Why do life changes have such a big effect?

We tend to think of anxiety as a response to bad things happening. But psychologically, any significant change – wanted or otherwise – disrupts the familiar patterns that help us feel safe. When the ground shifts under us, even in a direction we’ve chosen, our nervous system doesn’t always distinguish between “exciting” and “threatening.” The […]

When Anxiety Takes Over: Recognising the Difference Between Everyday Worry and Anxiety That Needs Support

Everyone worries. It’s part of being human. We worry about money, about the people we love, about whether we said the wrong thing in a meeting last Tuesday and what is happening around us. Worry, in small doses, can even be useful – it prompts us to prepare, to plan, to take action. But for […]