In Advent and at Christmas, more than 90 percent long for harmony and silence, wish for tranquility and want to spend more time with family and friends. However, what does the reality often look like: Quarrels in the family and many people who are alone and suffer from loneliness. Days off, good food, being together … Christmas Time: Everything Could Be so Beautiful
Scientists have been studying the internal clock for about 40 years. Their goal is to find out the reasons for the observed regularity of daily highs and lows, which in extreme cases can fluctuate between top fit to totally exhausted. For hundreds of years, the phenomenon of internal rhythm has been considered by traditional Chinese … This is How Our Biological Rhythm Ticks
In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), temporal processes such as seasons, moon phases or daily rhythms have always played an important role. Traditionally, an important influence on the state of health is attributed to them, so that they are taken into account in both diagnostics and therapy. There is a special connection between time of day … Biorhythm: the Chinese Clock
The biological clock plays an important role: it tells our body when it can be active and when it is time to shift down a gear. It influences our bodily functions – blood pressure, body temperature, hormone balance. The control center is a nucleus in our brain – no bigger than a grain of rice. … Biorhythm: the Chronobiology
Humans, like almost all living things, follow biological rhythms and cycles that have proven to be vital in the course of development. The relationships are explored by a fairly young scientific discipline, chronobiology. Particularly well known is the day-night rhythm, which regulates work and rest phases and is closely related to the distribution of light … Biorhythm: the Internal Clock
First the nerve-racking meeting in the office, then an accidental jostle on the road and now the cripplingly viscous after-work traffic … suddenly it’s time: man clenches his fists, angrily steps on the gas pedal or yells around for seemingly no reason. When peace-loving men suddenly “snap,” it’s often not just pent-up aggression that’s behind … Depression in Men
Four million people in Germany suffer from depression – and many sufferers perceive it as a flaw of which they should be ashamed. But depression is neither a mental illness nor a sign of personal weakness. It can affect anyone. Depression is an illness with clear causes, symptoms and treatment options. It affects feelings, thoughts … Depression: When the Soul Carries “Grief”
Electroconvulsive therapy is now considered the last hope for the most severe depression. But it can still impair memory weeks after treatment. A gentle alternative appears to be so-called “transcranial magnetic stimulation.” This is the conclusion reached by doctors and psychologists from the University Hospital of Bonn in an article published in the British Journal … Magnetic Field Therapy against Depression
A heavy workload and fear of unemployment are driving more and more employees into depression and inability to work. One statistic says that in 2012, nearly half of early retirees stopped working because of mental health problems – depression being the most common cause. Depression and other mental health problems are also taking on an … Depression in the Workplace
Why do eating chocolate and exercising make you happy? Both increase serotonin production in the brain. The messenger substance serotonin plays an important role in our mood: a serotonin deficiency makes itself felt as depression. Serotonin is an important messenger substance of the body that plays a prominent role in the transmission of signals in … Deficiency and Excess of Serotonin
Almost everyone knows the feeling. After an endurance run, a few laps of swimming or a bike ride, you feel relaxed, refreshed and happy. The good feeling of having done something for yourself and your body quickly makes strains forgotten. Endurance sports can also have a positive effect on depression. What sports can do for … Sport Helps with Depression
Grief in the face of loss or a depressed mood in the face of difficult life circumstances are part of the ups and downs of life and represent a healthy reaction to the sometimes bitter sides of life. But where does depressive mood end and where does depression in need of treatment begin? In order … How Much Depression is Normal?