By Emily Pearce, Content Team contributor We all know we need to sleep eight hours a night to stay mentally and physically healthy, but this isn’t always possible. If you’ve ever been overly stressed about an upcoming event or a personal matter, you’ve probably found yourself tossing and turning without relief from time to time. […]
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By Ilyass Jalloh, Content Team contributor High-functioning anxiety seems like a paradox. How can someone be thriving in their career, excelling academically, or maintaining a busy social life while battling crippling anxiety? The truth is, many people experience anxiety in ways that remain invisible to others—pushing themselves to achieve more, to be perfect, and to
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By Amy Moore, Content Team Contributor When I turned seventeen, all anyone would ask me about was if I would start my driving lessons soon. My entire family was so excited for me, but I just remember being swamped with nerves. My friends spent their teenage years constantly talking about what they’d do and where
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By Melissa Fleur Afshar, Content Team Contributor We’re often encouraged to hide away our fears and anxious feelings, putting on happy faces no matter what instead. Sometimes, it can seem easier to cope that way. You don’t need me to tell you that anxiety, panic and racing thoughts are extremely uncomfortable and distressing. The intense
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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
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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
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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
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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
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