Coping with anxiety, depression, PTSD

Coping with anxiety, depression, PTSD Well-being and positive thoughts. The page is hopefully reaching out to the community which is the aim. sending love and hugs. Kind regards steve

This page was set up to help and understand why you feel the way you do, I’m training to be a psychologist that I’m 2years into it, I cannot give advice but always here to listen and point you in the right direction as there are some really good charities that can offer some help. I myself have suffered with ptsd over 25yrs and after learning how to cope and manage the symptoms, an opportunity has given me the positive outlook to help others that suffer from anxiety and depression and of course ptsd. There are some ways of understanding anxiety and how or why it affects you and how to control the situation
I hope you get something from the page, even if it helps one person.

“Things your therapist actually wants to hear…”“I was dreading coming here today.”“I don’t feel ready to talk about that...
05/01/2026

“Things your therapist actually wants to hear…”

“I was dreading coming here today.”
“I don’t feel ready to talk about that yet.”
“Something you said last week bothered me.”
“I don’t feel like therapy is working for me.”
“I think you misunderstood what I meant.”
“Talking about this feels pointless.”
“I’m mad at you right now.”

These are not failures in therapy. They are breakthrough language.

Most people arrive in therapy thinking they must be calm, clear, grateful, and “doing the work.” But healing doesn’t happen in polished sentences. It happens in friction.

We call this relational honesty. When you say, “I’m mad at you,” your nervous system is no longer hiding. When you say, “This feels pointless,” your inner protector is telling us something important. When you say, “You misunderstood me,” you are reclaiming your voice.

This is not resistance. This is attachment repair.

Many people grew up in environments where expressing discomfort led to punishment, withdrawal, or shame.
So we learned to stay quiet. To be “easy.” To not make waves.

But your body remembers.

That knot in your stomach when you come to a session. That urge to cancel. That irritation toward your therapist. That numbness when you talk.

Those are not signs of failure. They are signals of something real wanting space.

In trauma-informed psychology, we know that safety is not the absence of conflict — it is the ability to stay connected through it.

And in life coaching, we know that growth doesn’t come from comfort — it comes from truth in motion.

So if therapy feels awkward, slow, irritating, emotional, confusing, or messy — you’re not doing it wrong.

You’re finally doing it honestly.

And honesty is where healing begins.

We don’t look for perfect clients. We look for real humans — nervous systems, stories, wounds, hopes, and courage included.

Your voice — even when it shakes — is the compass.

And it always knows the way.🤗🤗

When life feels off-centre, a counsellor can help you slow down, reflect, and rediscover a sense of balance that feels r...
05/01/2026

When life feels off-centre, a counsellor can help you slow down, reflect, and rediscover a sense of balance that feels right for you. 🤗🤗

Please reach out!

When the Day Has Been Too MuchThere are moments when the world feels heavier than your capacity to hold it. On those day...
04/01/2026

When the Day Has Been Too Much
There are moments when the world feels heavier than your capacity to hold it. On those days, your mind tightens, your breath shortens, and even simple tasks feel strangely far away. In those moments, the nervous system isn’t asking for solutions — it’s asking for softness.

Here are grounded, compassionate reminders you can offer yourself after a really hard day — not to “fix” anything, but to help your system settle, to give your mind and body permission to exhale.

1. Naming the Day

“Today was hard, and it’s allowed to be hard.”
Acknowledging this is not weakness — it’s regulation. When you name your experience, your nervous system stops fighting reality and begins to calm. Naming is a form of self-validation: a quiet way of saying I see what I went through.

2. Releasing the Pressure to Understand Everything

“I don’t need to make sense of everything tonight.”
Not every difficult moment has to be interpreted immediately. The psyche often reveals meaning slowly. Let the night be just a night. Let the body rest before the mind tries to analyze.

3. Allowing Yourself to Pause

“I can pick things up again tomorrow.”
This is not avoidance — it is pacing. Emotional overload often comes from the belief that everything must be solved now. Offering yourself permission to pause interrupts that urgency and creates space for clarity to return organically.

4. Affirming Your Capacity

“I made it through today, and that itself is enough.”
Survival on heavy days is an act of strength. Even if you didn’t handle everything perfectly, even if your emotions were messy, even if you felt overwhelmed — you stayed. You endured. That matters.

5. Returning to the Body

Sometimes the mind won’t quiet down because the body feels unsafe. Simple grounding can help:
• Place your hand on your chest and breathe slowly.
• Feel the weight of your body on the bed or chair.
• Notice one thing you can hear, one thing you can see, one thing you can touch.
Your body learns safety through sensations, not thoughts.

6. Offering Yourself Gentleness

“I deserve tenderness, even when I’m exhausted.”
Self-compassion is not indulgent — it is deeply regulating. When the nervous system receives warmth instead of criticism, it reorganizes itself toward healing.

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On the hardest days, remember:
You don’t have to be wise.
You don’t have to be strong.
You don’t have to be productive.
You just have to arrive in this moment — breathing, feeling, existing.

That is enough.🤗🤗

We tell men to “be strong”… but never tell them how.And far too often, “strong” ends up meaning silent.Men’s mental heal...
03/01/2026

We tell men to “be strong”… but never tell them how.
And far too often, “strong” ends up meaning silent.

Men’s mental health doesn’t get talked about enough — especially in professional environments.
Too many of us grew up hearing “man up”, “be strong”, or “keep it to yourself.”
But behind those phrases are real people carrying real pressure.

Over the past year, I’ve learned how important it is to acknowledge stress, anxiety, and overwhelm instead of burying it. It doesn’t make you weak — it makes you human. And being honest with yourself is one of the strongest things you can do.

In my own growth, I’ve realised that good leadership isn’t about hiding emotions… it’s about understanding them, managing them, and creating space for others to talk openly too. Psychological safety and honest conversation matter — at home, at work, and everywhere in between.

If you’re struggling, you’re not alone.
Speaking up is not unprofessional.
Ignoring it is.🤗🤗

WHEN TRIGGERED, REMEMBER TO GIVE YOURSELF G.R.A.C.E.Triggers often show up quietly and then suddenly feel overwhelming.A...
01/01/2026

WHEN TRIGGERED, REMEMBER TO GIVE YOURSELF G.R.A.C.E.

Triggers often show up quietly and then suddenly feel overwhelming.
A tone of voice.
A delayed reply.
A look that reminds you of an old wound.
A boundary crossed.
Feeling unseen, corrected, abandoned, or misunderstood.

In these moments, the body reacts faster than the mind. What surfaces is not immaturity or over-sensitivity—it is memory. The nervous system responding to what once hurt.

This is where G.R.A.C.E. becomes a lived practice, not a concept.

G — Ground
Use this when you feel your body tightening, your breath becoming shallow, or your thoughts racing.
Grounding helps when you feel flooded—during an argument, after a harsh comment, or when your body feels on edge for “no clear reason.”

R — Recognize
Use this when self-criticism begins.
Recognize that what you’re feeling is a trigger, not the whole truth of the present moment.
This step is especially helpful in relationships—when old attachment wounds are activated.

A — Allow
Use this when you feel the urge to suppress, distract, or immediately “move on.”
Allowing is essential after emotional invalidation, conflict, or when grief or anger feels inconvenient but persistent.

C — Compassion
Use this when shame appears.
Compassion is needed when you judge yourself for reacting, crying, freezing, or needing reassurance.
It reminds you that this response was once a survival strategy.

E — Engage with choice
Use this when you are about to send a message, lash out, withdraw, or over-explain.
Engaging with choice allows you to pause and ask:
“What would feel most regulating—not most reactive—right now?”

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Situations where G.R.A.C.E. is especially helpful
• During conflict with loved ones
• When you feel criticized, controlled, or dismissed
• After emotional neglect or silence
• In moments of abandonment fear or rejection
• When old family dynamics resurface
• When you feel guilty for having needs
• When your body reacts before logic can intervene

Triggers are not signs that you are “going backwards.”
They are places where healing is asking to go deeper.

Meeting these moments with G.R.A.C.E. teaches the nervous system something new:
This time, I am not alone with what I feel.

And that—slowly, gently—is how safety is re-learned.🤗🤗

I stopped normalising toxic behaviour, not because it suddenly became clear, but because I got tired of feeling small an...
29/12/2025

I stopped normalising toxic behaviour, not because it suddenly became clear, but because I got tired of feeling small and calling it “understanding.” I was excusing disrespect, romanticising emotional unavailability, justifying control as care, and telling myself I was “too sensitive,” all because I had learned to survive by adapting, minimising harm, and staying quiet to keep connection. But something shifted when I realised that understanding someone’s pain doesn’t mean absorbing their behaviour; you can be compassionate and still have boundaries, empathetic and still walk away. I stopped accepting sarcasm disguised as humour, apologies without change, hot-and-cold affection, guilt framed as concern, and being made responsible for someone else’s emotions, and that didn’t make me difficult or cold, it made me honest. Honest about what hurts, what I deserve, and what I will no longer make excuses for. And if this resonates, maybe you’re not asking for too much, maybe you’ve just been accepting far too little, and you’re allowed to stop.🤗🤗

“I’m not good enough” is one of the quietest but most damaging stories we tell ourselves, it doesn’t shout, it whispers,...
28/12/2025

“I’m not good enough” is one of the quietest but most damaging stories we tell ourselves, it doesn’t shout, it whispers, and over time it shapes how we show up in the world. It makes us overthink, people please, shrink our dreams, delay opportunities, and constantly look for proof that we’re falling short, even when we’re doing our best. This mindset keeps us stuck in comparison, exhaustion, and self-doubt, not because we lack ability, but because we’ve learned to measure our worth through impossible standards. The way out isn’t becoming “more” or fixing yourself, it’s noticing the story when it shows up and gently challenging it. Ask yourself, whose voice is this really? Practice replacing perfection with progress, self-criticism with self-compassion, and approval-seeking with self-trust. You don’t get rid of this mindset by proving it wrong every day; you loosen its grip by choosing to act, speak, and live as if you are already enough, because you are, even on the days your mind tells you otherwise.🤗🤗

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27/12/2025

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Keep handy if you need it, various ways to stay calm. 🤗🤗
26/12/2025

Keep handy if you need it, various ways to stay calm.
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This is based in 🇬🇧 UK but please feel free to add numbers for your area/state/region where you live to help others, sha...
17/12/2025

This is based in 🇬🇧 UK but please feel free to add numbers for your area/state/region where you live to help others, sharing is caring 🤗🤗

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