Fiona Gee, Content Team Contributor While we can all agree that the less said the better about JK Rowling’s recent antics, the Boggart characters in the Harry Potter books have always stuck in my mind as a truly accurateand useful metaphor for anxiety which describe it in a way I have never seen elsewhere.  For the uninitiated, Boggarts are […] The post Anxiety – How Do You Deal With Your Inner Boggart? appeared first on NoPanic ..read more

By Chaima Kenache, Content Team Contributor For many young people anxiety is the byproduct of wanting to ‘fit in’ socially with others. Whether consciously or unconsciously, many of us have this innate desire to please or seem appealing to others. But why is this? Socially, why do the opinions of others, even strangers, mean so […] The post Social Rejection appeared first on NoPanic ..read more

By Craig Soutar, Content Team Contributor Regular readers of our articles will have seen our recent posts highlighting the new book ‘And how does that make you feel’, by Josh Fletcher (read more here), past sufferer turned psychotherapist specialising in anxiety disorders. As I sat down to compose a new article for the No Panic […] The post The Importance of ‘Doing it Anyway’ appeared first on NoPanic ..read more

By Natasha Devon, Patron In my experience, people will broadly have one of three responses when asked about stress. There are the people who claim never to experience it (usually for reasons of associating it with ‘weakness’). There’s the other extreme – people who believe it is their default state and somehow a badge of honour. […] The post Helping Employees Manage Stress appeared first on NoPanic ..read more

Dr Charlotte Armitage, Founder of No Phones at Home CIC Smart devices are part and parcel of everyday life for the majority of people. There are insidious in every element of our lives from the professional to the personal. Whether it’s checking emails, paying for parking, ordering food, tracking our energy use, banking, in education or the plethora […] The post Why a Digital Detox can Reduce your Stress Levels appeared first on NoPanic ..read more

Amy Moore, Content Team Contributor Emetophobia is defined as “the extreme fear of vomiting” and it is something I have been learning to cope with since I was twelve years old. Yet, it wasn’t until I was eighteen that I found out it was something that many people struggle with.  It’s important to realise that panic […] The post Anxiety, Emetophobia, and the Isolation that Accompanies it appeared first on NoPanic ..read more

By Paris Gill, Content Team Contributor Do I have anxiety? This is a thought I have often. When I’m with friends. When I’m walking through town. When I’m in a shop. I definitely think it when I’m in the gym, or if I’m wearing new clothes. But do I have anxiety? I’ve never been diagnosed with […] The post Do I Have Anxiety? appeared first on NoPanic ..read more

By Sarah Anderson, FosterWiki 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience mental health issues each year according to the NHS, foster carers are no different, and are, by nature of what they do, exposed to more risk factors that contribute to mental health issues than many, so why is foster carer’s mental health […] The post Foster Carer’s Mental Health appeared first on NoPanic ..read more

By Kaye Inglis, Writer. Long before I knew I was autistic, I knew I was a very anxious person. Much of this anxiety I could trace back to my parents moving house – from the idyllic Isle of Skye where I was born to a small town in rural Perthshire – when I was six years old.  […] The post Anxious and Autistic appeared first on NoPanic ..read more

By Meg Pound, Content Team Contributor Mental illness is tough. Hugely difficult. One of the hardest parts of my days is getting up in the morning. The realisation that it is another day of battling compulsions and intrusive thoughts. I feel drained before I have gotten out of bed. It is the fear of the […] The post Resilience and Bravery in OCD and Anxiety Recovery appeared first on NoPanic ..read more