Sexual anxiety: the fear of failing and how to break the loop
The fear that “it won't work” makes failing more likely. How the loop of sexual anxiety closes in men and women, and what can break it.
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Anxiety, worry and restlessness - what goes on in the brain and body. Posts on rumination, catastrophising, physical symptoms with no findings, and exercises worth trying.
"The tests are normal, but it still hurts": what therapy knows about psychosomatics
Why "in your head" does not mean "made up", what actually happens in the body under prolonged strain, and when therapy makes sense alongside a doctor.
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder: more than tidiness and cleanliness
OCD is not a love of order but a cycle of unwanted thoughts and acts that ease anxiety only for a moment. What obsessions and compulsions are, how the cycle works and…
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How to help someone you love with anxiety — without burning out
What to say and what not to, why reassurance isn't the same as support, and how loving accommodation quietly keeps anxiety going. And how to stay by someone without burning out.
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Social confidence: how to stop fearing new people
Where the line runs between shyness and social anxiety, why safety behaviours keep us afraid, and how to approach new people step by step.
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Emetophobia: the fear of vomiting that is rarely talked about
Emetophobia is a fear of vomiting that decides what you eat, where you go and sometimes even whether you have children. How it shows, why it is not an eating disorder and…
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Anxiety in pregnancy and after birth: what mothers rarely talk about
Anxiety after birth is at least as common as postnatal depression, yet hidden behind "conscientiousness". What it looks like, what intrusive thoughts about harming the baby are, and where to find help.
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Therapy or medication for anxiety: what the research shows
Psychotherapy, medication or both? What research says about treating anxiety, what happens after treatment ends, and how to prepare for the decision together with your doctor.
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Fear of flying: what is going on and what helps
Fear of flying is not one fear: inside it are a crash, confined space, loss of control and your own panic. Why statistics don't reassure, what keeps the fear going and what…
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Decision paralysis: when thinking it over becomes a way of avoiding
Three weeks of weighing it up and no closer? Decision paralysis isn't a lack of thought — it's fear of loss and regret. Here's how to find your way out.
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