by Peter Ledden | Aug 24, 2018 | Uncategorised
Secret signs of anxiety part four: Today’s topics: Over-reliance on Doctor Google Is my headache a brain tumour? What does this dot on my skin mean? I feel funny today… is this feeling normal for someone age? How do I check without going to the doctor? Doctor Google...
by Peter Ledden | Aug 24, 2018 | Uncategorised
Secret signs of anxiety: part three Today’s anxiety topic: compulsive double checking. Check one more time I sent that email, check again the house is locked. Did I turn off the oven? The work alarm is it on? Sound familiar? In this third blog of the series we are...
by Peter Ledden | Aug 24, 2018 | Uncategorised
15 thinking styles that lead to massive anxiety 5/15: Catastrophizing Catastrophizing is an irrational thought a lot of us have in believing that something is far worse than it actually is. Catastrophizing can generally can take three different forms: making a...
by Peter Ledden | Aug 24, 2018 | Uncategorised
Secret signs of anxiety: Part Two: Needing to use the bathroom frequently Just as common today as anxiety are stomach problems associated with conditions such as IBS. More and more this is affecting young people who would try anything to avoid the discomfort and the...
by Peter Ledden | Aug 24, 2018 | Uncategorised
Today’s topics: Making excuses not to go out in a group Anxiety is so common these days it’s as common as the common cold. It doesn’t discriminate who it comes after and just like any disease it builds itself up from a niggling issue into a much more infectious...
by Peter Ledden | Aug 24, 2018 | Uncategorised
15 thinking styles that lead to massive anxiety 4/15: Mind Reading Mind Reading is an automatic negative thought that is very common in social anxiety and in many other types of anxiety. The anxious mind in order to head off feared reactions from others anticipates...