Anxiety and Stress – Trust Therapy

How is your nervous system doing?

in Anxiety and Stress, Covid-19, Links and Resources, Mind Body Connection 24th January 2022 0 0

Our nervous systems (especially in Ireland) have been through quite the rollercoaster in the past couple of months. We have experienced restrictions tightening, Christmas, possibly isolating/quarantining, the collective trauma of a murder, and...

Starting and returning to college reminders

in Anxiety and Stress, Emotions, Links and Resources, Young Adult 15th September 2021 0 0

From my personal experience of starting college, it was a difficult transition where I was very close to dropping out. College can be a fun and exciting time but it is not always rainbows and butterflies; it can often be a difficult time for...

We can suffer not only because something negative occurred, but also with the absence of something positive.

in Anxiety and Stress, Compassion, Links and Resources, Loss 8th September 2021 0 0

Something traumatic does not have to be the only reason that you deserve care, love, support. What can also create pain for us is the lack of positive experiences in our lives. Examples of this can be: In our childhood – our basic needs were met...

Emotions need motion.

in Anxiety and Stress, Emotions, Quotes 29th June 2021 0 0

When you allow yourself to experience your emotions; they will move through you, and not rule you. We may have learned to repress and disconnect from our emotions from a young age (e.g. “Big boys don’t cry”) and then, may find it...

Factors that can create stress

in Anxiety and Stress, Links and Resources 15th February 2021 0 0

Can you relate to this at present? 🙋‍♀️ 🔹Uncertainty – Uncertainty does not always mean an unpleasant outcome, but we often associate it with this. It is an inevitable part of life. Nearly a year into the pandemic however, a unique level of...

New brain vs old brain

in Anxiety and Stress, Emotions, Links and Resources, Thoughts 12th August 2020 0 0

Sometimes, it is hard not to get caught up with rumination and over thinking, especially with the current global situation. It might help to understand why this happens to us and how our brains work. The oldest part of our brain does not “think”...