Boosting Self Esteem
‘into every life a little rain must fall’ and this can lead to us feeling less than confident and watching our self-esteem diminish minute by minute, hour by hour, and day by day. Your self-esteem and...
View ArticleProper Selfishness
Giving up activities that we enjoy is stepping a little closer to low mood and is one of the markers of depression. Never a good idea. But so many of us are very willing to put others before ourselves,...
View ArticleUnderstanding depression
Depression is no laughing matter – obviously. And the figures show that the spectre of low mood looms large over many of us. Statistics suggest that up to about 15% of us in the developed world will...
View ArticleUnderstanding Anxiety
Anxiety is not just one disorder but rather a whole range of conditions. Some of these include: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Specific Phobias Obsessive – Compulsive Disorder Social Phobia Albeit each...
View ArticleUnderstanding Stress
Stress is characterized by a collection of symptoms that tend to affect the whole person. Click for larger image It is true to say that we all live with a level of stress that we deal with easily but...
View ArticleMini Projects
When a person is low in mood, anything can seem like a gargantuan task – It’s part of the depression mindset. So the person puts off doing things, taking duvet days and letting the chores build up. And...
View ArticleStress – Some Causes
We all have our own ideas of what is causing the stress problems in the UK workforce, but every now and again it helps to be little more objective. Two separate sources of information have provided us...
View ArticleChristmas – Make it Wonderful
Christmas is great. But it can also become a time when pressures seem to overwhelm, arguments ensue and other problems raise an ugly head. But one or two simple tips can help us to make the most of the...
View ArticleThe Anxiety Disorders – Charity Seminar
By Catherine Thompson Feeling vindicated I rang one of my best bosses ever, Noel Shanahan. I wanted to share the results of my recent personality assessment. Finally, I had an explanation for my high...
View ArticleWhen Stress Was Useful – A Superhuman Response
Imagine if you will, a by gone age. An age of wild bears and packs of wolves roaming freely across the tundra. Add a mammoth meandering along the horizon and a small number of wary, two legged...
View ArticleKetamine – Holy Grail or Passing Fad?
Depressive disorders remain a significant cause of mental health and disability issues in most of the world and although treatments have come on in leaps and bounds over the last few decades there...
View ArticleThinking Errors – Part 2
In the first part of this series we began identifying what thinking errors are and how they affect us. In this article we will explore further three classic thinking errors, how we can be easily...
View ArticleThinking Errors – Part 3
In the first part of this series we began identifying what thinking errors are and how they affect us. In the previous article we explored further, three classic thinking errors, how we can be easily...
View ArticleEating Disorders from a personal perspective
Undoubtedly, we will have readers and members of our website who may have very real issues with eating disorders. None of our regular team has personal experience of these so we are pleased today to...
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