I didn't think I'd see myself writing another post about anxiety - at least not in the context of my current experience. I wrote one particular post a while ago going in depth about my experiences with diagnosed anxiety and agoraphobia; and how receiving cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) dramatically improved my symptoms. Something I've been… Continue reading The Muddy Waters Of Covert Anxiety
Category: Anxiety
Mental Illness + Free Will
I wrote a post about free will as it pertains to abuse a little while ago. The concept of free will interests me on a philosophical and psychological level because I think it's so nuanced. The main question it boils down to are the statements: you can't help it or you can help it. You can't help sleeping all… Continue reading Mental Illness + Free Will
Mourning The Lack Of An Idyllic Adolescence
I didn't realise I still carried so much pain with me around my experience of adolescence until a boy I used to see spoke about his. We were in his car, driving somewhere on a Sunday, I think, and a song came on his playlist that reminded him of being a teenager (see below). "I… Continue reading Mourning The Lack Of An Idyllic Adolescence
The Downside Of Medication As First Line Treatment For Anxiety + Depression
I watched a video recently about Lil Xan, a rapper from California who has been very candid about his drug abuse. In the past, he was very reliant upon benzodiazepines and opioids but he is supposedly clean or becoming clean now - although this has been disputed by many. There was one part of the… Continue reading The Downside Of Medication As First Line Treatment For Anxiety + Depression
Anxiety – The Coping Mechanism That Changed My Life
Anxiety is something that's garnered a lot of attention lately. In some ways that's a good thing. People now feel less strange for struggling with these irrational feelings. And in some ways it's a bad thing. With the rise of technological advances and social media has come a rise in self-diagnosis: girls on tumblr feigning… Continue reading Anxiety – The Coping Mechanism That Changed My Life
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