Anxiety & stress Articles
When Susan* began working at her new job, it wasn’t long before she realised that something wasn’t right between her and her manager. What began as feeling a bit picked on began to become a constant source of stress for her, until she knew it wasn’t in her head anymore. It turns out that Susan...
Is workplace bullying ruining your life? It is unusual for everyone in a workplace to be the best of friends at all times. Disagreements can arise, tempers can fray and arguments can be started over the smallest of issues. Sometimes we have to deal with a difficult boss. And most of us have the occasional...
Acute Stress Reaction - what are the symptoms? Are you suffering from acute stress reaction and anxiety attacks? Emotional shock is a real condition....
One of the most common side effects of a stressful life is muscle tension. And it can be a true nightmare, causing pain that niggles away at you all day at work and leaves you tossing and turning through the night. In fact muscle tension is such a typical side effect of coping with an...
Holiday Stress - The big day is here. What if the turkey burns? Use our Christmas Day tips to manage stress and anxiety and family feuds....
Holiday Stress can leave your festivities less joyful then intended. Learn to identify the real causes of holiday stress and how to make Christmas easier....
Stress over the holiday season can happen for a number of reasons. Here are some typical scenarios and some possible coping strategies....
“Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.” unknown Who at some point hasn’t put off doing something he or she didn’t want to do? Then joked , “I’m just procrastinating”. And yet for chronic procrastinators it goes much deeper then having a one-off lazy day. Procrastination becomes a behavioural condition that affects every...
It doesn’t matter if we willingly chose to live in a big city or relocated because of work or a relationship, or even if we were born an urbanite and love it- living in a cosmopolitan area is undeniably exhausting at times and can cause ‘urban stress’. Studies carried out at the Mental Health...
As the nights begin to draw in, those who experience the winter blues may feel anxious or panicky about the coming months. Here some ways to stay well. ...
