Sleep, calm and recovery, explained properly

Intrusive thoughts are unwanted, upsetting thoughts, images or urges, often about harm, sex, illness or doing something out of character. Almost everyone

Anxiety can cause real chest pain or tightness, often a sharp or stabbing pain, with a racing heart, sweating, dizziness and fast

“Nervous breakdown” isn’t a medical term, but people use it to describe reaching a point where stress, anxiety or depression become so

People pleasing means regularly putting other people’s needs and approval ahead of your own, often at a cost to you. Signs include

To control anger in the moment, pause before reacting: count to 10, breathe slowly, and step away until your body calms down.

Feeling overstimulated means your brain is getting more noise, light, touch, information or demands than it can comfortably process. You may feel

Health anxiety is when worrying that you’re ill, or about to become ill, starts to take over your life. Common signs are

Working from home can be good for mental health, with no commute and more flexibility, but it can also bring loneliness, longer

To deal with anxiety, use quick calming tools in the moment, such as slow breathing and grounding, and build longer-term habits: regular

Mindfulness means paying full attention to the present moment, including your thoughts, feelings and surroundings, without judging them.

Feeling irritable is usually your body’s way of saying something is off. The most common causes are poor sleep, stress, hunger, too

Imposter syndrome is the persistent feeling that you’re not as capable as others think, and that you’ll be “found out”, despite evidence