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Stress and anxiety are largely a result of mental or emotional distress, causing feelings such as apprehension, fear, frustration, and anger....
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Mental health disorders, particularly anxiety disorders, are very common and often quite treatable. However, many of them remain poorly or...
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One person immediately runs up to the...
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If you reach adolescence or adulthood with little or no self-confidence, what do you do? Faking it (confidence) until you make it is a stretch for...
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