Victims of Abuse

Abuse is defined as one or more behaviours of maltreatment administered towards another with an intention to gain power and control. There is an abundance of various types of abuse but for the sake of this article we will condense to the following most general forms...

Addictions & Cravings

Addiction and Cravings are different topics, although they are interrelated. Addiction is a condition where a person feels compelled to consume a particular thing (substance addiction) or engage in a specific activity (behavioural addiction). They sense and seek...

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety is another name for fear and worry. People that suffer from anxiety are usually responding in fear to something in the present or dreading about something in the future. Anxiety is actually a natural thing that we all have as it is part of our innate system of...

Complimentary Cancer Therapy

Cancer is a terrible disease that affects around 18 million people a year, with over 10 million ending in death (2018). It affects every age group in every country and the effects of the disease also ripple through the family attached to the sufferer. I lost my own...

Self-Confidence

Self-confidence by definition is ‘a feeling of self-assurance arising from one’s own abilities or qualities’. Therefore as the scope of this article is focused on the problem of having a lacking in self-confidence, then this would equate to ‘a lack of assurance...

Shyness, Dating & Intimacy

There are some advantages to being single, mostly when we are younger, but ultimately all of us have an innate desire to find a romantic companion to share our lives with. If you want to learn about the consequences of an absence of connection then spend five minutes...

Decision Dilemmas

In this article regarding decision dilemmas, we are not talking about indecisiveness on what outfit to wear or what to cook for dinner. We are talking about much more serious decisions that we all face at various points in our life. Whenever we find ourselves in...

Depression

Life has its ups and downs and it’s inevitable for us to have good days and not so good days, but depression is a word that is used all too often these days. If somebody is feeling unhappy you will often hear them say that they are depressed. However, real depression...

Bad or Distressing Memories

Memory is a strange thing. I mean we can remember the full name of our first ever boss from many years ago, yet for some reason we cannot remember where we placed our keys a few hours ago! Memory is also a double edged sword. On the one hand our memories serve us to...