Mandy Kloppers ------Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist-------Therapy in Guildford, Surrey.UK
To say we’re in the midst of a mental health crisis is not an exaggeration. Mental health concerns have been increasing for years and have only been amplified by the COVID-19 crisis and national lockdowns. Over half of UK adults said their mental health got …
Most people have felt some kind of anxiety at some point in their life. For many of these people, that anxiety will disappear as soon as the situation causing it does. However, for many others, that feeling will linger. Being in a constant state of …
Poor mental health is becoming almost as pervasive a problem as Covid itself as a result of this pandemic. With more and more people experiencing traumatic losses, loneliness and unexpected shifts in their lives, it is no surprise that debilitating illnesses such as depression and …
OCD is a change or disturbance in thought patterns that results in negative emotions and affects a person’s ability to behave normally. In particular, OCD is characterized by: uncontrollable, intrusive thoughts, beliefs, and ideas negative emotions like guilt and anxiety repetitive and ritualistic behaviors or …
Here are 10 tips to help people get through through that Blue Monday feeling: B: Balance – perspective is everything. So write down every negative situation or feeling you have at the moment and then, for each one, make yourself write a positive. Don’t …
Depression Checklist: Have you lost enjoyment in things you used to find fun? Do you feel that the future is bleak and without hope? Are you sleeping too much? Are you eating too much? Eating too little? Are you avoiding others and isolating …
We live in a crazy world where we need to stop pretending in order to be happier and healthier. Below the surface, everyone has problems. Whether the problems relate to relationship issues, financial worries, health concerns, a lack of self-confidence, addiction, anxiety or depression etc, …
The worst part of depression is that you cannot clearly express what you’re feeling. The anger, helplessness, loneliness, emptiness, there’s no way of snapping out of it. A study by the National Network of Depression Centers found that depression impacts one in every five Americans …
Stress has become an unavoidable part of our life. It is not possible to eradicate all the stress and anxiety in a day. Studies show that 90 percent of illness in people originates from stress and anxiety alone. Releasing physical and emotional stress is essential …
Life Traps that we all experience Life traps are situations in life that we find hard or difficult to escape from. Certain kinds of thinking and acting result in a vicious circle when, however hard we try, things seem to get worse instead of better. …