The Dark Days
There are times when the shards of light creeping through the blinds aren’t welcome. There are times when the thought of leaving the comfort zone of your bed and facing the tasks of the day are overwhelming. This is a…
Acceptance v Denial
Acceptance v Denial Sometimes the enormity of what’s happening in the world can be consuming. Sometimes the size of what personal challenges you have can be like swimming against the torrent. Sometimes the thought of both can drag you towards…
Mental Health, COVID, and the LGBTIQ+ Community
The LGBTIQ+ community are, when compared with heterosexual persons, more likely to face discrimination, inequality, and bullying. This increases the likelihood of disproportionate, significant, and widespread mental health issues occurring. Such discrimination against sexual identity and orientation has, in recent…
How to Deal with Stress
We are all prone to stress. It is a natural part of our being, one that occurs when we sense a threat or are forced to deal with pressure. While it can be motivating in small amounts, when sustained over…
Student Mental Health and Anxiety
Anxiety is a sense of worry, dread or fear that bad things will occur. This sense of looming apprehension associated with anxiety comes from our primal instincts, our fight or flight considerations. It is, unfortunately, a common experience for many…
Understanding the Relationship Between Physical Activity and Mental Health
When hearing people discuss the positive impact that physical activity has upon mental health, many of us are likely to think about marathons and extreme gym workouts. While these pursuits do have their many health benefits, it would be wrong…
Supporting a Teenager with Bulimia
Eating disorders affect a significant portion of the population and most develop during adolescence. They also have the highest level of mortality rates among psychological disorders, with one of those most commonly identified disorders being bulimia. Bulimia affects teenagers in…
How To Help Your Child’s Depression
Recognising signs of depression in a child or teenager is difficult for the same reasons it is hard to identify in adults. The symptoms are often subtle, disguised among general feelings of sadness. For many children and young adults, low…
Supporting Your Teenager With Anxiety
Anxiety is common among teenagers and it is a typical part of a child’s development. Among changing circumstances, such as new schools and friendship groups, as well as developing minds that search for independence and identity, it is easy to…
How to Support Your Staff’s Mental Health
Currently, 14.7% of employees within the UK are experiencing mental health issues that grow from or can lead to anxiety and depression. Alongside the principled and legal obligations of business good management, an employer has to ensure their workers’ mental…