Becoming a powerlifter taught me to be fearless. Then a serious injury from lifting, followed by*surgery and the loss of my beloved sport taught me to respect my own limits. One of the most painful*parts of the experience was losing that bad-ass sense that I could do anything; after all, I got...
Fears are formed when we associate things with a strong, negative emotional response. Now, a team of scientists have developed a technique which lets them erase new emotional memories from the human brain—which could make it possible to wipe out your fears for good. More »
I've got a fear of flying in a plane as well as heights in general which I guess means fear of falling. I got over my fear of flying 5 or 6 years back then had a panic attack type deal on a flight a few years ago and haven't been on a plane since. But my fear of heights has stayed about the...
A large new review of breast cancer studies found 'lifestyle' factors—unhealthy foods, alcohol, cigarettes, hormone replacement therapy and oral contraceptives—are more strongly tied to breast cancer risk than environmental pollutants or toxins.*But wildly different headlines about the study...
Big Boy cook Edwin Ledgard had visions of killing his customers recently, so he dumped animal drugs into a pot of coffee at the Ohio fast food joint in an attempt realize his dream. Thankfully, no one actually drank the coffee, but it's unclear what would have happened if they had; the drug...
Two weeks ago, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics was all over Johnson & Johnson after finding out that our favorite baby shampoo manufacturer had removed two cancer-causing chemicals (1,4-dioxane) and a preservative found in formaldehyde (quaternium-15) from its products in the U.K., Scandinavia...
Iowa's rejection of three state supreme court justices who ruled in favor of same-sex marriage underscored the growing electoral vulnerability of state judges as more and more are targeted by special interest groups, legal scholars and jurists said Thursday."It just illustrated something that...
i have watched as many family members died off, and it has made me ponder the meaning of life a lot, and in pondering life, pondering death follows. there are many things that i think may go through my head on my death bed and i was just wondering what other people think might go through their...
hey, my final in english is to write about the book "Lord of the flies", and one of the topics is
"fear and violence seem to be closely related, jack and roger are the most violent, what do they fear? why do they decide to use violence to deal with fear?"
please answer it if u can, and please...
when i was in my teens i was afraid of nothing but the last time i went up a ladder i almost had a panic attack and now feel i am afraid of heights the same thing happened the last time i was on a cliff i could not go with in 6 feet of the edge is this normal
in all my past relationships, ive always been afraid to show public displays of affection when other people are around. i really want to get over this but i dont know how. I want to be able to kiss my girlfriend in public but I always feel so self-consciousness. Any ideas?
There is no danger if your child received the H1N1 vaccine that was recalled by Sanofi Pasteur. That is the information being provided to anyone calling the NJ Poison Control Center's hotline, according to Bruce Ruck, Pharm.D., Director of Drug Information and Professional Education. The public...
Without his input, Bryan Rutberg's Facebook status update -- the way friends track each other -- suddenly changed on January 21 to this frightening alert. Media reports of impersonation on Facebook are increasing. Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt told CNN that impersonation schemes affect less...
attack on US under Obamas' watch? Politico had an interview with Dick Cheney, he says he is confident that the US will be attacked, Obama is naive.
Which would you say is most true, that 9-11 happened under Bush/Cheney because of ignored threats? or launching illegal war on a country that had...