Emotional stress

Pushing the limits 13 times

Erez Yitzhaki going on a journey for wounded and disabled IDF veterans

Erez Yitzhaki plans to complete 13 full Ironman-distance triathlons in a year
Forest therapy

New study: This simple thing may reduce stress, anxiety and depression

The path back to ourselves.

Healing overloaded minds: How Israel's prolonged war is affecting memory, concentration

What happens to the gut when a child experiences stress?

The surprising connection between your childhood and the stomach aches you suffer from today


A spiritual prescription for controlling your anger - opinion

It is clear that our society has become far, far too violent, with hostile words quickly turning into physical confrontations

 When faced by those who abuse their power, intolerance is the proper response (Illustrative for anger).

Losing sleep? Elections may be to blame - study

While conventional wisdom suggests these highly anticipated events, such as elections, can cause stress and disrupt well-being, little research has been published exploring this relationship.

 Israeli parliament members during a plenum session on  the state budget at the assembly hall in the Israeli parliament, September 2, 2021.

Is couples' therapy not working for you? This is what you need to do

Couples therapy can help you see the places where you don't act nicely and learn to understand why this happens. Stopping the behavior is another story with a harder solution.

 Couples' therapy (Illustrative)

Why do we feel like we're freefalling before we go to sleep?

This phenomenon is called myoclonus (myo = muscle, clonus = contraction) and it is basically a short, sudden and involuntary movement of a muscle or group of muscles.

 A lonely bed (illustrative)

Aircraft pilots have below-average emotional intelligence - study

Emotional intelligence refers to one's ability and capacity to understand, see and handle emotions, According to this study, US pilots may have less emotional intelligence than the public.

 Pilots in the cockpit of an airplane (illustrative)

The link between autism and feeling misunderstood - study

Autism is a common neurodevelopmental condition and is characterized by marked social difficulties, especially in communication.

 The brain (illustrative).

This is why it's so important to talk about emotions with your kid

When our kids throw tantrums or behave in other unacceptable ways, we"put out fires" in real-time, and then move on and not talk about what happened. There is a better way to handle these situations.

 A child and his brother are with their parent, one playing a video game on a phone and the other having a temper tantrum (Illustrative)

Stress may negatively impact a woman's ability to get pregnant -study

Approximately one in eight couples have trouble conceiving in the United States. 

 Headache touching forehead

Jumping gene found to be strongly linked to depression, fear and anxiety - study

The experiment's results demonstrated that the TOP gene plays an important role in coping with stress.

 Illustrative image of a person dealing with depression.

Feeling anger? You need to learn to choose not to be angry

Recognizing your triggers and anticipating your anger – be it with a stranger, the government, a colleague, your partner or your family – are crucial for moving on.

 Anger (Illustrative).