At some point in their lives, everyone will experience stress and anxiety. This can be due to work, studies, relationships or even the demands of
Most people have experienced stress. It occurs in everyday life, from small things such as being stuck in traffic to bigger things such as financial
April is Stress Awareness Month, increasing awareness about the causes and cures for stress. We navigate stressors every day and can cope with long periods
It is entirely normal to feel anxiety in certain social situations. For example, you are likely to experience butterflies as you go on a first
Our bodies are constantly assessing our environment for threats. Most of this happens subconsciously as it would be both exhausting and overwhelming to continually check
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a condition surrounded by many myths and misconceptions. Many people often link PTSD purely to war veterans. As
Somatic Experiencing is a body-centred treatment for trauma, first developed by Dr. Peter A. Levine, author of Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma and In an
Although it is widely understood that stress is not good for us, it is relatively unknown just how severe the impact of chronic stress can
Selye makes clear in his findings from extensive research on the effects of stress on the immune system that, without appropriate defence against things that
When we think about stress, we realise that it is not unusual for people to describe themselves as being “stressed”; it is an overused and