Social Anxiety – The Physical Stuff
I was fourteen when it started… The blushing. The first physical symptom of social anxiety. I say first, but there were probably more. I just…
Mental Health & Christmas
Question…. Has it ever occurred to you that we spend twenty-four consecutive days preparing for ONE single day, and yet, zero time in preparation for the…
SAD and The Power of Comfort!
Why am I struggling to get out of bed? Why am I exhausted by 6pm each day? Why do I feel so low, despite having…
Simple Ways To Deal With Stress At …
As today is ‘Stress Awareness Day,’ I thought I’d share with you a few top tips for calming the f**k down, that doesn’t involve going…
Loneliness – A Dirty Secret?
“I feel lonely” – this is the phrase I utter to Rigby, my canine companion and tireless PA. I don’t think I’ve ever said it…
The Stomach Brain Connection
The stomach and the brain are connected. I have this thought with my head hanging over the toilet bowl. More of my lunch is bound…
EMDR Therapy – what is it?
Since February this year, I’ve been having EMDR therapy… Which sounds much scarier than it is. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing was first developed in…
Panic Attack Or Heart Attack?
“A panic attack?” I spat at the young nurse, (not literally, it’s an expression… What’s wrong with you)! He nodded and gave me a stack…
Be Mental Health Savvy At Work
The BBC reported that 300,000 people in the UK leave their jobs every year, as a direct result of a mental health condition. BOOM. A…
How To Deal with A Panic Attack
The phrase panic attack always baffles me. It implies that some external force is publicly assaulting you, one that everyone can see. Yet, if you’ve…
That Snake Called Depression
If anxiety is a tiger, loud and strikes without hesitation… Then depression is a snake, slow to attack. It creeps up and twists around the…
BE..A..MAN
Today the focus of this post is on men’s mental health, something that’s very close to my heart. In my opinion, traditional masculinity has a…
You know you shouldn’t – the three …
Humans are massively flawed by nature. We do things and act in ways that are wrong, in full knowledge of our bad decisions. We do things…
