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Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a useful technique that can help with your mental health. It can assist with stress; meditation mainly focuses on distracting your mind and paying more attention to your breath, or noises for instance. It also can reduce heightened anxiety for similar reasons. Mindfulness-based therapy helps you let go of worries. Surprisingly, the technique […]
News

What is hoarding disorder?

Definition and symptoms According to the NHS: ‘A hoarding disorder is where someone acquires an excessive number of items and stores them in a chaotic manner, usually resulting in unmanageable amounts of clutter. The items can be of little or no monetary value.’ The NHS website also provides a list of symptoms of hoarding disorder: […]
News

Buy Now, You Will Pay Later

We have all been there, desperate to bag a new dress for a night out or wanting that video game but the money just isn’t in the bank. There are now the likes of Klarna and Clearpay, buy now pay later schemes (BNPL), which allow you to purchase a wide variety of items while paying […]
Editorials

Understanding Anxiety

Anxiety is a feeling of unease that can last a short period of time or a long period of time. It can cause many problems for people who suffer from anxiety. Generalised anxiety disorder is estimated to affect almost 5% of the population in the UK. As well as this, it is believed that most […]
Editorials

Men’s Mental Health in Numbers

In November, men’s mental health is focused on with a more keen eye than ever. Despite being prevalent all year round, movements such as Movember have worked to shine a light on the mental health of men which is slowly becoming more normalised now. Here are some of the facts and figures regarding the mental […]
Editorials

Dementia and Depression: Communication is Key

It’s important to treat dementia patients with respect and care. The disease is unfathomably cruel and the least we can do while caring for them is be helpful and interactive. This is also true for those with early-onset dementia. The news at any age that this disease will overwhelm you obviously takes its toll mentally, […]
Editorials

Can psychedelics unlock depression?

Psychedelics may well be the key in the fight against mental health issues infecting our minds such as depression. Drugs like magic mushrooms, psilocybin, and DMT have been researched and studied for years and the results appear conclusive across many major studies. These substances have a substantial effect on conditions like anxiety and depression. If […]
Education

Mental health hindering exams

As the next academic year begins, mental health issues among school pupils have started showing a huge impact on their studies. According to ITV news, pupils suffering with mental health issues are three times more likely to underperform at GCSE level. The statistics here include pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, as well as those who have […]
Editorials

Social Media: The Case For Quitting

Back in December 2017, Star Wars: The Last Jedi had just hit cinemas. As someone who had fallen victim to unwarned spoilers on the internet before, I hatched a simple plan. I deleted my social media apps temporarily. Facebook, Instagram, all of them. What happened, however, was more than I could have ever anticipated. Gone was […]
Editorials

Lockdown: The Damage on Children

A study conducted by University College London has concluded that the harm of lockdown school closures extends to children, with the most common illness being anxiety. Around 60% of boys and 47% of girls are said to be the major casualties. It has long been known that lockdown has had a tremendous impact on mental […]
Editorials

Rent refunds for students are needed

As a student myself, this subject really hits home, as I’m sure it will do for a lot of people my age. Due to the pandemic, there are student houses all over the country that are empty as a result of the travel restrictions. As if isolation wasn’t enough stress being induced, students are being […]
Editorials

What I Learned This Year

Disclaimer: I am not here to talk about the pandemic. Even though everyone wants to talk about it, we don’t need to. Instead, I’m here to share with you a nugget of wisdom that I learned this year. It is this: you know yourself better than anyone else – and don’t be convinced otherwise. As […]
Editorials

Dealing With Feelings of Dread

Feelings of dread are acutely different from feelings of anxiety. The root of dread is probably the same as anxiety, though it’s not quite the same. Dread is more of an overwhelmingly dulling feeling, while anxiety is much more hyper-active, making you alert to everything that is happening and that could possibly happen. Dread is […]
Editorials

Forest Bathing: The Japanese Stress Combatant

Imagine this: you go to the doctor suffering from stress and anxiety. You work long hours most days of the week, and you work hard for your company. When you go to the doctor, they prescribe you some ‘forest therapy’, or ‘forest bathing’. Yes, you read that right: bathing. The Japanese culture is renowned for […]
News

The Difficulty of Decisions

Whether it’s a new job, a relationship or even deciding what you’d like from the midweek Happy Hour menu, decision making can be difficult. According to scientists at Cornell University, adults make up to 35,000 remotely conscious decisions a day, depending on their level of responsibility. It can often seem like there’s a lot at […]
British

Mental Health Awareness Week

For those of you who didn’t know, it is currently Mental Health Awareness Week. Running from 13th-19th of May, it’s a chance for us to really consider where we’re at regarding the issue both individually and as a global community. Mental health needs to be addressed like any other health concern, and as long as […]
Editorials

Mental Health at Christmas

The festive period is, if not the ‘most wonderful’ time, a slightly more joyous one than the rest of the year. With gatherings of family and friends, work parties and days off to celebrate the holidays, most people look like they are in a good headspace. However, the pressure to be ‘in the festive spirit’, as well as […]
Editorials

Coping with Anxiety: The Thought Process

Anxiety is something everyone feels occasionally, although for those struggling to cope it can be extremely debilitating. Whether we blame society, technology or lifestyle choices, the sheer complexity of the human brain means we’re very much in-the-dark about how the mind works. The Power of Thoughts They say knowledge is power, and this is no […]