Grounding Techniques for Anxiety and Panic Attacks
Identifying Anxiety and Panic Attacks Your heart is racing. You are breathing so hard you feel like you’re choking. Your body starts to tremble, and all the while, panic consumes …
What helps children with ADHD?
Hyperactivity, impulsivity and difficulty concentrating are the hallmarks of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). What helps children with ADHD?
Are you a perfectionist?
BY PSYCHLOPAEDIA, AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY Striving for precision may seem like a desirable trait, but research suggests extreme perfectionism is a risk factor for depression, anxiety and eating disorders. We live …
Nine tips about panic attacks
BY PSYCHLOPAEDIA, AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY Panic attacks are sudden and frighteningPanic attacks are a sudden and overwhelming experience of anxiety and fear. They can be an abrupt escalation of pre-existing anxiety …
Are you suffering separation anxiety?
BY PSYCHLOPAEDIA, AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY Partners, parents, even a pet: one in 20 Australians struggle to cope with being apart from their loved ones Separation anxiety has long thought to be …