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How to Deal With Exam Stress
Exam stress can feel overwhelming. Practical ways to cope: keep a routine, take breaks, manage expectations, look after yourself, and know when to ask for help.
Read articleI Feel Like I'm Losing My Mind: What It Means and How to Cope
Feeling like you're losing your mind? It's usually stress, anxiety, panic or dissociation, not insanity. Learn what it means, why it happens, and how to cope.
Read articleMental Fatigue: Signs, Causes and What You Can Do About It
Always feeling mentally overwhelmed? That could be mental fatigue. Learn the signs, what causes it, and practical strategies to recover and protect your energy.
Read articleSigns of Depression in Men and Why It's Often Missed
Depression in men doesn't always look like sadness. Learn the signs, from anger and risk-taking to physical aches, why it's so often missed, and how it's treated.
Read articleSix Common Misconceptions of Therapy
Think therapy is about blaming your parents, being self-indulgent, or only for mental illness? Here are six common myths about therapy, and the reality behind them.
Read articleThe Healing Power of Laughter: How Humour Helps Anxiety and Depression
Can laughter really ease anxiety and depression? Here's how humour supports your mental health, and simple ways to bring more of it into everyday life.
Read articleWe've Got Depression Wrong: It's Trying to Save Us
New theories, drawing on Polyvagal Theory, suggest depression isn't a defect but a biological survival strategy: an immobilisation response the body uses to protect us.
Read articleWhat Causes Depression? Triggers, Risk Factors and Why
What causes depression? A clear look at the triggers, thinking styles, stress, loneliness and risk factors behind it, and how counselling helps you recover.
Read articleCognitive Behavioural Therapy Is Much More Than Just Positive Thinking
As a professional counsellor, I can attest to the effectiveness of the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) method in alleviating depressive and anxious...
Read articleWhat Is Depression? Signs, Causes, Types and Treatment
What is depression, really? A clear guide to the signs, causes, types and treatments of depression, and how counselling can help you find a way through.
Read articleWhy Am I Unhappy When My Life Looks Good on Paper?
House, job, partner, holidays, and still unhappy? You may be living the life you think you should. Here's why that happens and how to reconnect with your values.
Read articleWhy Acceptance Is So Important for Our Mental Health
Acceptance isn't giving up. Learn why accepting painful thoughts, feelings and loss is often the first step towards change, self-compassion and real healing.
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