October is nearly upon us, and what an auspicious month it is. Not only does it contain Halloween and my mum’s birthday (Happy Birthday, Mum!), but it’s also the month of Stoptober.
Every October, the NHS invites smokers to quit as part of its annual Stoptober campaign. But can it be done? Can you successfully ditch the cigarettes and remain a non-smoker? The short answer is yes.
In Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT), the form of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) that I advocate, we say that your demands are at the root of your psychological disturbance. But, what is a demand exactly, and how does it disturb you? Read more
Okay, so the title of this article may have been purloined from the inaugural address of the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, but it also serves as an excellent introduction to that aspect of anxiety known as panic disorder, a condition that can be borne of just one or even several panic attacks. A panic attack is several things at once, none of them fun. Read more