By Craig, No Panic Volunteer In 2005, I had my first experience of problematic anxiety. I remember that feeling of adrenalin rushing through my body, a flush of heat over my face with beads of sweat forming on my forehead as thoughts started to tell me that something was terribly wrong… I needed to get […]
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By Brian Robinson, No Panic volunteer The best way to break the anxiety cycle is not to see it as an unbreakable cycle in the first place. At its heart, anxiety is a disorder caused by tension. When tension levels are raised to a certain critical point, fight or flight is automatically triggered. See yourself
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Actor and director Christopher Lee-Power explaines how No Panic has helped him with anxiety, in high-pressure situations. “The renowned saying by Bob Hoskins, “it’s good to talk,” holds immense truth in various aspects of life. As an actor, I have faced various challenges in my journey, including hyperactivity, speech difficulties, and coordination problems in my
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By Natasha Devon, Patron I’ve had panic attacks since I was ten years old. I don’t get them often any more, since I learned how to manage my anxiety with a combination of the therapy, the right meds and lifestyle changes, but they still happen to me occasionally. When my mental health was at it’s
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This is the final part of a three-part series on the No Panic breathing exercise. In this series, we are focusing on when to do the breathing exercise. It’s all about the timing. Anxiety can cause people to lose sleep night after night. All that sleep deprivation mounts up, so they are too tired to
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If the thought of going out is a trigger for your anxiety, you can use the breathing exercise to prevent anxiety either stopping you from going out, or punishing you for going out.
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This is the first part of a three-part series on the No Panic breathing exercise. This article is about using the breathing exercise, when you’re struggling to eat your meals.
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