Anxiety & stress Articles
From open space environments to team building events, modern work life is rarely geared to introverts in the workplace. How can you navigate expectations and succeed in a workplace geared to extroverts if you are an introvert? Are you actually an introvert? The word ‘introvert’ is very misunderstood. Introvert and shyness are not synonyms, nor is...
Life can give, but it can also take away without warning. And we all know that when what is lost is a loved one or a relationship that matters, it can lead to bereavement and loss. But what about losing something you love like an ongoing social event you’ve attended for years, a volunteering job you...
Worried there must be something wrong with you as you are not ‘happy’ all the time? Or, conversely, always protesting you are happy and fine? It is a common oversimplification that happiness and psychological wellbeing are the same thing. Happiness can be part of wellbeing, yes. But you can actually be happy in moments but...
Anxiety is bad enough. When it turns into anxiety attacks, we can feel our life is in danger (about a quarter of visits to A&E for heart attacks end up being anxiety). What practical steps can you take to stop an anxiety attack? 7 Ways to Stop an Anxiety Attack 1. Accept the experience. For...
Screen time has been getting a bad rap of late. It’s been blamed for unhappiness and obesity in teenagers, falling grades, and even growing rates of ADHD. [Read more on this in our connected piece, “Is Too Much Screen Time Really a Big Deal?“]. Of course screens are a necessary part of modern life. So what...
We all go through stress as a child. Our parents yell at us or let us down, we fail at something that we cared about, or we have to move house or lose a friend. These experiences help us grow and become resilient. But adverse childhood experiences are not something a child can just bounce back from. They are...
Do you tell yourself every year that this is the holiday season when you will be the picture of calm, cool and collected at the family gathering? Only to find yourself mired in guilt and shame come Boxing Day, for yet again saying or doing all the wrong things the day before? Read our advice...
This holiday season might be festive for some, but for others it can feel like sheer torture. If you suffer from depression, are isolated, feel alone, or suffer from low self-esteem and feelings of failure, this can be the time of year that suicidal thoughts run riot in your mind. Is there anything at all...
It’s not an easy season for many. Our usual techniques for staying calm can be rendered suddenly useless. So what are some quick tactics to get you back to balanced if you suffer Christmas anxiety? 1. Say the one word you’ve avoided saying. Many of us pretend we’ll say no…… then we don’t. But this...
EDMR stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing. An extensively researched and evidence-based psychotherapy (proven effective), it was originally designed to help people who had experienced trauma. What is EMDR? EMDR changes the way that traumatic memories are held within the brain. The goal is to lower the distress such memories cause, leaving you more able...
