I had to write about this, a wonderful woman I know from volunteering at a hospice called me the spider man. We all know someone who is scared of spiders. In my time as a software engineer I remember an 18 stone colleague who was sitting at his desk one minute, and the next moment […]
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Anxiety Symptoms
What Drives Anxiety Symptoms? Anxiety is a reaction to events in the environment around us. It is a word that’s used to describe the physical and emotional feelings of worry and fear and a general uneasiness that happen in some situations. The feelings are the embodiment of the flight / flight / freeze response […]
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What Are The Symptoms Of Depression The symptoms of depression are varied and are spread across a spectrum that takes in emotional, physical and social symptoms. People are different by their very nature and they exhibit symptoms of depression to differing degrees. This severity of symptoms combined with the range of symptoms of depression makes the […]
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This is a bit of a story about myself and overcoming the fear of failure. I know it’s not good form to be a therapist and to admit to not being perfect but in my case it’s true. Not being perfect is one of the things that I do very well. I help others daily […]
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Like many other therapists, I do business networking in order to meet new people that I can help. We have to do what they refer to as an elevator talk that says who I am, what I do and all of that stuff. What I’ve found hard is working out what I do and getting […]
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There are foods that we can eat to help us deal with stress better. According to research reported by the New York Times sugar reduces stress. Well that’s the headline but what was actually found was that in an MRI scanner the use of sugar reduced the blood flow to the parts of the brain […]
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This page doesn’t have a picture of a spider anywhere so if you have a spider phobia or any sort of fear of spiders you can read on and learn. A lot of people laugh about other people who have a fear of spiders. But it can be really serious, the fear causes an anxiety […]
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The Iron Man Challenge I know several people who do triatholons, marathons and also those for whom it’s not enough so they are drawn to the iron man challenge. We are in a world beyond the time of dragons. But there are still dragon slayers amongst us. Some of us need these challenges because the physical […]
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