...