Reducing mental stress and anxiety

There are actually many medical ways to reduce anxiety and mental stress. The two or three important ones are mindfulness meditation on a daily basis and regular exercise routine and dietary habits . Both have shown to improve anxiety and mental stress. A recently published article in Annals of behavioral medicine April 2025 showed that eight weeks of meditation using a headspace app reduced the stress and anxiety moderately. Similar data has been seen by regular exercise routines as well . Of course if you have severe mental stress and anxiety, cognitive behavioral therapy with a psychotherapist or medications may be required. App-based mindfulness meditation reduces stress in novice meditators: a randomized controlled trial of headspace using ecological momentary assessment