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It’s a term that we hear or read very often and aware that it’s to do with our mental state, rather than physical, BUT what does it actually refer to? According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), mental health is described as ‘a state of wellbeing in which the individual realises his or her abilities, can cope with the normal [...]

Mind defines depression as ‘Depression is a low mood that lasts for a long time, and affects your everyday life.’ Most people go through periods of feeling down from time to time, however, when you’re depressed you persistently feel sad for more than just a few days. It is a low mood that impacts your daily life. In its mildest form, [...]

Mindfulness – what is it, how can it help and when to implement it? It’s a buzz word that you have undoubtedly heard over the past few years, but what exactly does it mean? Mind.org defines mindfulness as ‘ the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive [...]

Definition – noun 1. a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.”he felt a surge of anxiety” [https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/] What is anxiety? Your heart rate increases, you feel on full alert and your body tenses up – does that sound familiar? Anxiety is how we feel when we are worried, tense or afraid. Triggers for these things [...]

World Mental Health Day takes place annually, on the 10 October. It was first recognised in 1992, by the World Federation for Mental Health. This organisation is a global mental health community, with members and contacts from more than 150 countries. In parallel with this, the Mental Health Foundation has been campaigning for the past 70 years, in order to [...]

Noun the way in which two or more people or things are connected, or the state of being connected.”the study will assess the relationship between unemployment and political attitudes The word ‘relationship’ is used so freely by people, so that it’s often assumed to have one universal definition. However, the word actually encompasses such a huge variety of kinds of human connections, [...]