How Ways of Thinking and Behaving Affect Anxiety
January 15th, 2021 0 commentsThis is the 12th in a series of blogs, using answers to pass Mental Health qualifications. This short blog helps describe how different ways of thinking and behaving affect anxiety. This blog follows on from how anxiety has an effect on people. The next blog will give some ideas and suggestions about how to manage
How Anxiety Has an Effect on People
December 15th, 2020 1 commentThis is the 11th in a series of blogs, using answers to pass Mental Health qualifications. This short blog is about how Anxiety effects people. Awareness, with the topic expanded upon in future blogs. Situations where individuals may experience anxiety: People can experience anxiety when there is a fear of the unknown, when they fear
Anxiety Awareness
November 29th, 2020 0 commentsThis is the 10th in a series of blogs, using answers to pass Mental Health qualifications. This short blog is an introduction to Anxiety Awareness, with the topic expanded upon in future blogs. Defining the term ‘anxiety’ Very briefly, anxiety can be described as the extreme fear of the future, of the unknown, worrying about
Managing Stress
November 17th, 2020 0 commentsThis is the 9th in a series of blogs, using answers to pass Mental Health qualifications. Now, Managing Stress could be a very long post. I’m sure there are whole books written on the subject. There most certainly is not a one-size-fits-all approach to managing stress. This is more a of a round-up of certain
How Stress can affect People
November 11th, 2020 0 commentsThis is the 8th in a series of blogs, using answers to pass Mental Health qualifications. Stress can be useful and harmful Useful Eustress is stress that is good for you. Having some of pressure, good stress, can be a motivator, to help you achieve and succeed and bring you joy. Harmful When stress starts
Causes of Stress
November 2nd, 2020 0 commentsThis is the 7th in a series of blogs, using answers to pass Mental Health qualifications. Defining Stress Stress is considered to be the emotional and/or physical response of a person, when faced with a challenging situation. Many would say the emotional and physical reactions are adverse, causing more stress in a person. Stress is
HEALTH, WELLNESS AND LOOKING AFTER YOU!
October 23rd, 2020 0 commentsIn October 2020, I had a chat with Stuart James of Emotive-Eye for his ‘The Personal Connection’ podcast series about the importance of health, wellness and looking after you. We discuss a range of subjects including stress, burnout, knowing your own mind and body, listening to yourself and others, and boundaries. Why not make yourself
The impact that social and cultural attitudes to mental illness can have on individuals and their care.
July 18th, 2020 0 commentsThis is the 6th in a series of blogs, using answers to pass Mental Health qualifications. Negative attitudes can cause situations to worsen as people having mental ill health may find it harder to seek help and support, which can cause further isolation and decreasing health. Difficulties that people already have may worsen. Whilst there
How I see how Mental Illness is portrayed by the Media
May 10th, 2020 0 commentsHow I see how Mental Illness is portrayed by the Media This is the 5th blog in a series about Awareness of Mental Health Problems. These blogs are written based on work I completed for my mental health studies, of which the majority is written from the heart and based on my own personal experiences
The social context of mental illness
April 26th, 2020 0 commentsThis blog is the 4th in a series, based on work completed for my mental health studies. This describes some of the social and cultural attitudes to mental illness, including referencing to discrimination and stereotyping. Although there has been positive moves to highlight mental health, including mental ill health, there is still a lot of
