An Introduction to Anxiety and Stress
Anxiety, stress or tension are normal features of everyday living in greater or lesser degrees. It may also be true to say nothing is achieved without it. Indeed a life without challenges could be rather dull. The Stress Factor Examples of anxiety / stress could be seen as going for an interview, looking after someone who is unwell, rushing for a bus, or the one most school children and students meet on a regular basis; that dreaded exam. The feeling produced by any... [Read more]
Depression: An Overview
In its mildest form depression makes everything harder to do and less worthwhile. At its worst it can be life-threatening making you feel like giving up. Occasional moods of sadness, discouragement are a normal part of day to day living and should not be confused with depression. Depression of a more severe nature is usually accompanied by despair, lethargy, a feeling of not caring about yourself, or anyone else maybe both, loss of appetite, sleeplessness. There are... [Read more]
Self Blame
Is it not better to blame myself than put the blame on to another person? Well, it may be better if you could develop a positive attitude toward yourself rather than continually blaming yourself. A very important part of positive thinking is giving yourself a pat on the back from time to time. Doing this is an incredibly good way of building up your self confidence. Blaming Oneself The list below shows the difference between the harmful effects of anxiety’s negative... [Read more]
Seeking Medical Help
Mixed anxiety, stress & depression is most common here in the Uk. Making your doctor your first port of call for advise can only be a good course of action. Some of the symptoms of anxiety can indeed make you think you are coming down with some dreaded illness such as heart attack, (chest pains) stomach pains, even passing out. It is not surprising that people suffering from anxiety/stress visit their doctor’s more frequently than average. The ratio of 29%... [Read more]
Fight or Flight
We all experience stress/anxiety at some time in our lives and most of us, as individuals, deal with it in different ways. For me, it would be to stand my ground if I was feeling stressed due to a heated debate over something of great importance to myself. Another individual however, may choose to leave the same stressful situation as in their eyes it had become unbearable for them to continue and at the time, seemed to have been the right thing to do. Leaving The Situation All... [Read more]
Have you A Story to Tell?
Your very thoughts have a profound effect on how you feel. We all have our different ways of either putting ourselves down, or patting ourselves on the back. If you are continually putting yourself down you will become isolated. In my mind this is the very foundation depression is built upon. Jailer Of Your Thoughts Have you ever felt you were all alone with no-one to turn to. The problem you seem to be having just does not happen to anybody else. Do you often find yourself... [Read more]
Drunk (poem)
Screwed To The Floor People Around An Ocean Of Sound Pounds On My Ear Drinking My Beer Drink – Smoke I’m Nearly Broke Going To Spew… What If I Do? Sit Stand Look At My Hand Covered In Sweat, Clammy And Wet Light A New Fag Cough And A Drag Watch The Smoke Rise Smoke In My Eyes. Gorge Starts To Rise Watery Eyes Fighting My Bile Idiot Smile. Give A Wet... [Read more]
As Time Goes By (real life story)
I searched myself for why would this happen to me and my baby? What had I done? Should I have gone straight to hospital instead of my G.P? Had I eaten something? Did I lift something heavy? Robert lived for three months. He never came home… It’s January 1990, I am twenty three years old very naive, and six months pregnant with my first baby. I found myself in increasing pain in my back. So bad that I could neither sit or stand comfortably. I went to my G.P... [Read more]
Loneliness (poem)
When Things Go Wrong As They Sometimes Will. When The Road You’re Trudging Seems All Up Hill. When Funds Are Low And Debts Are High And You Want to Smile, But Only Sigh. When Care Is Pressing You Down A Bit Rest If You Must, But Don’t You Quit Life Is Queer With Its Twists And Turns As Everyone Of Us Sometimes Learns. And Many A Failure Turns About When You... [Read more]
Moth in a Dayroom (real life story)
When my marriage broke up, it wasn’t the only thing that went to pieces. I had been married for twenty four years, known her for twenty seven, and it was like looking in a mirror and seeing someone else… Everything was either different, or gone… I mean everything was gone… even me. After charging around, bumping into things for a while, I finally found myself on a psychiatric ward, without really remembering how I’d got there, if I’d... [Read more]
Only the Lonely (verses)
In my earlier years of training I did some voluntary work for a mental health charity. During that time I met some very lonely and vulnerable, yet wonderful people, some with very serious mental health issues, while others, have had serious life changing tragedies. The writings on this page, and the pages within this section of the website, are their work. Take a few minutes to stop and read some of the stories, verse and poems. They depict just one of the many facets... [Read more]
The Mean Streets (poem)
Where despair meets Disappointments and defeats. Where your footsteps pass Over blood and broken glass You’re on the mean streets. Where lust and greed Chase the things they think they need. Where the easy score Is what they‘re all looking for You’re on the mean streets. And the pain they give Is the only life they live And the pain they feel ... [Read more]
Up Up and Away (real life story)
Had she really been sleeping with my so called mates?… Could I go on to make this marriage work?… Was it all in my imagination?… Do I keep taking the pills, or is there more to it than meets the eye?… This was the start to becoming a legalized drug addict. With what was then classed as the wonder drug of its time… Valium. It hit me out of the blue. Married four years, a two year old son, everything in the garden seemed rosy. Then my wife... [Read more]
Learning The Hard Way (real life story)
I was to meet my girlfriend in town, then on to a night club. We met as arranged. A few minutes after entering the night club I found I was having a little difficulty breathing. I had not long since gave up the smoking habit I put the feeling down to the smokey atmosphere. I tried to ignore the feeling and went on to enjoy myself. Not for long. Within twenty minutes or so I began to feel dizzy, my mouth had gone rather dry, I had some really serious chest pains and I... [Read more]
