by Emma Sobey | Nov 8, 2016 | Anxiety, Anxiety & Depression, Depression
It is not news that you can cure yourself of anxiety and depression, we’ve been helping people do just that for years at Old Town Hypnotherapy. But for some, the pieces of the puzzle are just not falling into place and they are struggling with where to start. ...
by Emma Sobey | Nov 1, 2016 | Anxiety
Comfort with Ambiguity In planning this three part series on skills to lower anxiety I did consider putting comfort with ambiguity as number one as just about everyone with anxiety struggles with this one. What I mean by ambiguity is ‘not knowing’. Humans in general...
by Emma Sobey | Oct 25, 2016 | Anger, Anxiety, Depression
What winds you up? Or perhaps the questions should be ‘who’ winds you up? In Skills To Lower Anxiety Part 1, I talked about practicing of patience, a skill I need to practice in particular. In Part 2, we’re going to be focusing on another skill, Acceptance. Acceptance...
by Emma Sobey | Oct 18, 2016 | Anger, Anxiety, Eating Disorders
How many times did you hear ‘Patience is a virtue’ as a child? I wouldn’t know how many times my parents said it to me and I think I must have ignored their attempt to teach me this life skill every time because it’s a lesson I still don’t seem to have learnt....
by Emma Sobey | Oct 11, 2016 | Depression
It has been known for a while that depression is due to a chemical imbalance, but a new theory is gaining ground scientifically that suggests depression could be an allergic reaction. When something ‘foreign’ enters the body, the immune system jumps into action. This...
by Emma Sobey | Oct 4, 2016 | Anxiety & Depression
When anxiety levels build and stress becomes overwhelming it can seem like we’re going around and around in circles, just like being on a hamster wheel, unable to get off. There are strategies you can use to help break this vicious cycle and leap off the hamster...
