By Megan Pocock, Content Team Contributor For many university students, the excitement of starting a new chapter is often shadowed by an unsettling question: Am I in the right place? I certainly felt this way when I first started. New environments, social demands, and academic pressures can leave you questioning whether you belong or deserve […]
Imposter Syndrome at University: What Is It and How to Manage It? Read More »
By Wayne Senior, Content Team Co-ordinator. There has been a lot of change at No Panic this year. In the Content Team, our two previous editors Millie and Daniel left to pursue their careers, so we got a couple of new editors, Aimee and Ben. In No Panic, I became Chair. Keeping the Content Team
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By Julitta Lee, Content Team contributor. Feeling irritable? Unmotivated? Less social or active? Having trouble concentrating? Sleeping or eating more than usual? Or have been feeling a persisting, low mood? If these symptoms resonate with you, you may be experiencing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a seasonal type of depression also known as the “winter blues.”
Feeling a little off this Winter? Tips for Overcoming the Winter Blues. Read More »
By Amy Moore, Content Team Contributor For a long time, exercise was always something that I shied away from doing. It was never something that I enjoyed, and it constantly felt like a chore that I had to participate in. I was always the slowest in school PE classes and swimming, the one sport I
How Walking Helped Decrease Anxiety Read More »
By A Content Team Contributor I’ve recently had cause to seek counselling as a result of a significant bereavement in my life. The bereavement followed a long, drawn-out illness, the witnessing of which was hard, and took its toll on my mental health. The run-up to the funeral ended up being even more fraught than
Anxiety and a bad case of extremes… Read More »
By Mohammed Adil Sethi, Content Team Academic Selective Mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder; it is not a very frequent but a severe type of disorder in which a person can speak fluently but remains mute in some situations only (Muris & Ollendick 2021). However, if not treated correctly, SM can persist throughout childhood and
Selective Mutism’s Overview, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Read More »
By Conner Keys, Content Team Academic Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a fairly common anxiety disorder that is characterised by feelings of intense anxiety and fear. The NHS describes it as ‘a long-term and overwhelming fear of social situations’ (NHS, 2023). Research has shown that SAD has a lifetime prevalence of 12.1% (Kessler, et al.,
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By Mohammed Adil Sethi, Content Team Academic Hoarding is a DSM-IV mental disorder where an individual has marked difficulty in discarding or abandoning owned possessions (Ferreira et al. 2020; Ricci et al. 2023). This informative piece will cover the differences between hoarding and collecting items, the prevalence of hoarding anxiety disorder, its consequences, diagnosis, associated
Hoarding Disorder: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment Options Read More »
By Craig Souter, Content Team Contributor At some point in life, most people have felt that things have been out of control, whether that was challenges at work, too many assignments in their studies, too many life events happening at once, or a big demand on their social time. However, there is one tactic which
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By Julitta Lee, Content Team Contributor Since I’ve been on a personal journey to manage my anxiety better, I have realised that how we view anxiety can dramatically change our experience of it. Whether these views come from within ourselves or others, they can become either obstacles, or stepping stones, in our mental health journey.
Anxiety Isn’t The Enemy Read More »
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