Tag: Self-Help Guides
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Embracing Change
I know first hand the anxiety that can overwhelm you when you hear of a change of plans. It can feel like a punch in the gut – it can make your stomach drop and heart race – but why? The short answer? Our brains crave predictability, When we have replayed possible scenarios over and…
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Work Anxiety: Tips for Tough Days
Anxiety is a condition that at the best of times, is a pain in the arse – so when work factors in, things can get difficult. Grounding techniques don’t always transfer to the same environments you find yourself in. For example, although you might benefit from meditation or journaling to get you through an anxious…
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Why it’s Important to Date Yourself
“If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell can you love somebody else?” – Ru Paul. Even in this day and age, I believe there is far too much stigma around spending time with yourself. Now, I don’t mean just being alone, I mean really taking the time to date yourself. What I mean…
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The Weight of Feeling Nothing
Katy Perry once said: “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, floating through the wind, wanting to start again?”, so let’s talk about why the answer is an astounding YES. While everybody experiences life differently, I’m sure at one point or another, we’ve all experienced the feeling of nothingness. The feeling where we’re not…
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Overcoming Anxiety: Defining Your Own Mind
It can be easy for those with anxiety to feel like they are confined, or owned by their anxiety – and I’m not surprised. Anxiety can make us feel shut-in, alone, and misunderstood. But the truth is, our anxiety doesn’t define us – we define it. Our anxieties most often reflect our own fears and…
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How Sleep Impacts Your Mental Health
We all know that our sleeping habits, much like our eating, can affect our physical health – but did you know it affects our mental health just the same? Sleep and mental health are probably closer interlinked than you might think; ill mental health can prevent us from getting restful sleep, whilst poor sleep can,…
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Anxiety and Isolation: Finding Your Support Network
I know all too well, the familiar feeling of feeling forever alone with this disorder. It feels as though nobody truly understands, and as though it’s a battle that only I face – even when we know there are so many others out there who face the same battle. Unfortunately, because everybody experiences anxiety differently,…
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Understanding When You Need Help with Mental Health
There comes a time with our mental health, where we sit ourselves down and finally realise that we’re really not okay – that we’re struggling, we can’t see a way out, or that it’s all just getting too much to handle alone. Let me tell you now – there is no shame in admitting we…
My Mind, Mostly. 