Anxiety

What Causes Borderline Personality Disorder?

Video, Anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Stress, Suicide /

I want to briefly describe what BPD is to those of you who may not know yet. Borderline Personality disorder or BPD is a mental illness that’s characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, and self-image. Those with BPD can be impulsive (with regard to self-harm behaviors, sex, spending, binge eating, reckless

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A Mental Health Journey Podcast: #18: Helping a Loved One

Podcast, Breathing Techniques, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Coping Skills, Counselling, Depression, Emotional Wellbeing, Men’s Mental Health, Parent's Section, Recovery, Relationships, Resilience, Self Care, Women's Mental Health, Youth Section /

The question I get asked more than any other is “How can I support my partner/brother/sister/friend/colleague when they have anxiety or depression?”. In this podcast, I wanted to share what types of things people have done to help me in my mental health journey, and hopefully do so in a way that helps you to

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A Mental Health Journey Podcast: #14: The Physical Effects of Stress, Anxiety & Depression

Podcast, Anxiety, Body Scan, Breathing Techniques, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Coping Skills, Depression, Emotional Wellbeing, Recovery, Self Care, Stress /

The physical effects that stress, anxiety and depression can have on our bodies is incredible. For me, these have been the most challenging aspects of living with mental illness but through therapy, CBT and self-reflection, I have worked out how I can adapt and continue to live a full life. In this episode, I share

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Experiencing Trauma Symptoms From Your Relationship

Video, Abuse, Anxiety, Coping Skills, Emotional Wellbeing, Recovery, Relationships, Stress /

You may be currently experiencing trauma symptoms from the stress and crisis of your relationship. This can affect all aspects of your life. It is important to educate yourself on the symptoms and treatment of betrayal trauma. The first 20 minutes is psychoeducational, the rest of the video is a question and answer session. Kristin’s

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A Mental Health Journey Podcast: #6: Medicated Me

Podcast, Coping Skills, Depression, Medication, Recovery /

In this episode, Conor talks about his journey with medication.  He has been on antidepressants since June 2019 and has had plenty of ups and downs on them. Here, he reflects on his initial resistance to medical treatment; his decision to start taking SSRIs; the change he made from Sertraline to Fluoxetine in October 2019;

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A Mental Health Journey Podcast: #5: Social Media & Mental Health

Podcast, Anxiety, Coping Skills, Depression /

A Mental Health Journey.com is a blog and podcast that hopes to help others in their journeys with anxiety and depression. In this episode, Conor shares his experiences of life with and without social media and the impacts of each on his mental health. For the last year, Conor has tried his best to reduce

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A Mental Health Journey Podcast: #3: Psychotherapy & CBT

Podcast, Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Coping Skills, Counselling, Emotional Wellbeing /

In this episode, Conor opens up about his experiences of therapy. Conor has had over one hundred psychotherapy sessions in the last three years and has also completed a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) course with the NHS. In this piece  he explains what these two therapies involve, what his own experiences of them have been

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