Apparently, yes.  According a recent article in Scientific American:
Perfectionists, research shows, can become easily discouraged by failing to meet impossibly high standards, making them reluctant to take on new challenges or even complete agreed-upon tasks. The insistence on dotting all the i’s can also breed inefficiency, causing delays, work overload and even poor results. Perfectionism [...]

Mid-terms can be a high stress time for many students, perhaps contributing to increased tobacco use amongst those who smoke.  For those who are former smokers, this kind of stress can be a trigger point for returning to past habits. 
While relapse can be a reality when establishing any new healthier habit,  it should not be [...]

You might be wondering…what does money have to do with health and well-being? Everything! Financial woes can be a major source of stress throughout our lives if we let them be. We have a choice in the matter since how we spend and save our money is completely within our control.  Learning how to manage [...]

 
Scientific American recently ran a ” 60 Second Psych” podcast about cyberchondria, the obsessive fear that can arise from using “Dr. Google” to diagnose your illness from a few simple symptoms. Click here to check it out.
An alternate tool available to the Wesleyan community is the Self Care Guide. This guide was developed by the American [...]

Get a free chair massage from a licensed massage therapist!
In celebration of National Massage Therapy Awareness Week,
the Connecticut Chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association
is offering free chair massages to Wesleyan community members.
Drop-in for a relaxing break in your day; no appointment required.
Monday, October 20, 2008 AND Thursday, October 23, 2008
10:30am to 2:00pm in Usdan 110

As students have begun arriving on campus for the start of another exciting year, many of my colleagues have been sharing a common thought with you: it is a sign of strength — not weakness — to ask for help when you need it. Whether that come in the form of asking your RA about where [...]

The new academic year hasn’t even started and perhaps you’re already feeling stressed out. Experiencing stressors in our lives may be inevitable, but how we respond to them is the key to keeping your stress at a manageable level.  Letting stress go uncontrolled can have a negative impact on our emotional as well as physical [...]

Our reaction is usually a greater predictor of how stress will impact us rather than the stressor itself, so stress management techniques usually focus on improving your responses. Dr. Edward Creagan of the Mayo Clinic offers these three very simple ideas in how to avoid and deal with stress, taken from a spy novel!
While waiting for [...]

It’s the end of the academic year. Your brain may literally feel baked from the over-stressed, over-caffeinated, over-sleep-deprived, over-done year you’ve just completed. The summer months hopefully offers a much-needed respite and time to recoup. But if you want to un-bake your brain a bit faster, blogger Jonathan Fields at Awake at the Wheel offers a list of suggestions that [...]

or view it here.
Discussion: What concerns do you have about credit cards? What have you learned from your own mistakes? What plan do you have to eliminate (or not create) your debt load?