It’s a late-night and you’re shutting the lights off in the unused part of your home. You have to pass a dark, exposed window to get to the bedroom, and realizing this sends a nervous zap up your spine that urges you to bolt for safety as you approach the vulnerability. Does that sound familiar? What is the fight or flight response? Your body’s acute stress response … [Read more...] about How to control fight or flight anxiety
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Lazy Like Me: Better productivity with less pressure
Better productivity doesn't have to mean your alarm is set to the sunrise, but I'm getting pretty sick of the urge to run back to bed and hide my head under the covers. I work from home, and the scheduling freedom that allows tends to turn people (me) into overthinkers who struggle with perfectionism. It's tough to find somebody who's immune to that productivity paralysis, and … [Read more...] about Lazy Like Me: Better productivity with less pressure
Lifted From Therapy: Techniques for Panic & Anxiety
Anxiety and panic are everywhere today, and disorders associated with them are commonplace. No matter which you’re managing, there’s no getting around the fact that therapy is the most effective means of dealing with anxiety or panic disorders, and the research backs that up. Not all treatment was created equal, however, and some methods reign supreme over others. First, let’s … [Read more...] about Lifted From Therapy: Techniques for Panic & Anxiety
Adult Coloring Books for Your Mental Health
I'd mostly heard about them from my mother, who's always tearing out newspaper articles on mental health for me and thought I might find coloring relaxing. She suggested I might want to get one of the adult coloring books she'd heard of for Christmas (we love talking Christmas, it's a whole thing and I know it's annoying to many), and I didn't really think much of it past that. … [Read more...] about Adult Coloring Books for Your Mental Health
The simplest tips for better sleep
Sleep is my biggest enemy. It’s the arch-nemesis of anyone with anxiety, really, but trouble sleeping is a universal issue. Whether you suffer from full-blown insomnia or not, you probably wouldn’t have gotten to this post unless you could relate, so I’m consciously keeping the first instalment fairly broad. This doesn't have to scare you. A lot of the information in these … [Read more...] about The simplest tips for better sleep