Tag: Anxious

If you struggle with anxiety, you’ve probably heard the usual old advice: You just need to relax and loosen up a little. Stop worrying and try to appreciate all the good things in your life. Try to live more in the moment. And while well-intentioned, advice like this is awfully ...

Ten years ago my life changed forever when I was diagnosed with clinical depression and again twelve months later when I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and panic disorder. Before 2014 I possessed no concept of mental illness. I had scarcely entered adolescence and already my f...

That’s right. Mental health awareness week is upon us. One whole week where we can celebrate the joy that is mental health. And this year the theme is Anxiety. (Hello, my old chum.) Cue the positive mental attitude social media posts, LinkedIn articles on wellness, fuzzy enco...

What I learned over 38 years I wish I was told when I was younger. Personality is temporary and made up. You can be who you want to be. No one has the power to lower your self-esteem because self-esteem is an illusion. Rejection is a sign you are growing and living. It’s not a big de...

What I learned over 38 years I wish I was told when I was younger. Personality is temporary and made up. You can be who you want to be. No one has the power to lower your self-esteem because self-esteem is an illusion. Rejection is a sign you are growing and living. It’s not a big de...

As a tired and anxious millennial who has recently moved to Amsterdam, you may have noticed that there are two words in use — “millennial” and “millenial”. With so much information readily available at our fingertips, it can be tempting to simply google the difference. ...

I stand in the rain. Edinburgh rain — the kind that lingers almost permanently regardless of season — lends itself well to a sombre mood, the greyness of thought that has made itself comfortable in my head since the ’90s. I ordered an Eggnog Latte having never drunk proper eggnog i...

There had been warnings days ahead. ‘It is Coming! Weather Warning!’ screamed the headlines. Newspaper websites gave up to the minute warnings of exactly what time the impending apocalypse would break. People cancelled trips, rescheduled travel. The reason for this sudden outbreak of ...

Fear, sadness, frustration, worry and anger toward the climate crisis are all feelings that stand under the umbrella of climate-anxiety. Defined by the Climate Psychology Alliance as ‘heightened emotional, mental or somatic distress in response to dangerous changes in the climate sys...

This is my first consultation with Doctor Sara. Her room in Netanya has no distractions. It is cell-like, and the blinds are down. Sara looks in her early to mid 50s. Her face only has lines around her lips, like a smoker. Otherwise, her face is smooth and narrow. She has...