The Brain

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1. People who are constantly suffering from emotional wounds tend to easily get annoyed with others for no apparent reason.

2. Listening to 5-10 songs a day can improve memory, strengthen the immune system, and refuse depression risk by 80%.

3. The structures of the brain change every time you learn something new. 

4. The smell of orange relieves stress. Smelling of eating an orange can reduce stress by 70%

5. Your gut feeling is usually accurate and correct. If you truly feel there is something chances are there is.  

6. A big part of emotional intelligence, is being able to feel emotion without having to act on them. 

7. The harder life is the stronger you'll become, the stronger you become the easier life will be. 

8. The average high school kid has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950's.

9. Holding in tears and pretending to be okay puts a lot of stress on your mind as your heart crying keeps you healthy.

10. Creativity is closely liked to mental illness.  

11. Being a perfectionist can result in stress and depression.

12. The sudden jerk you sometimes experience when you 'slip' in a dream while half asleep is called 'hypnic jerk'  

13. What comes easy never lasts and want lasts never comes easy. 

14.  Hugs relive emotional stress. 

15. Mental burnout is a sign that your brain has had enough and needs a break. 

16. Waiting is linked to depression. time spent waiting for something that may never happen can be mentally painful.  

17. Psychology says you get depressed because you know that your not what you should be.

18. Cuddling strengthens the frontal lobe of the brain, the region of the brain responsible for how you react to emotional stress    

19. Sleeping on your stomach can cause weirder scarier and even sexier dreams.

20. Socially anxious people can lessen anxiety by performing small acts of kindness studies show  

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