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What is mental health anyway?

What do people really mean when they talk about mental health? Ask 4 different people and you’re likely to get 5 different answers. It’s…

Feb 4

What is mental health anyway?

Feb 4

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ILLUMINATION

Depression for dummies: explaining the ineffable

How does it feel to be depressed? Maybe we’ll never truly know

Oct 4

Depression for dummies: explaining the ineffable

Oct 4

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DEPRESSION: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

1 in every 20 people around the world suffer from Depression. In their hearts, they yearn for happiness, but their brains will not have it.

Sep 20

DEPRESSION: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Sep 20

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Stress is a ticking time bomb. Don’t be another victim

Stress is like the Kardashians. We’ve lived with it all our lives but how much do we really know?

Jul 20

Stress is a ticking time bomb. Don’t be another victim

Jul 20

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Shyness Pro Max: Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)

Spiders and snakes aren’t the only terrifying things in our world. To some people, hell is other people.

Jul 15

Shyness Pro Max: Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)

Jul 15

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It’s ‘high’ time we talked about Drugs!

Kids, buckle up for a wild ride through science, society, and everything in between (with fewer bad trips). Walk with me

Jul 5

It’s ‘high’ time we talked about Drugs!

Jul 5

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Trapped in Open Space: Dealing with Agoraphobia

For people with Agoraphobia, it’s always cold outside. Ice cold. Do you feel panic at the thought of being outside? Then this one’s for you

Jun 29

Trapped in Open Space: Dealing with Agoraphobia

Jun 29

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Phobia

Spiders. Snakes. Needles. Blood. Hair. Balloons. Children. Having no signal on your phone. What do these have in common? Why do we fear?

Jun 20

Phobia

Jun 20

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You’re not sick. You’re just human. And that’s ok

Not every sadness is depression. Not every bad behaviour is borderline. Not every quirk is OCD. Some say being human is already a condition

Jun 11

You’re not sick. You’re just human. And that’s ok

Jun 11

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Panic attack: all your questions answered

“The first time I had a panic attack I was losing my mind in my friend’s house…I thought the house was burning down around me… ” Emma Stone

May 2

Panic attack: all your questions answered

May 2

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Ask Dr Peter

I am a doctor and a writer in almost equal measure. I think a lot about the human condition, and how our lives can be more meaningful.

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