If you suffer from mental illness, you can feel intensely alone. Why does this happen, and what can you do about it?
Tag: Happiness
Why can’t I do what I want to do?
Wanting presupposes that we do not have things as we would like them to be. It therefore implies dissatisfaction with the status quo. When we
How to avoid extreme emotional highs and lows
It’s surprisingly common to experience uncomfortable highs and lows, even during the course of a day. Of course we prefer the highs – joy, laughter
Why detachment can make us happy and healthy
Attachment is the way we become victim to our craving for things. The things can be drugs, other people, food, possessions… but the idea is
Mental health: three simple tactics to reduce anxiety
Those who suffer from acute anxiety will know the feeling. There is a pervasive sense of threat, as though danger lurks just around the corner.
Living on the edge, and making yourself safe places
We all live on the edge to some degree. There is always some threat, something that could take us ‘over the edge’, and into some
