Emotional Health

Did You Know?

• Depression is the most curable of all emotional illnesses.
• Skipping breakfast deprives a person of important nutrients and calories that the brain needs for problem solving, information processing and attentiveness.
• Psychology professor Leon James, a specialist in driving psychology, emphasizes the social aspect of driving, and advises tolerance and respect toward other vehicles rather than competition and aggression.
• Social phobia affects 5% of the population. The drug paroxetine has been found to significantly help people after 3 months with their symptoms of extreme shyness.
• A four-year study of 224 adults finds that pessimism and its harmful effects-- stress, anxiety, etc.-- may have a stronger influence on well being than does optimism.