Approach anxiety is a trainable threat response, not a shy personality, and small repeated approaches recalibrate it.
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- Personal Essays
How Reassurance Seeking Can Feel Like Intense Love (And Quietly Affect Your Relationship)
Mistaking relationship anxiety for deep love leads to constant reassurance seeking, which harms personal well-being and partners’ trust.
Forgetfulness blanking and freezing usually reflect mental overload not low effort so meet them with patience.
- Mental Health & Well-Being
Mindfulness Lessons in Schools Could Help Tackle Rising Teen Anxiety and Depression
Mindfulness could help teenagers manage stress and anxiety, new research suggests, although more evidence is still needed.
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
Childhood Trauma and Bullying Linked to Higher Risk of Social Anxiety in Teenagers, Study Finds
New research from Yogyakarta links childhood trauma and bullying to teenage social phobia while warm balanced parenting helps protect against it.
Natural birth ideals and zero tolerance for harm cannot both be true, so mothers face anxiety and staff face blame.
- Gender & Sexuality
Sexual Identity Linked to Lower Depression and Anxiety in Gay and Lesbian Adults, Study Finds
A study finds that sexual identity and psychological flexibility together help protect gay and lesbian adults from depression and anxiety.
- Cyberpsychology & Technology
Iceland Rolls Out Nationwide Self-Referral Digital Mental Health Service for Anxious Children
Iceland’s national self-referral scheme shows digital mental health support can reach anxious children quickly and safely.
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
What Modern CBT Actually Looks Like (and Why “Just Challenge Your Thoughts” Misses the Point)
by Peter Kleinby Peter KleinCBT maps specific real life moments and uses graded exposure to target behaviours that maintain anxiety equipping clients with lasting independent skills.
Posttraumatic growth may help protect flood prone communities from the psychological toll of chronic flood anxiety.
- Mental Health & Well-Being
Young People Hiding Deep Loneliness Behind “Busy” Social Media Lives, Study Finds
Busy social lives and constant online activity can mask deep loneliness that only genuine relationships truly relieve.
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
1 in 3 People Living with HIV in India Experience Anxiety, Study Finds
High rates of anxiety among people with HIV in India show the need for routine screening to support treatment success.
- Personal Essays
What Jungian Analysis Taught Me About Anxiety (After Living Through My Own)
by Anna Bulatby Anna BulatAnxiety has two parts: calm the body first, then listen to what it’s trying to tell you.
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
Recovery Is More Than Sobriety: Why Wellness and Connection Matter for Lasting Change
National Recovery Month 2026 presents recovery as building wellness, connection and purpose rather than simply stopping substance use.
- Mind & Brain
Who Is Dr Matthew Zuch and What Is His Connection to NeuroBoost?
by Amelia Hartby Amelia HartDr Matthew Zuch co-founded NeuroBoost to offer non-medication TMS therapy for patients with treatment-resistant depression, OCD, and anxiety.
