David McLaughlin
Understanding anxiety Brain Fog
But for those living with an anxiety illness, that fogginess is ever-present.
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David McLaughlin
- Jan 1, 2020
- 2 min
I'm unwell right now. And that's ok.
One of the most powerful things we can do on our anxiety recovery journey – is accepting that we are living with an illness.
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David McLaughlin
- Jan 1, 2020
- 2 min
You can't fight your way out of anxiety
It’s common to hear people use these words and phrases when describing their life with anxiety. I won’t let it get the better of me. I’ll...
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David McLaughlin
- Jan 1, 2020
- 1 min
Breaking the anxiety cycle
Did you know that chronic and prolonged anxiety actually changes your brain? That's why an anxiety disorder is a mental illness.
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David McLaughlin
- Jan 1, 2020
- 1 min
Anxiety bumps ahead
The road to recovery from anxiety related illness isn’t a straight one. It’s littered with bumps.
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David McLaughlin
- Oct 6, 2019
- 5 min
Why we need to broaden the mental health discussion.
When it comes to recovery from mental illness, understanding the how - in terms of how our mind heals - is crucial.
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David McLaughlin
- Jun 16, 2019
- 6 min
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David McLaughlin
- Apr 21, 2019
- 2 min
Acceptance is the key
We start to recover from our anxiety illness when we start becoming less interested in how bad we feel. Currently, all day every day, we...
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David McLaughlin
- Apr 7, 2019
- 1 min
Four Steps to Anxiety Recovery
Four steps to anxiety recovery from www.iamanxiety.net. 1. Let go of the internal dialogue that tells you that you can’t recover. The...
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David McLaughlin
- Feb 15, 2019
- 1 min
Full recovery from anxiety is possible
Full recovery from anxiety illness is possible.
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David McLaughlin
- Jan 6, 2019
- 1 min
Recovering from insomnia
Are you troubled by insomnia? I was. It was one of my worst anxiety symptoms. It’s a debilitating problem that can slowly start to make...
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David McLaughlin
- Dec 8, 2018
- 1 min
Meditation and the anxious brain
If you struggle with anxiety, it’s important that you understand what meditation does to the anxious brain. There’s nothing spiritual at...
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David McLaughlin
- Nov 17, 2018
- 1 min
Anxiety and flu - approaching them in the same way can help us recover.
Fear of our anxiety symptoms - and resistance to the way we feel - keeps us stuck in the anxiety cycle. Learning to re-frame the way we...
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David McLaughlin
- Nov 17, 2018
- 1 min
Exercise and the anxious brain
Exercise and anxiety - what’s going on in the brain when we exercise that gives us a break from those anxiety symptoms?
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David McLaughlin
- Nov 10, 2018
- 1 min
Understanding the anxious brain
Understanding the anxious brain is the key to anxiety recovery. When we understand why we remain trapped in a never ending cycle of worry...
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David McLaughlin
- Nov 3, 2018
- 1 min
Breaking free from the anxiety cycle
There's a very good reason why anxiety is such a problem nowadays, and a reason why so many of us get stuck in the anxiety cycle and...
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David McLaughlin
- Nov 2, 2018
- 1 min
Why I wrote I Am Anxiety
In this short video, I talk briefly about why I wrote I Am Anxiety and who I hope to help through the knowledge I've shared.
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David McLaughlin
- Jul 8, 2018
- 3 min
How a little Buddhist philosophy can take away the office nerves.
Some years ago I got very interested in Buddhism. I was struggling with anxiety at the time, and I felt that meditation was something I...
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David McLaughlin
- Jul 8, 2018
- 3 min
How to maintain good mental health in an agile working world.
I recently started a new job, and like many modern companies our workplace is agile. For anyone not familiar with the term, an agile...
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David McLaughlin
- Jun 11, 2018
- 4 min
Mindfulness at work - how to make regular mindfulness part of your work day routine.
It seems to be universally accepted that living in the moment is good, and dwelling in the past or the future is bad. When you think...
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