How residents of the Lviv region will be notified about a chemical threat in case of its occurrence
In the event of a chemical threat in the Lviv region, the warning system will be the first to notify about this, namely, electric sirens located on…
Anxiety and cravings for sweets: what is the connection and what to do about it
Cravings for sweets are fairly common among people with anxiety. But sugar should be avoided. In the telegram channel “Psychological Support” they told what to do for…
Anxiety and sugar: what is the connection and what to do about it
Sweet cravings are a fairly common story among people with anxiety. But sugar is bad news for anxiety and should be avoided. In the telegram channel “Psychological…
Large-scale air alert in Ukraine and agreements between countries on sanctions against the Russian Federation: main events of the night of May 8, 2022
TSN.ua offers to find out the main events of the night that you could oversleep. The main events of the night of May 8, 2022: On the…
In Dnipro, residents complain about knocking out carpets during an alarm (video)
In Dnipro, they complain about residents who, during an air raid, knock out carpets in the yards and thereby frighten people. One of these videos was posted…
Ukrainians urged not to ignore alarms due to the high probability of mass shelling on May 9
Ukrainians were urged to be especially attentive to alerts from May 7 to May 9 inclusive. This is due to the increased risk of shelling of Ukraine…
12 habits that increase anxiety
It’s not an easy task to change lifelong habits, but it’s worth the effort if you want to reduce your anxiety. The following 12 habits are common…
Could psychedelics be used to treat mental health disorders?
Over the last year, Awakn – the UK’s first private clinic offering psychedelic treatment in combination with psychotherapy for addiction, anxiety, depression, PTSD, eating disorders and other…
How to banish midlife stress in just four weeks
After two years of pandemic stress, we now have back-in-the world stress, which comes in many different flavours, and is a lot noisier. For a great number…
Should you warn about serious mental health issues in a Tube ad?
Stewart Dolin, the 57-year-old lawyer in whose memory MISSD was set up, took his own life in Chicago in 2010 – six days after starting an SSRI…
Why the root of your anxiety might not be your mind
It has been described as a silent epidemic. The number of people living with anxiety has rocketed in recent years. Well before the pandemic, it seemed we…
Can a smart watch help you manage stress?
After two years of lockdowns, home-working, home-schooling, restrictions, and now a war in Ukraine, it’s no surprise we’re stressed about stress. According to data from Google Trends,…
Five signs you’re a highly sensitive person – and why that’s not a bad thing
“There’s an interesting question, going forward, of what do we mean by leadership?” says Walker. Could it not equally be exhibited by one “who listens to their…
Dame Helen Mirren shows how having imposter syndrome can be a superpower
However Dr Anne Whitehouse, author of Pull Back Your Power; Unlocking Profound Confidence and Success for Women, is not at all surprised by Mirren’s comments. The further…
It’s Monday morning – and the professional thing to do would be to let your colleagues see the real you
Is there a ‘work’ you? When you log on, on a Monday morning, does anything about you drastically change? Pre-pandemic, the signifiers of this may have been…
Is your health suffering because of the ‘winner’s curse’?
“I loved the job, even though it had always been a demanding one,” says Uzzell, 51, who lives in Norwich. “But, like many people, in lockdown, I…
Why it’s fine for our children to be anxious
They say you are only as happy as your least happy child, to which a very wise psychotherapist friend of mine often replies: your children do not…
Anxiety robbed me of my sleep – and by 32, my life was a car crash
The door swings open and a cold beam of artificial light fills my room. Someone with a clipboard says good morning, but it’s impersonal: full of tiredness…
‘My boarding school bully has started working with me – and pretends she didn’t make my life hell’
Dear A&E, I’m a 45-year-old woman and I’ve found myself working in the same company as my boarding school bully. She pretends nothing happened and actually makes…
What the pandemic has really done to our children’s minds
Which might go some way to explaining why Oxford University Press has chosen ‘anxiety’ as the children’s Word of the Year for 2021. Researchers for the Children’s…
How magic mushrooms changed my life
The sunlight glittered on the sea and the coconut palms waved beguilingly as the facilitator gave each of us a handful of brown capsules. They looked like…
Should you take a mental health sick day?
Have you ever longed to take a day off work to lower your stress levels? If so, you probably dismissed it as ‘weak’, and soldiered on. In…
Could this special workout cure my hangxiety?
It was a Friday morning and I’d managed to nab a window seat on the train. But I barely noticed my victory or indeed anything else during…
How to break the Covid Christmas anxiety bubble
Last night, I put up my Christmas tree. It’s a little illuminated toy that fits on my home-office mantelpiece – I bought it in John Lewis on…
Why I no longer Google my health worries
Recently, I was looking for an old piece I’d had written. As I scrolled through, it soon struck me almost everything I write has centred around my…