Anxiety
Anxiety is many things, affecting people in different ways depending physical and hormonal circumstances and intricately linked to your beliefs and values.
What anxiety is not is a noun; ”it” is not actually a “thing” that you catch; it is not something happening to you and it is not necessarily a negative, it is uncomfortable, but that doesn’t necessarily make it “bad."
Anxiety is a verb. It is a doing – it is a doing. And what this means is that you can learn to “do” anxiety in a different way. Below are a few golden nuggets to help you get back in the driver’s seat of managing your anxiety.
Depression
Depression is the outcome of a combination of lifestyle factors, negative psychological patterns, trauma, bio-chemical reactions and genetic predisposition.
How depression is managed, has to be dependent on the individual and their particular circumstances. Using an integrated approach, real changes can occur. Step one is understanding what is happening.
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