Articles on Depression and Anxiety from Dr. Scott

Anxiety can persist even when you know logically that you are safe. Learn how to manage anxiety by understanding the connection between your nervous system, physical sensations, worry, and uncertainty. These practical strategies can help you interrupt rumination, reduce reassurance seeking, separate facts from anxious stories, and build a healthier response to anxiety.

Fourteen honest mental health lessons about motivation, avoidance, boundaries, habits, and resilience that can help you build a steadier 2026.

Happiness can disappear quickly when your emotional system struggles to hold onto positive feelings. Learn how understanding your emotional operating system can help you build more lasting satisfaction through daily enjoyment, meaningful hobbies, physical comfort, supportive environments, personal values, and small sources of positive emotion that continue giving something back.