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Not Every Disappointment Is A "Sign", Actually

by Katy Thompsett

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Should I Give Up Trying To Save The Planet?

If Your SAD Symptoms Aren’t Shifting, Get Distracted

In A World That Demands Women Shrink, Weightlifting Taught Me The Opposite

Eid Celebrations Make Me Feel Lonely In My Mixed-Race Relationship

I never feel as lonely as I do on Eid day. The loneliness began around the age of 19. I was dating my now husband, Jack, and nobody knew except my mum. She

by Humeara Mohamed

4 Questions To Ask Yourself If You Think You Are In A Toxic Relat...

Trigger warning: This article contains themes of abuse. If spending time with your partner feels like it drains, upsets or hurts you, you might be in a tox

by Erika W. Smith

Ask A Therapist: I’m Single & I’m Embarrassed About How Lonely I Am

Ever wondered what you’d say to a therapist, given the chance? We asked Dr Sheri Jacobson, a retired psychotherapist with over 17 years’ clinic

by Sadhbh O'Sullivan

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Gaslighting Happens In Friendships Too. Beware Of These Signs

‘Gaslighting’, quite tragically, now has a cemented place in our modern lexicon. The term was one of Oxford Dictionaries’ words of the ye

Don’t Fall For The Festive Happiness Trap

The movies, the ads, the perfectly curated Instagram pictures of decorations, wrapped presents, and matching family jammies all fuel this idea of what we t

by Elizabeth Gulino

Can These SAD Lamps & Wake-Up Lights Beat The Winter Blues? We Fo...

Sometimes, knowing a dark and gloomy autumn is coming can be more depressing than the season itself. If you’re someone with seasonal affective disord

I Tried Lucid Dreaming To See If It Would Improve My Waking Life

My first experience of lucid dreaming was, like many nighttime visions, both exceptional and banal. I was standing at Haggerston Overground station in Lond

I Couldn’t Afford To Treat My Mental Health Crisis Without ...

At the end of 2021, I paid £380 for the privilege of a psychiatrist telling me I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This was a huge relief, particularly

by Sadhbh O'Sullivan

The Rise In Manifestation Sounds Is Causing Chaos For People With...

Twenty-seven-year-old Erica Kathleen regularly finds herself making private TikTok videos in the middle of the night to “manifestation sounds“.

Can You Actually Self-Diagnose ADHD? It’s Complicated

In 2021, Tomboy Mani posted a TikTok video that helped spur a viral ADHD self-diagnosis conversation, racking up nine million views (and counting) in the p

It’s Not Just You — House Sharing Actually Makes You Miserable

Imagine not having real control over when you can pee, how clean your kitchen is, or how the room you sleep in is decorated. Well, actually, don’t imagin

by Sadhbh O'Sullivan

Ask A Therapist: I Can’t Stop Overthinking Everything At Work

Ever wondered what you’d say to a therapist, given the chance? We asked Dr Sheri Jacobson, a retired psychotherapist with over 17 year

by Sadhbh O'Sullivan

After 6 Years, I’m Taking A Break From Therapy

This is Grace Victory’s personal experience, as told to Sadhbh O’Sullivan Editors’ note: This story has been updated to reflect this is a

by Grace Victory

“You’re My Favourite Person”: When Love Turns T...

Warning: This article mentions suicide. Throughout my life I have become fixated on specific people. In hindsight I see them as regular people, but at the

Here’s How Anxiety Affects Your Ability To Orgasm

If you’re someone who deals with stress and anxiety, the unwanted mental and physical effects can creep up during the most inopportune times. Perhaps you

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Do Therapists Actually Use Therapy Speak?

Ever wondered what you’d say to a therapist, given the chance? We asked Dr Sheri Jacobson, a retired psychotherapist with over 17 year

by Sadhbh O'Sullivan

Wild Swimming Is The Anxiety Antidote I Never Knew I Needed

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anna Deacon & Vicky Allan (@wildswimmingphotography) on Feb 10, 2019 at 2:42am PST It was nostalgia, not a

by Catherine Renton

Why Our Milestone FOMO Is Worse Than Ever

These days, we have more life paths than we could possibly fathom. We know there’s no one way to go about our lives, and that success looks so differ

Seasonal Health

Summertime SAD Is Real; Here’s How To Deal With It

It’s pretty much accepted that gloomy winter weather makes people feel more down or tired. But, in my experience, what’s even more depressing t

by Kimberly Truong

Receiving An Autism Diagnosis Has Helped Me Finally Make Sense Of...

I’ve been autistic my whole life, but I didn’t know it until late last year. Truthfully, I went through most of my life never even thinking about autis

Do You Try To Fall Asleep To A Dream Of Your Choice? That’s Dream...

To sleep, perchance to dream? While plenty of us leave our chances of a pleasant nighttime adventure — the kind that makes you rush up to the first perso

by Kayleigh Dray

Ask A Therapist: I Feel Left Out Because I Can’t Afford What My F...

Ever wondered what you’d say to a therapist, given the chance? We asked Dr Sheri Jacobson, a retired psychotherapist with over 17 year

by Sadhbh O'Sullivan

Intrusive Thoughts Aren’t What You Think They Are

Warning: The following includes descriptions of intrusive thoughts that some readers may find distressing. Have you ever been standing on a train platform,

by Eve Upton-Clark

I Can’t Stop Fantasising About My Therapist – Thanks To Ero...

When Beth* started therapy, she was shocked to find herself having sexual fantasies about her much older, male therapist. “I would go into the sessio

by Hannah Mackenzie

Self-Harm Is Not ‘Attention-Seeking’, It’s R...

Warning: This article discusses sexual assault, abuse and self-harm in a way that may be distressing to some readers. “It got to the point where I co

by Ellie Broughton

My ‘Viral Fairytale Romance’ Was Actually A BPD Break...

March 2020 seems like yesterday and a million years ago all at once. COVID-19 had started to spread around the UK but life was cautiously carrying on as no

by Thea de Gallier

Everything I Wish I’d Known About Breast Reduction

The unspooled roll of hospital paper dulls the coldness on my back as I lie on the bed, waiting for expert hands to weigh up the scale of my disproportiona

by Aimée Walsh

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