By Chi-Chen, TSAI, Content Team Contributor You unlock your phone to look at one notification. A few seconds go by, and you are scrolling through news articles, TikTok videos, and countless other posts. One video leads to ten, and then fifty. Before you know it, an hour or three have passed. You make a mental […]
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by Alex Harris, Content Team contributor For many people, holidays are something to look forward to. They’re often associated with relaxation, sunshine and a break from everyday life. Starting something new such as a new job, a university course or moving home is also usually described as exciting. But if you live with anxiety, these
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By Thugipa Thurendiran, Content Team contributor. People keep asking me whether I’m excited to start my Master’s. I always say yes, because of course I am. I’ll be starting a new chapter in my life, training to become a primary school teacher. But alongside the excitement comes something that’s accompanied many of my own new
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by Tom Swarbrick, Content Team editor How to start something new without letting anxiety win There is a particular kind of dread that settles when you decide to start something new. Perhaps it’s a career change, a new field of study, a creative project or simply walking into a room full of strangers. Irrespective of
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by Claire Wortley, Content Team contributor A few years back, I promised my adult daughter that I would take her on a wonderful holiday to Croatia. We planned to have a fantastic time relaxing and enjoying each other’s company. However, there was one issue: I hadn’t flown since developing anxiety and panic disorders, which was
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By Quanling Zhang, Content Team contributor Enrolling in a high-paced environment can be stressful. University students are often in such situations, facing multiple deadlines, coursework, critiques and presentations in group settings, as well as managing the heavy workload created by these numerous assignments. Particular sources of stress may also include not having a clear understanding
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It’s important to learn and implement healthy routines and practices for coping with this anxiety before it lays dormant long enough to have lasting impacts on one’s quality of life. But how exactly should you go about managing exam anxiety?
by Zeynab Rahman, Content Team contributor “It’s just a presentation”, they say. So why does it feel like the worst thing in the world? I sat down in my seat, listening to the professors talk about which group would go first. At first, it hadn’t fully hit me, but I could feel it building. My
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This article explores why digital spaces can trigger anxiety, how they affect young people’s well-being and what research tells us about navigating online life in healthier, more balanced ways.
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by Claire Wortley, Content Team contributor As a Gen Xer, someone born between 1965 and 1980, I don’t recall hearing people talk about stress when I was young. Life was life and we just got on with it. However, that doesn’t mean that ‘stress’ didn’t exist. It probably means that the language was different; for