Over the last few months I have started having some really bad dreams; I wouldn’t say they all felt like nightmares, but they all shared one thing in common, I experienced anxiety and panic in them to a level where I was paralysed (in the dream that is). I have experienced nightmares in the past,Continue reading “Medication & Anxious Dreams.”
Category Archives: Anxiety
Anxiety and the Brain, Part 6: Circuitry
Circuitry is the connection between neurons, the basic building blocks of the brain, that we explored previously. “Neurons that fire together wire together” – Carla Shatz We learnt that neurons FIRE, which is where a positive charge travels from the receiving dendrites of the neuron, through the cell body, all the way to the axonContinue reading “Anxiety and the Brain, Part 6: Circuitry”
Escaping the Anxious Prison.
As we have seen previously, the brain is constantly working to keep you safe from danger and harm; this is great up until the point when the anxiety is so bad that the brain goes into safety overdrive and your feel paralysed; it is as if your brain has built a prison to keep youContinue reading “Escaping the Anxious Prison.”
Shall I Compare Me to a Shark?
As I mentioned in my last blog I have started an introductory course in counselling; during the introductions we were asked to say which animal we were most like, and then yesterday we had to talk about that while another person listened. I had really struggled to decide which animal I think am like, andContinue reading “Shall I Compare Me to a Shark?”
Back to School – Introduction to Counselling, Level 2
I left school when I was 17; I had finished my A-Levels and couldn’t get out of the place quick enough. It is safe to say that I hated school, or maybe I should say my school; it was fine if you were one of the smart ones or really good at sports, but ifContinue reading “Back to School – Introduction to Counselling, Level 2”
And Breathe...... 