Sarah’s Health Notes: Couch Slouch = Couch Ouch!
‘I’m in agony,’ screamed the email from a young mum, who’s working at home. ‘It’s worst between my shoulder blades. It feels like a pain in my lungs when I take a d...
Read more‘I’m in agony,’ screamed the email from a young mum, who’s working at home. ‘It’s worst between my shoulder blades. It feels like a pain in my lungs when I take a d...
Read moreWe are all aware of the immense strain put on frontline NHS staff at present. People cope in different ways but for Dr Maya Shahsavari, a specialist registrar in ENT surgery based in Dundee, looking a...
Read moreAfter Lockdown 1, there was a phase when people asked ‘have you had a good lockdown?’ That seems pretty unlikely for anyone suffering with poor mental health but for one person with a diagnosed anxiet...
Read moreIt’s been an anxious making year for everyone and I’ve certainly not been immune. As well as all the issues of the pandemic, my brother died in May, my sister in law is now very ill (both...
Read moreLittle story: when my formerly dotty and very neurotic horse (Arab cross thoroughbred, an inflammable combination) had to travel in a horsebox, which he loathed, we used to dab lavender oil under his...
Read moreFilmmaker Emma*, 55, a mother of two and recent grandmother, gave this account of her experience with an online CBT programme recommended by her GP to help manage her feelings of anxiety and depressio...
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