People grapple with anxiety, try to shut it away, they may come to despise it, or surrender to it in miserable OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). B…

Winston Churchill called it his “Black Dog”. Over 300 million people in the world may suffer from depression, and 25% of the U.K. population will exp…

Feelings of loss from a relationship break-up or the death of a loved one may be traumatic, but sadness and depression are not the same thing. You ma…

Depression is a serious illness and it is different from the common feelings of unhappiness or of being fed up for short periods of time. Depression…

There is much written about anxiety attacks (proper name: panic attacks). Some is helpful, some not, the latter because it’s either commercially moti…

Hyperventilation When we over-breathe we take in too much oxygen and we breathe out too much carbon dioxide (CO2). We need CO2 to absorb oxygen into…

Depression is the number one mental health problem. Rates of depression are continually rising and increasingly striking younger people. Twenty years…

Self-esteem could be regarded as a natural by-product of engaging with life positively and healthily. Low self-esteem often originates in childhood.…

Brain structure - old and new brain parts In simplistic terms, the brain is made up of ‘old’ and ‘new’ parts. The ‘old brain’ part, our primitive re…

Feeling anxious Feeling anxious and stressed is a part of the modern world we live in. At times, it’s almost as if we’re telling ourselves being str…

OCD is an anxiety disorder and many of those that suffer from it realise that their obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviour is irrational but the…

Anxiety or fear is a very natural response to what we see as a threat in our environment. The fear response gives us three choices when we see someth…