Everyone of us will be affected, or know someone who's been affected by suicide. Yet, it's not something we commonly talk about. There is a lot of stigma, misunderstanding and fear surrounding suicide and suicidal feelings. It’s scary to imagine how someone might feel if they don’t want to live anymore and it’s scary to …
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If you have suffered from anxiety for some time and tried different things, but maybe started to feel like nothing is working, you're definitely not alone. In this interview my ex-client, Jane* (not her real name) shares her story about how crippling anxiety was ruining her life and how she overcame it, by incorporating simple but …
As I've explained in the the previous posts in this series, 'What is anxiety?' and 'What cases anxiety?' anxiety is a reaction to a perceived threat to our safety, which happens in the body as well as in the mind, linked through our nervous system. Historically the conventional treatment for anxiety has been psychiatric drugs, …
As I mentioned in my previous blog "What is Anxiety?", anxiety is not a pathology, but rather a highly sensitive nervous system that reacts to perceived threats. The kind of threats we experience in our daily lives can vary but they are rarely linked to immediate physical danger. When it comes to anxiety, the things …
Anxiety seems to be on the rise in our society with more than 1 in 10 people likely to have a 'disabling anxiety disorder' according to anxiety UK. And a much larger proportion of people are struggling with symptoms of anxiety every day. A common theory to explain this increase is that anxiety is more …
