Postpartum anxiety lives in the shadows between who I was and who I am, what I perceive the world expects of me and what I have to give.
Don’t let anxiety win
I was going to cancel. But I needed a reason. What would my friend think of me? Would I regret not going? Would I really miss out?
Struggling with Anxiety at Work
I am writing to ask for help and advice with something that I struggle with. I’m suffering from anxiety at work. Can you help?
Developing Resilience
Clashing with an oversized tiger that has been starved for a week, while you have one arm tied behind your back and are wearing a blindfold!
Stuck In the Middle With You
Can I claw back my thoughts and feelings from the depths of therapy? Have they gone forever now I’ve allowed them the light of day?
Depression and Anxiety – The best people suffer most
Anxiety and depression is not a reflection on the person. Usually, the nicest and best people suffer most in what is essentially a cruel and selfish world.
Holiday Anxiety
I’m not scared of dying in a fiery plane crash, but I’m in an anxious frenzy over the possibility of a stranger thinking I look weird in shorts!
Depression & Anxiety: Five of my ‘Bad Habits’
A wide-open rabbit hole’s just at my side, waiting for me to trip and fall, helpless, into its grim depths of constant thought checking and obsession.
Battling with my own mind – BPD, anxiety and depression
Living with a mental illness, I’m battling with my own mind every single day and giving it everything I have to overcome it and make it to tomorrow.
Anxiety and why the only way is through it
It’s come as a shock to me that reducing anxiety isn’t what I need to be doing. That if you’re going through hell, you need to keep going.
My First CBT session
Everything she said rung true, and I cried. I think they were tears of relief or happiness that she plucked that example out of thin air.
Here We Go Again
My head is chaos. Here we go again. Paranoia creeps in round the edges, and I start to notice those intense feelings of panic.