Breathing techniques force us to remember that this metabolic act is much more than a physical process. Breathing well produces pleasure, relieves anxiety and allows us to live better. Therefore, it would be very useful to make breathing a much more conscious, focused and harmonious act in our daily lives. …

Deprax is a second generation antidepressant medication. Its active ingredient is trazodone and is used to treat chronic depression, insomnia and anxiety states. Thus, although the advantage of this psychotropic drug is undoubtedly in its more or less rapid action, we cannot leave aside the side effects that, as always, …

The title of this article alludes to the famous quote by the Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset: very briefly, he thought that the union of “I” and circumstance is inseparable, that it is impossible to understand one without the other. So, in general,  the result of our decisions is …

Salkovskis’ well-known theory of obsessions is presented as an explanation of a cognitive nature for these disturbing cognitive elements, in which the value and importance attributed to thought would be the cornerstones. Obsessions are thoughts, images or impulses that resemble a piece of meat that we chew and chew and …

For many, relaxing is synonymous with sitting in front of the television doing nothing after a stressful day. However, this does not help to reduce the effects of stress. To combat it effectively, we need to activate the body’s natural relaxation response,  which is possible through the practice of relaxation …

What you gonna do today? The same thing I did yesterday, the same thing I will do tomorrow: whatever dictates the routine. I’ll wake up, have breakfast, get dressed, go to the subway late, miss my car, be late or just in time, meet someone, make some papers disappear from …

Anyone with a good sense of humor knows how to make ingenious ironies in the face of a reality that is often gray and square. This is almost always a sign of intelligence, making intelligence and humor closely related. It is the art of someone who can express what he …