Winter Lockdown: How To Look After Your Mental Health
For many of us, one of the only things that made the lockdown manageable and bearable, was the blue skies and sunshine over the last few months – and as…
Covid-19
Do I Have Health Anxiety?
It’s no surprise that your health is front of mind during the coronavirus pandemic. Even the tiniest cough or moment of breathlessness can have you reaching for your thermometer to…
I Feel Like I Can’t See The Bright Side Anymore
I have always been a very positive person but I am finding it near-impossible to be positive in the face of the current situation with the Coronavirus, and it is…
Coronavirus: How To Cope With Death Anxiety
The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety. The more you fail to experience your life fully, the more you will fear death. Irvin Yalom It’s probably not…
Lockdown: Have Your Dreams Become More Vivid?
Nights through dreams tell the myths forgotten by the day. Carl Jung One of the impacts of being in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic has been to experience more weird…
Everyone Looks To Me To Keep Everything Together. It’s Exhausting!
I am a 42-year-old mother of two and I am finding it increasingly stressful to maintain what I think of as “the smiling face of Mum” during the Covid-19 crisis.…
The Impact That Covid-19 Can Have On Disordered Eating
The Covid-19 pandemic that is spreading across the globe has sparked a culture of panic buying and stockpiling, as people’s concerns grow about the need to self-isolate. The more that…
Five Ways To Make Self-Isolation More Bearable
Self-isolation was barely a term we’d heard until a few weeks ago, but for the whole population, self-isolation is now an essential part of our everyday wellbeing to cope with…
I Have OCD – The Coronavirus Is Taking My Anxiety Through The Roof
“I am 27, and was diagnosed with OCD when I was 14. It started with a fear of germs and the idea that if I didn’t check things a certain…
How To Work Productively From Home
Many of us already work from home, or at least have some experience of doing so, but some have never done this before. So suddenly being forced to do so…