And other unhelpful questions and advice for new parents Babies are wonderful beings that can bring society together and promote compassion and comradery, but they also, for some reason, lead to some of the most inappropriate and invasive questions and unhelpful advice. I’m a mum of two small children and for both of my babies, […]
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In recent years, the idea of self-care has finally become something that a lot of people talk about. In discussing this, you might have heard people refer to things like daily gratitude logs, meditations, several trips to the gym each week, or going on long walks in nature. When you become a parent, your mental
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A self-soothe sensory box is something that is used to ground you in the here-and-now, to relax you, and to help when feeling stressed, anxious or low. The box is a really individual thing and needs to be created by you, for you. Creating the box can be an activity in itself that can help
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What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? OCDUK, a national UK charity formed and run by people with lived experience of OCD, found that the delay between someone first experiencing symptoms of OCD and them actually accessing help is often between 10 and 15 years. This means that many people will struggle with their OCD for a
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How do you look after your mental health when you have a newborn, especially during a pandemic? Parenthood can be terrifying. All of a sudden, you have to be responsible for the survival of a tiny human when you might barely feel able to take care of yourself. Add that to the fact that everything
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Right now, everywhere you look has messages informing you that you might catch a pretty serious illness. Perhaps you tried to reassure yourself at first that things were being exaggerated and that worked for a while? But then the world locked down. And then the messages continued; not for a few weeks, but for months.
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Starting therapy can be really daunting. It might have taken you a while to get to this point where you; know you need some help, have the motivation to find this, and feel in a place where you can commit to engaging with it. No matter how long it has taken you to get here,
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How do I know if I’m experiencing a normal amount of anxiety, or need more support? Do you feel anxious all the time? Do your thoughts whirlwind? Have you ever thought about looking into anxiety therapy, talking to a Doctor, or learning a little bit more about why your day-to-day life seems so much harder
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