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Anxiety
Anxiety can be defined as emotions which are typically negative in nature. It will often consist of fear and worry, and some organisms may even experience physical signs such as nausea or chest pains. Anxiety...read more
Anxiety and panic attacs
What is anxiety? Anxiety is a normal emotional and physiological response to feeling threatened. People differ as to how vulnerable they feel in different situations: this can be influenced by past experienc...read more
Anxiety and panic, what may help?
Most people with Depression will also have unpleasant Anxiety symptoms and many will have these symptoms badly enough to be diagnosed as having Generalized Anxiety Disorder or Panic Disorder. Fortunately, ant...read more
Anxiety disorders
It can drive us to be creative under pressure, warn us of danger or spur us to take action in the face of a crisis. It can also freeze us in our tracks. But like it or not, anxiety is an intense state that most Canadians expe...read more
Anxiety, how you can help yourself
First of all, you need to know that anxiety is entirely normal. Everyone feels anxious when they are in a stressful situation where they feel vulnerable, so being anxious does not mean that you are 'weak' or ...read more
Children and hypnotherapy
Children over the age of 7 years of age respond exceptionally well to therapy, with amazing results after only a single session.I insist that children under the age of 16 always be accompanie...read more
Coping with grief
Most of us have within ourselves greater reserves of strength than we are aware of. Mostly we don't need to call upon them, but when we are grieving we do. There may be times when you feel that it is all too ...read more
Depression who, why?
Any person young or old, male or female can become depressed. Depression is increasing in all age groups, but particularly in the younger teenage group. Females tend to experience depression ...read more
Do you have premenstrual syndrome?
If you do, you may be deficient in magnesium , zin and essential fatty acidsPremenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a disorder characterized by a set of hormonal changes that trigger...read more
Exam anxiety
The first step is to distinguish between two types of anxiety. If your anxiety is a direct result of lack of preparation, consider it a normal, rational reaction. However, if you are adequately prepared but...read more
Fear of flying
Fear of flying is a common psychological problem among travellers; recent estimates suggest that between 10-40% of all travellers experience some kind of phobia. Many factors can be associated with this condi...read more
Fear: how does it work ?
The reptile brain Fear occurs when you feel to be in danger. It is a natural response to a perceived threat and serves to keep you alive. The most primitive part of the human brain is known as the '...read more
Fears and phobias
The difference between a fear and a phobia is the intensity of the emotional reaction attached to it. As an illustration, a strong dislike of dogs or other animals is a fear,...read more
Feel emotionally free
Emotional Freedom Techniques are a very effective way of dealing with all kinds of emotional problems including phobias, anxiety, depression, obsessions, post traumatic stress and many other psychological pro...read more
Feeling anxious ?
What is anxiety? Anxiety is an uncomfortable feeling of fear or imminent disaster and is a normal emotional response to danger. What will make one person anxious may not create the same response in someone e...read more
General information about migraine trigger factors
It is thought that trigger factors are implicated in about 40% of people's attacks, so a good trigger-management strategy can be a very powerful tool in helping you manage your migraine betterCertain foods, d...read more
Grief, the universal reaction to loss
'Grief' is the word we use to describe the feelings and reactions that we have when we lose someone we care about or something we value. Grief affects everyone: it is the universal reaction to lossread moreHow to help yourself when you're depressed?
There are some things you can try which have been shown to help lift a depressed mood. These involve changing your behaviour and challenging your negative thoughts. Changing behaviour Peopl...read more
Hypnosis as a treatment for insomnia
People differ in their need for sleep, and everyone has the occasional night of disturbed sleep. Almost a quarter of the population frequently experience sleeping difficulties, and it becomes more common with...read more
Hypnotherapy for weight control
Most people tried numerous diets or slimming programs with little in the way of lasting results. More and more people are realising that there may be another solution to help with wei...read more
Importance of nutrition in helping to ensure a heathy mind
Anxiety, stress and depression Anxiety, stress and depression can be caused by life events such as bereavement, relationship difficulties or problems at work or in school. In other cases they may occur and seem out of propor...read more
Low blood sugar: causes and conventional treatment
Blood sugar regulation can be difficult to manage premenstrually. If the blood sugar level drops too low production of the hormone adrenaline is stimulated.This hormone prepares the body for ...read more
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
People with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) suffer intensely from recurrent (happens over and over) and unwanted thoughts (obsessions) or rituals (compulsions), which the...read more
Performance anxiety
This is the fear or phobia of being judged unfavourably on the basis of how you perform in an interview, examination, test, or public talk or presentation.Such situations are unfair - yet they are a necessary part of our soci...read more
Personality changes in people with alzheimer's disease
Personality changes occur in all people with Alzheimer's disease. The most common personality change is apathy, which is defined as a lack of interest and motivation. The person will not be interested in even...read more
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