GAWD: anxious bumblings and a teeny bit of science.
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Desperately Proof-Seeking Anxiety Demons.
Over the years I have noted that my go-to behavioural response to intrusive thoughts is proof-seeking. I go on a one-woman-mission to prove that the heightened, often delusional thoughts I am having, are actually true.
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The Anxiety-Spring Complex
I spend most of my life forecasting, living in the future, thinking that soon, better weather, better times, better mood and less anxiety are all around the corner. Now, having lived in the UK for 47 years, placing all bets on the weather is not a good idea.
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Lessons in Love and Anxiety.
Love is in the air, isn’t it?…But what if anxiety threatens to stick its stake in all matters of the heart?..look after the number one person in your life, you! Show some compassion.
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Me – no – pause. It’s not paused.
Oh GAWD, it’s my first blog of 2025! I think we should jump straight back in there with the menopause. The anxiety, the rage, the brain fog. Because, unlike my boxes of Christmas deccos that went back up in the loft until next year, these trimmings and symptoms are here to stay. It’s not like…
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No Panic, it’s (almost) Christmas!
Post live on No Panic’s site. (Link here.) According to a popular festive song, this is the most wonderful time of the year. A time for loving, time for giving, mistletoe and festive beverages, etcetera. Yes, social media is a blaze with the picture-perfect Christmases we’re all planning on having. But wait, what happens if…
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Autumn Warriors
Good day to you my little autumn warriors…I blog to help others, I blog to help myself. I blog to lift the fog of anxiety. It is our own little safe space to ‘right the wrongs’ and dump intrusive thoughts…So here I am, laying it down. Not all of it, but enough to help me…
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This World Mental Health Day – Work It!
The work brief: The 10th of October is World Mental Health Day. This year the focus is all about mental health in the workplace. We spend so much time at work, it is not surprising how well we get to know our workmates. We are in the ideal situation to be able to spot when…
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Getting Back to It – new post for No Panic
(Link to No Panic.) It is that time of year again. We are all clawing on to the last days of the warm weather, (Or sheltering from the downpours.) And, no doubt, you have probably all embraced getting back to some kind of normality; be that to work, big school, or simply returning to any…
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Generalised Anxiety and My Quest to Relax | The Column
(Guest post for You, Me and Anxiety.) Let’s face it, relaxation and anxiety are not great bedfellows. In a world which promotes wellbeing and mental health with one hand, and productivity and spontaneous adventure on the other, it can be hard to find your way. Needless to say, for anxious souls like me it is…
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Menopause Anxiety…Pulled the Rug from Under my Feet.
Menopause anxiety – listen up! Whether you are going through it, coming up to it, had it, or never will have it, the menopause and its symptoms might just touch you in some way. Best have a little butchers here.
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This is the Algo-Rhythm of my Life.
You know when someone says, “Ignore what other people think.” What about what my computer thinks of me?!? I’m talking algorithms. Whole new ball game… Shout-out to the C64 Crew Just before I get down to brass tacks, I am going to point out that I am not a techie person. My last gaming computer…
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Health Scare? Or Scared of my Health?
Anxiety and health issues do not make good bedfellows. I should know… ‘There is no health without mental health’, or so the saying goes.