Ashley

I do not pretend to have found the Holy Grail cure to anxiety. I do however cope far better with my anxiety now than I used to. Therefore, this post aims to share my experience and the strategies that have helped me, in the hope that they may help others too. I suffer from health […]

You’ve all heard of Mindfulness, right? There’s been a lot of talk about it in recent years, particularly as a way of improving mental health. According to the Samye Foundation Wales, Mindfulness is a way of paying attention to and seeing clearly whatever is happening in our lives. It can help us respond to life’s

The Mother of all Mental Health Episodes The term ‘mental breakdown’ (also called a nervous breakdown) is bandied about, and often fodder for memes and jokes. But what is a mental breakdown and what does it look like? It isn’t a clinical term or a mental health disorder. It’s a term used to describe a

Health Anxiety (Hypochondria) Health Anxiety or Hypochondria has undoubtedly been the most debilitating form of anxiety for me. This began after the birth of my first child. He became very ill at 10 days old with bacterial meningitis. As you can imagine, it was an extremely worrying time. We spent two weeks in hospital. He

How it all started: A personal account of how anxiety made its appearance in my life I remember the day I started experiencing social anxiety (social phobia) like it was yesterday. I was 19 and working as an administrative assistant after completing my A Levels. I had no idea what I wanted to do with