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 […]
By Mohammed Hassan, Content Team Academic One of the most significant sources of stress is your workplace. The modern workplace significantly contributes to rising stress levels due to constant deadlines, distractions, and workplace bullying, all of which can be overwhelming. The line between a healthy worker and overwhelming anxiety is often misinterpreted. When the two
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By Adil Sethi, Content Team academic Stress and anxiety have become very common among students, which unfortunately influences academic, affective, and interpersonal life. As students experience higher demands in school, social life, and their future careers, students need to recognize and control anxiety to do well in school and life. Stress and anxiety refer to
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By Paris Gill, Content Team Contributor The sun is finally out, it’s just about getting warmer, and summer is upon us. But for students like myself, May and June are the worst times of the year. The summer exam periodis an incredibly stressful time of year for those in education, and it can be very overwhelming swimming through the mounds
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By Natasha Devon, Patron In my experience, people will broadly have one of three responses when asked about stress. There are the people who claim never to experience it (usually for reasons of associating it with ‘weakness’). There’s the other extreme – people who believe it is their default state and somehow a badge of honour.
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Dr Charlotte Armitage, Founder of No Phones at Home CIC Smart devices are part and parcel of everyday life for the majority of people. There are insidious in every element of our lives from the professional to the personal. Whether it’s checking emails, paying for parking, ordering food, tracking our energy use, banking, in education or the plethora
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By Chaima Kenache, Content Team Contributor Exam stress is one of the few anxiety inducing events that the majority of people can relate to regardless of who they are. For a moment, consider the average GCSE student in the UK, juggling the demands of studying 8-10 subjects five days a week, with the supposed restful two
Rachel Coffey, Rachel Coffey Coaching In the fast-paced and demanding world we live in, stress is something that has become part of most people’s lives. Juggling work, relationships and personal responsibilities can sometimes feel like trying to balance on a tightrope. However, learning how to effectively handle stress is crucial for our mental and physical
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Taking up a hobby is a great way to ease anxiety or stress. It gives you something enjoyable to focus on, at the same time taking your mind off anything negative that you may be experiencing. Pleasurable pastimes can be a good way to calm down an overactive mind, alleviate anxiety and lower panic symptoms.
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