Anxiety & stress Articles
What kind of therapy is the right kind to help with anxiety? And can you treat yourself, or do you have to see a therapist for anxiety therapy? Anxiety and anxiety disorders Anxiety means you have worried and increasingly illogical or fear-based thoughts that you can’t control. These thoughts are causing you more and more...
From small things like continuing to overspend when you know you are in debt, to bigger issues like picking unhealthy relationships every time, what is it that drives you to keep making the same mistake? Blame it on Your Brain? Our brains might be designed to repeat mistakes, creating what are called ‘mistake pathways’. Although...
Christmas dinner with your partner’s family for the first time, and have serious holiday stress? Or just want this to finally be the year you don’t react to your parent’s prodding? Counsellors and psychotherapists are pros at navigating other people. Editor Andrea Blundell helps you learn some of their tools so you can get through...
Is money stress ruining your holiday season? And causing conflict in your relationships? Or leaving you depressed and lonely? Editor and lead writer Andrea Blundell explores this sensitive issue. Is money stress really a big deal? Money stress is a common topic bought up in couples counselling. A survey on relationship strain sponsored by UK charity...
Is a fear of death secretly consuming your thoughts? Or something that wakes you up at night? Editor and lead writer Andrea Blundell explores ‘death anxiety’. Is a fear of death normal? It’s normal to fear the unknown. And, while other cultures celebrate death, such as Mexico’s famous ‘Day of the Dead’, most of Western...
Has a recent life change left you wondering, “What’s the point?” Or are you worrying about death, and if you’ve done enough with your life? You might be having an existential crisis. What is an existential crisis? The idea of an ‘existential crisis’ is not new. It’s been discussed for almost a century, connected to...
Is feeling overwhelmed with life something you deal with often? In ways others don’t seem to, or don’t understand? Definition of overwhelm Overwhelm means everything suddenly seems too much, and we don’t believe we can manage. While some types of overwhelm are quite typical and with obvious triggers, there are other types of overwhelm that...
Not sure what you want anymore? Don’t like your career, can’t set a goal? Or just have feelings of powerlessness and hopelessness and feeling lost in life? Why am I feeling lost in life? “My life has no meaning.” “I am useless, I’ll never get anywhere or do anything important.” “I don’t know who I...
Controlled by wild, intrusive thoughts that cause you distress on a daily basis? Secretly convinced you have Pure O? What is Pure O? Pure O is a term made popular by the internet to describe a type of OCD that consists only of obsessive thoughts, without any of the typical compulsive behaviours. But Pure O...
Is a fear of losing loved ones always on your mind? Are you worried about losing a parent, or a a partner dying? Is a fear of losing loved ones normal? Yes, it’s normal to not want the people we love to die. We enjoy their company, and know life would be very different without...
