I recently read about a concept called Stress Hardiness, which was first coined by Susanne Kobasa. To cut a long story short stress, in whatever
Month: March 2008
Morning Pages – anxiety aid?
I have always secretly harboured ambitions of becoming a writer. In fact when I was younger I wrote three novels….sadly none of them were published
Financial Anxiety
The credit crunch, insolvency, debt, Bear Stearns, repossession, inflation, sub-prime. All of these words are enough to cause palpitations in even the toughest! As the
Citalopram withdrawal question
I just received a comment on one of my blog posts entitled Coming Off Citalopram. It raises a very pertinent question that I shall endeavour
Genes and mood – happiness and anxiety?
Gene’s do not control our mood. That is the message I took from a BBC report of an Edinburgh University study which has looked at
Social Phobia – normal human experience or mental illness?
Social Phobia – which is basically severe and acute shyness – is an incredibly common phenomena. But is there any real point in labelling severe