The five senses are familiar to us: sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Amelia Chapman says we should add at least two more to the list: proprioception and vestibular sense. Proprioception relates ...

For people with sensory sensitivities, holiday gatherings can trigger stress and burnout, not joy. Mental health experts ...

The sympathetic nervous system, which helps your heart and other vital organs function all the time, increases activity in response to danger or stress, preparing the body for extra demands. Stress is ...

It is believed that in 30 seconds, the human brain goes through roughly the same amount of information as the Hubble Space Telescope processes in 30 years. Part of that data comes from the world ...

TikTok's "dark showers" wellness trend may actually have some basis in science. There are 4 benefits to showering at night ...

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Trauma and stress can stay in the body long after one's mind has moved on from an incident, mental health experts said.