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Breaking the cycle and recognizing the emotional patterns running on the background was what was missing after years in different approaches For ten years, chronic back pain shaped what I could do, how I moved and how I imagined my future. When pain continues for that long, it stops feeling like something you are experiencing and begins to feel like part of who you are. Plans are made around it. Ordinary movements are assessed before you make them. Work, sleep and family life

Feeling scared before a blood test, scan or medical appointment? Understand medical test anxiety and learn ways to calm your body before the day The appointment may still be days away, but your body is already responding as if something is about to happen. You imagine the needle, the scanner or the conversation with the doctor. You may worry about feeling trapped, fainting, panicking or hearing unexpected news. By the time the day arrives, you have already lived through the a

Anxiety can create or intensify physical symptoms. Understand the anxiety–symptom cycle and how calming the body can help reduce the fear A tight chest. A fluttering heartbeat. Tingling in your hands. A sudden wave of dizziness or nausea. When something changes in your body, it is natural to notice it. But when the sensation immediately raises the possibility that something may be seriously wrong, the body can quickly become the centre of your attention. You monitor the feeli

Home starts to feel like the only safe place — but it doesn't have to stay that way. By Bibiana Abreu, EFT Tapping Practitioner You used to make plans without thinking much about them. A coffee, a long drive, a day out, dinner with friends. Now there is another calculation happening in the background. What if I feel dizzy while I'm there? What if my heart starts racing? What if my stomach plays up? What if I need help and I'm too far from home? So you stay closer. You cancel

You're not craving sugar. You're craving what the sugar used to fix. Food cravings are often treated as a problem of self-control. You want the chocolate, the crisps or the sugar; you know you don't necessarily need it; and the obvious solution seems to be resisting the urge. But cravings are more complex than that. A food craving is an intense desire for a particular food, and it can exist independently of physical hunger. Research into cravings has increasingly looked beyon

Anxiety symptoms often return for a reason. Discover why managing symptoms alone may not create lasting change and how psychotherapy helps uncover the emotional patterns beneath anxiety.