This week Johnathon Trott who plays cricket for England and who is a highly talented sportsman had to stop playing for his country at the Ashes in Australia due to a stress related condition. Following this announcement a number of other sportsmen have spoken out about the personal difficulties they have experienced when playing a […]
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Fear and anxiety are normal emotions that all of us feel sometimes.Difficulties arise when we get stuck in a cycle of anxious thinking and avoidance behaviour (we have anxious thoughts: ‘Something awful will happen’ and ‘I wont be able to cope’;) as a result we feel frightened; when we are frightened, […]
There are many factors which contribute to poor sleep: doing too much; stress/anxiety; relationship difficulties; depression; poor diet; alcohol/substance misuse; lack of exercise and worry about lack of sleep. We can break the cycle of disturbed sleep by making some changes to our sleeping environment; to our behaviour and to our thinking. Change your sleeping environment: […]
Alexa Chung, Jemima Khan and Geri Halliwell are among countless celebs using Twitter to lament their lack of sleep. While Chronic Insomnia is relatively unusual, most of us will experience difficulty sleeping at some stage. There are many factors which contribute to poor sleep: doing too much; stress/anxiety; relationship difficulties; depression; poor diet; alcohol/substance misuse. […]
Fear and anxiety are normal emotions that all of us feel sometimes. Difficulties arise when we get stuck in a cycle of anxious thinking and avoidance behaviour (we have anxious thoughts: ‘Something awful will happen’ and ‘I wont be able to cope’; as a result we feel frightened; when we are frightened, the we tend to […]
A good way to stop all the doing is to shift into the “being” mode for just a moment. Try it now. Just watch this moment without trying to change it all. What is happening? What do you see? What do hear? What do you smell? What do you feel?
The actor Stephen Fry recently spoke publicly about his personal struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts and urged others to seek help. Stephen’s courageous admission highlighted how difficult it can be for men in particular to seek counselling . He points out that “why?” is not the important question and that at times there is no […]
