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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…