Articles from Outside No Panic

  Those of us who struggle with anxiety and/or other mental health conditions often have to avail ourselves of therapy.  Some of us do this with enthusiasm and others of us do this with some trepidation.  The type of therapy that we have needs to suit us as does the therapist with whom we work.  […]

By Sophie Rose Peters Minimalism and Mental Illness, A Focus for the Mind is the title of my newest book.  I have a wish that people who struggle with a range of mental illness and diagnoses will read it and find something in its pages that will speak to them and they can benefit from.

No matter where you are in the country you can get out on your bike and go from a built-up area to a green space in a very short time. Even if you live in a big city like London there are beautiful parks within a short ride. Lockdown was a really difficult time for

It’s 7 am, and your alarm goes off. You instinctively roll over and hit the yellow button while simultaneously swiping up with one eye peaking onto the screen. The other sits low in your pillow, softening the glare of your screen. Instagram, check.Twitter, check.Tic Toc, chuckle.Email, ugh. Does this sound familiar to you? It’s how

By Rebecca Stephenson  How to Celebrate the Little Things Celebrating, accepting, and loving yourself is so important although sometimes we can find it hard to give ourselves a pat on the back. We are living in such a fast-paced world always looking to do better, be better and strive for more. It’s ok to have

   A book and tips by Sophie Rose Peters  I’d like to introduce myself and my book to the No-Panic community.  My pen-name is Sophie Rose Peters which I have devised to keep my privacy as well as the full freedom to write from the heart and to share what I know from deep personal

In fact, any event that does not fit into the order of our ordinary life (and in our expectations) even minimally is already a sufficient source for stress. And even when this is a planned and expected event, the level of stress will still not decrease. But rather, it will increase, because, in a certain

The clean slate that comes with a new year can put enormous pressure. You get the feeling that you must fill the new pages with incredible adventures. The work on the “new and improved” version of yourself must start now. But what if you don’t have the energy?  Instead of getting comfortable with January blues

As we remain hopeful that the third lockdown should be the final Covid-19 restriction of this extremity, workplaces are preparing for employees to return to the office following the easing of lockdown restrictions. Employees currently on furlough and those working from home since the initial lockdown announcement in March 2020 may be nervous about transitioning

The current pandemic and the global lockdown has taken a toll on students’ mental health. Confined at home and forced out of the normal classroom setting, students worldwide had to quickly adjust to the new reality, but this adjustment hasn’t gone smoothly for everyone.  The article from The Guardian, referencing the data from Nightlines, a