While everyone’s experience with anxiety is different, it is worth doing a bit of research for yourself to understand some of the ways they can be affected by their anxiety. Even though it’s not possible to learn all the things you need to know about something, it would surely do you ...
Nearly one in 25 American adults has serious mental illness, which means odds are someone in your life is coping with anxiety, depression, OCD, bipolar disorder or another debilitating condition. Still, shame about mental illness — likely a holdover from when people wrongly believed such con...
1. Make sure help is wanted Agency is key to helping adults with ADHD. “It is really important to ensure that someone would like support. Never presume. Autonomy is important,” advises Dr Quinn-Cirillo. There may also be particular things they’d like support with. Think: managing every...
‘Many people with anxiety tend to over-breathe or hyperventilate,’ says Nicky Lidbetter, CEO for Anxiety UK. ‘They start to develop faulty breathing patterns. To breathe properly, you should use your lower abdomen – not take lots of little, shallow breaths from your upper torso.’...
Understand that it is your support and persistence that is thekeyfactor in helping someone to quit drinking. It has been proven in multiple studies that the following help with individual’s addiction and also expedite their timeous recovery: ...
It’s important to stand up for our rights, fight for what matters, and to vote. By training our minds to deal with the stress and anxiety that comes with these important issues, we’re better equipped to make our mark on the world. 1 An online survey of 2000 UK-based adults was co...
Getty/Vadym Pastukh Stop letting others get the best of you Therapy can help navigate interpersonal conflict How therapy can help when someone hates you As covered above, suspecting or knowing that someone actively hates you can affect your mental health. If you’re looking for support in proc...
Depression and anxiety Loss of sense of smell Problems balancing Problems sleeping Problems with memory Caring for someone with Parkinson’s dementia About a third of people who are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease go on to develop dementia, according to Dementia UK. This usually happens in the...
A holiday can become an area of internal contention for someone suffering from anxiety; they desperately want to go away and relax, but this desire is countered by the panic that can set in about everything that goes along with being in an unknown place. In order to try to help counter ...
11. At previous jobs, what have you done to help your colleagues meet their goals? 12. Do you prefer to work alone, or as part of a team? 13. Have you ever faced a significant challenge in a previous job? 14. Have you ever made a mistake at work? 15. Have you ever receive...