What Are Intrusive Thoughts And What Can We Do About Them?
Intrusive thoughts are unwanted thoughts or images that enter our consciousness often without any prior warning. We tend to find these thoughts quite distressing, alarming and disturbing and they often cause us to feel guilt, fear and shame. While intrusive thoughts can trigger a range of negative emotions, there is some good news …
Signs You Are Burned Out And What To Do About It
We all know what it’s like to feel stressed. You might have felt it around exam time at university, or perhaps when going through a particularly demanding period at work. Stress is a very common experience, however feeling burned out can take this stress to an entirely new level.
How To Overcome Your Phobia
What is something that scares you? Really scares you? We all have them, some people might feel a knot in their stomach before stepping on a plane, others may feel their heart start racing before going to the dentist. Fears are relatively normal and quite common, however phobias … can be much more intense.
Eight Signs That You Are Stressed
There is a metaphor that is often used describing a frog being boiled alive. It is based on the premise that if a frog is put into boiling water it will quickly jump out, however if the frog is put in tepid water which is slowly brought to a boil it will not perceive the danger in this situation and will be boiled alive. While there is some debate around how true this metaphor is in reality, the moral of the story does ring true
