Anxiety, OCD, Depression & Self-Awareness Blog
Today’s quick thought is about why so many anxious people feel so tired. The pattern below is what I see every day in my therapy practice. The reason I am exhausted is….. Because I make up (virtual) stories in my mind…. And then try to control everything in those (virtual) stories… Then, when I […]
Continue Reading →My topic for today’s thoughts and musings: If there is an afterlife, what are the implications and effects it may have on how I live my life right now? But before I start, I will say that although I hope there is, I don’t know if there is an afterlife. I have found no proof, […]
Continue Reading →Do you know how you want to be loved? So here is my thought for today….. Do the people in your life love you the way you want to be loved? Think about it. Do you even know how you want to be loved? Do you know how they want to be loved? Do you […]
Continue Reading →Taken or Given? A few years ago I was with a group of people waiting for a coach to take us to the airport following a week-long retreat and whilst we were just chatting a single lady turned to one of the men she liked and said “It’s a shame your taken as you are […]
Continue Reading →Today we’d like to explore OCD compulsions – whether they are good or bad, changeable or not, restrictive or empowering? I guess the first question to ask is “What is a compulsion?” We see compulsions as innately irresistible urges to do certain things that will avoid some form of pain (offering relief) or lead us […]
Continue Reading →If you are of a certain age (early fifties) we can often find ourselves in an interesting phase of our life – between the generation above us who are retiring and the generation below us who are at the beginning of their careers. From this vantage point, we find it fascinating to observe what is […]
Continue Reading →Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD is a very common anxiety disorder that affects more people than you might imagine and causes them to continually repeat actions, rituals or mental ruminations in the hope that it will lessen the anxious feelings or keep the person from some perceived danger (even if it seems silly) i.e. if […]
Continue Reading →Should success be measured by your busyness? Will busyness bring you success? Over the last ten years I have quite radically changed my outlook on life and my attitudes to success in business and in my life. In the past I was always employed by various organisations and was paid to do a certain job, […]
Continue Reading →am just feeling the need to write something down, it sometimes helps me to see things differently or to better glimpse how I unconsciously operate, up I felt an overwhelming separation from people and experiences, I never felt like I fitted in anywhere and I was painfully self conscious plus the idea of being laughed […]
Continue Reading →So, the question for today is; do we really need to follow rules? And if you have been reading our other posts you probably would have grasped by now that we are strong believers in exploring the context, as well as, the content of any discussion. Therefore, if we add context it might include; who […]
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