Anxiety disorders are common, with Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) “estimated to affect up to 5% of the UK population”. 1 Everyone experiences anxiety at different periods of their lives. Anxiety is part of the sympathetic nervous system and is a ...read more
Bullying is something most people experience at some time in their lives. It sadly seems to be an obligatory feature of childhood and adolescence. A rite of passage, a dreadful, painful learning experience. At worst something that traumatises and stays ...read more
The Bad, The Good and Positive Stress. Stress is bad for you, right? It is ubiquitously nestled in the lives of people around us. It is visible as you watch commuters running to catch the nearly-departing train, the parents and ...read more
The Oxford English Dictionary describes a ‘crux’ as ‘a particular point of difficulty’.1 An ‘ADHD Crux’ can also be described as the tipping point: the stage, juncture or instance when a realisation that ADHD may be responsible for difficulties and ...read more
What does the word ‘divergent’ mean? The dictionary defines it as ‘tending to be different or develop in different directions’.1 This can be said to be true for people with ADHD. They are recognised for their ‘Out of the Box’ ...read more
