It is not uncommon for some people to view panic attacks as a relatively trivial problem, and that all that is required is for people to ‘pull themse…

Anxiety can affect anyone, at any stage of their lives; the awkward adolescent troubled by Social Anxiety Disorder; the father traumatised by a road…

Everyone worries about matters from time to time. Worry can be defined as a succession of anxiety-laden negative thoughts focused towards problem sol…

Part of the human condition is to feel anxious at times in our lives. Indeed, at times that survival mechanism that puts our senses on high alert can…

It’s so hard to describe what deep shame feels like. It feels so painful to even talk about the feelings of shame that words dry up; the body feels h…

Anxiety can be debilitating, interfering not just through physical symptoms but also by creating the mental torture that can accompany an imagined fr…

A lot is written at this time of year about common difficulties encountered when trying to re-adjust to work life and routine after a summer holiday.…

Worrying about stuff is a normal part of everyday life. Most of us have a constant stream of background noise going on in our heads... Did I remem…

As science is helping us understand more about how our brains work, we are discovering how certain anxious and traumatic memories can get trapped in…

One of the most basic needs we have as human beings is to feel confirmed in our being, and good about ourselves. Stripped of intellectual language an…

We all know what it feels like to experience anxiety before giving a speech at a wedding or before having to do a presentation. For many people this…

It feels like your heart is pumping out of your chest; you’re sweating and in danger of choking. You feel like you’re literally going to pass out at…