By Tom Swarbrick, Content Team contributor
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
Fresh starts are supposed to feel exciting. A new month, a new term, a new job, a new routine, all of these moments come with the promise of possibility. But for many people, especially young people, new beginnings do not feel refreshing at all. They feel heavy. Pressured. Overwhelming. In this article, our Content Team academic Katlong Dasat explores fresh start anxiety.
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by Katlong Dasat, Content Team Academic Hosting sounds cute until you are actually doing it. One minute you are imagining a wholesome evening with snacks, music, games and laughter. The next minute you are wiping down surfaces like you are preparing for an inspection, wondering why your heart is beating like it’s trying to escape
The beach is quiet this morning. Not the empty kind of quiet that feels lonely, but the soft kind that wraps gently around you. The kind that belongs to early mornings before the crowds arrive, when the world still feels half-asleep. The sea stretches endlessly towards the horizon, pale-blue water blending into a sky that
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By Paris Forsythe-Fields, Content Team Academic During my first week living in Japan, I remember standing in a supermarket aisle trying to buy laundry detergent. It should have been a simple task. Back home, it would have taken seconds. But here, I found myself staring at rows of colourful bottles covered in labels I couldn’t
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When people hear the term ‘mental health’, they often think of mental illnesses, such as anxiety and depression. However, mental health is a much broader term, describing the state of our mental well-being. Having good mental health makes us more able to deal with the stresses that daily life can often throw at us and
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By Paris Forsythe-Fields, Content Team Academic Most people have thoughts about death at some point in their lives. It might happen when we’re reminded of ageing, illness, or the loss of someone we love. For many people, these thoughts are uncomfortable but usually pass without major distress. Thinking about death can even help some people
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