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Category: Anxiety and Depression

Dealing with depression

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How to deal with depression in healthy ways

What is depression? Depression is a common mood disorder characterised by long-term or excessive sadness, often without a clear source. While sadness as a result of a negative life event can be extremely painful –…

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A Complete Guide to Seeking help in a State of Disaster

Wherever you’re based, we’re all feeling the strain under a year of unforeseen pressures, adjustments and challenges due to the coronavirus outbreaks. As Victoria’s State of Disaster continues and Sydney’s COVID-19 cases continue to climb,…

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Traumatic stress responses

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Everything You Need To Know

What is PTSD? Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental condition that develops in response to a traumatic event. It is characterised by intrusive recollections – ‘flashbacks’ – of the traumatising event that cause extreme…

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Deep breathing techniques can have a dramtic and helpful effect on the body during times of stress

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The Science of Healing Breath: How deep breathing can bring you calm, reduce anxiety and improve your health

Breathing is the critical mechanism for the maintenance of human life. It confers oxygen into the bloodstream, pumping the body with the essential molecules it needs for metabolic processes, and ridding it of unneeded waste…

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Understanding fear and how to overcome fear in your life

What is fear? Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by a perceived threat of harm or suffering. Fear may be referred to by many different names; phobia, anxiety, social anxiety, panic, fight-or-flight and so on.…

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Another Way To Understand Depression

What Does Depression Feel Like? Depression is all-encompassing, like a haze that has descended upon your mind and life that can’t be cleared. Depression is the most common disabling illness to affect the world’s population.…

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Seasonal Affective Disorder: Effective ways to beat the winter blues

Gone are the days of ripe mangoes, sizzling barbeques, and the low evening hum of air-cons across the country working overtime to combat the scorching summer heat. Instead we’re facing cooler days, longer nights, and…

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Compulsive Hoarding: Signs, Causes and Treatment

Humans love collecting stuff – we always have. From the hunter-gatherer tribes of the Paleolithic era who foraged and stored surplus food, to modern-day art collectors and shopaholics – people like to accumulate possessions.

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Cognitive behavioural therapy for social anxiety; the latest research

Social anxiety is a silent, stay-at-home epidemic of social avoidance. One in four Australians experience anxiety, and around 11% of the population will experience social anxiety in their lifetime. Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is an incredibly…

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Back to school anxiety guide life supports

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Back to School Anxiety: New Coping Techniques

Back to school anxiety can affect anyone – from a 4-year old about to start kindergarten, a prep student or child starting at a new school, to a pre-teen commencing high school. Even adolescents about…

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Avoiding a High Conflict Divorce

Making the decision to get a divorce is neither easy nor pleasant. Avoiding a high-conflict divorce is a priority for many partners who are separating, especially when there are children involved. In the long-term, minimising…

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Festive Season Stress Management

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How to manage stress during the festive / holiday season

The festive season is known as a time of celebration and togetherness with friends and families – yet it consistently rates high on the scale of stressful life events, right behind losing a loved one,…

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Learning curve: tips for dealing with school refusal

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Learning Curve: Tips for Dealing with School Refusal

When a child continually refuses to attend school, there is significant stress for the child, family and school community involved. Chronic school refusal can have devastating impacts – both short and long term – on…

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6 signs you may have anxiety disorder and how to treat it

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6 Signs You May Have Anxiety Disorder and How to Treat It

Everyone experiences some form of anxiety from time-to-time, as part of the body’s normal response to a stressful event – speaking in public, for instance, or if you’re facing financial difficulty. In these instances, mild…

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How to identify, treat and live with an anxiety disorder

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How to Identify, Treat and Live with an Anxiety Disorder

Everyone experiences anxiety – it’s a normal response to a stressful event. Anxious feelings may range from uneasiness and worry to severe panic. Experiencing mild anxiety can help people perform at their best, by giving them…

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Cause and effects of depression

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Cause and effects of depression

Stop for a moment and take a look at how you are feeling. Do you feel miserable and bad about yourself much of the time? Are you increasingly preoccupied with negative ideas about your life…

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Managing anxiety: a self-help guide to symptoms and strategies

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Looking to manage anxiety? Here is our self-help guide to anxiety symptoms and practical coping strategies

For many of us anxiety can be a consuming and debilitating condition which is increasingly common in today’s high pressure society. Anxiety is defined as an unpleasant emotional state consisting of psychophysiological symptoms (physical symptoms…

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Psychological Trauma Symptoms and Warning Signs

There are many symptoms of psychological trauma, and all can have a devastating effect on your ability to function in your daily life and relationships. Traumatic events are experiences that have put an individual in…

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