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Video: Cracked Takes A Crack At An Honest Antidepressant Commercial + Bonus!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll, Video, Vitamins/Supplements

Video: Cracked Takes A Crack At An Honest Antidepressant Commercial + Bonus!


The Drug-Pushers Are Here For Your Soul:
In this video, Cracked’s Honest Commercials touches on a little bit of our problems with drug companies.

This time, for Antidepressants.

It’s a bit drier and more ironic than their normal stuff, but a lot of it is dead-on.

Especially about switching medications, the placebo effect on mood disorders, incomplete understanding of depression-mechanics and their brain-chemistry roots,

And most of all, Marketing psychoactive drugs to individual consumers…

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YOU WIN! -SCIENCE! Finds Being A Hypochondriac Makes You Healthier

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Mind/Brain

YOU WIN! -SCIENCE! Finds Being A Hypochondriac Makes You Healthier
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So Being Anxious Is Actually Good For Something?:
Rejoice, HealthTrekker visitors, Rejoice! -This is your lucky day.

Now, we’ve previously told you that of all the personality types, The “Grouch”, or anxious/depressed/irritable/pessimistic has many times higher risk of cardiovascular issues than all of the other types; even the seemingly-risky Type A.

Well, in a study by the University of Rochester, it turns out there are some real, measurable health-benefits to being a tiny bit of that “Grouch”-type, with a good dose of Types C & A, too…

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Video: The Science Of Us Checks Out Why There’s Something Better For Your Brain Than Mindfulness Meditation

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Video: The Science Of Us Checks Out Why There’s Something Better For Your Brain Than Mindfulness Meditation


There Is More Than 1 Type Of Meditation:
There is a lot of talk recently about Mindfulness.

That is: Meditating really hard on your immediate-present and not letting stray thoughts take over. -The Eckhart Tolle stuff.

And while there is nothing wrong with this type of meditation, another type more similar to Zoning-Out is also important to your mental abilities, and your mental health…

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The Power Of Naps: The Queen Of Sleep On Why You Need Them To Rescue Productivity & Creativity

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

The Power Of Naps: The Queen Of Sleep On Why You Need Them To Rescue Productivity & Creativity


Accidentally-Awesome Sleep Research That Will Change Your Life:
So, Dr. Sara Mednick had been struggling for a research topic when she found an interesting opportunity.

Her mentor had only studied what you’d call “normal” sleep that you have at night, but not at other times.

And that’s where she found Gold! As she describes in this video, everything on Earth goes through cycles in time, and we’d be smart to remember that.

-Which is where her scientific study comes in, because largely: We Don’t. And there are real downsides to that…

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LSD Makes You Think Like A Child-Prodigy, Probably Detangles You Down From The Blues

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll

LSD Makes You Think Like A Child-Prodigy, Probably Detangles You Down From The Blues
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Timothy Leary Was Right:
Across history, many people have turned to psychoactive substances for a variety of reasons; many times to effect a deeper change instead of just a temporary high.

Among that list of “shamanistic” drugs like Salvia, Psilocybin, Ayahuasca and DMT, LSD has always been the good-old standby.

Now SCIENCE! is discovering it’s not just for stoners & dropouts. LSD and its siblings may actually rewire the brain and in the process, also fix some other problems.

And a recent brain-imaging study by The Imperial College of London is showing us how…

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Video: Is There An App For The Soul? Why Yes, -At Least Six.

Filed Under: Bio-Tech, Gadgets, Mind/Brain, Video

Video: Is There An App For The Soul? Why Yes, -At Least Six.


 
Hack Your Mental Wellbeing With A Phone:
In this video, The Scene & Wired’s App Pack try to soothe your frazzled nerves with a few lines of machine-code to give your human-code a digital hug.

Unfortunately, the list seems to only include Mindfulness meditation apps.
I’d love to be wrong about that, because there are benefits to Both types.

Mindfulness is usually better for happiness. The more Wandering, less-focused type is usually better for Creativity & Insight.

But however the little algorithms can simplify it, the better.
What was once obscure & difficult is now becoming no further than a questionnaire & a few taps away…

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Video: A Few Of The Odd Things Winter Does To Your Body

Filed Under: Disease, Video, Weight Loss / Fat Loss

Video: A Few Of The Odd Things Winter Does To Your Body


DNews Talks Sunny-D!:
So in addition being just plain cold, we’ve probably all felt a little different in-general in the wintertime.

Well Discovery’s DNews dives into some of the possible causes & complications in this here video.

In general, most everything is written-down to the Lack of Sunlight.

That in-turn creates a lowering of Vitamin D and an increase of Melatonin in your body…

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Video: The Science Of Us Intros The Secret Freakonomics Of Achievement: A Little Pessimism Is Good For You

Filed Under: Featured, Mind/Brain, Video

Video: The Science Of Us Intros The Secret Freakonomics Of Achievement: A Little Pessimism Is Good For You


 
In this video, The Science Of Us talks about an interesting set of clinical discoveries made by Dr. Gabriele Oettingen on the way we think about change & success.

Despite decades of post-hippie-era positive-thinking advice. The path to those improvements it turns out, is a little more complicated.

And in-fact, what we all might need is of all things, A little Pessimism…

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