Why are you reading this? You know why. There’s a curiosity and a sense that maybe social media has got a little too much of a grip on you. Taking a closer look at social media and its effect on mental health is genuinely important. Social media can play on our insecurities and a lack …
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We’ve all experienced the agony of not being able to sleep. The clock strikes 3AM and we’re still lying there, tossing and turning in bed, worrying about how it’s going to impact our day. It’s incredibly disconcerting. Even if you’re somebody who is mentally healthy, it can just take a few bad nights of sleep …
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Now this is an interesting question, because often we see both anxiety and worry as one of the same thing, and you wouldn’t be far wrong, but there is a difference. So anxiety is really the emotional side to it all. On the one hand, it can be a relatively minor feeling of nervousness. Perhaps …
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I’m sure you’ll know what it’s like to have obsessive thoughts – we’ll all have them at some point but happily for most of us, they never get out of hand. But just to clarify what they specifically are, obsessive thoughts are unwanted thoughts, memories or images – cognitions to be precise – that we …
In answering the first part to the question, ‘what is loneliness?’, you might be thinking that’s an obvious question to answer. Surely loneliness is about being alone with no one to talk to? But it’s not quite as simple as that as many people can experience loneliness differently. You’ll have your own very personal experience …
Why do I get anxious? Before address the ‘why’ question, it’s important to not blame yourself for having anxiety. Because in that question, we might be thinking why do I get so anxious and other people don’t? What’s wrong with me? Well the first thing to consider is anxiety is incredibly common with surveys suggesting …
What is loneliness? You might be thinking that’s an obvious question to answer. Surely loneliness is about being alone with no one to talk to but it’s not quite as simple as that. Many people can experience loneliness, even surrounded by loved ones and the experience is often different for everyone. Whether you’ve always felt …
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Anxiety is the single most common mental health disorder, with an estimated 1 in 10 people experiencing it at some point in their lives. It’s that feeling of worry, nervousness and unease that something bad is about to happen and for some, it can be incredibly debilitating. And unlike stress, which comes and goes, anxiety …
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There’s something to be said for just getting out in nature and experiencing the natural world in all its glory, with many studies showing a strong correlation between spending time in the natural environment and our physical and mental wellbeing. For instance, spending time in nature can help you recover from mental stress and has …