Both involve feeling uncomfortable in social situations. But one can be debilitating.
- Professor, NHMRC Emerging Leader & Clinical Psychologist, UNSW
From the things you choose to focus on, to the support you seek from others, to the way you look after your physical health — these coping strategies could help you through Melbourne’s latest lockdown.
It’s helpful to remember you’re in an unusual situation with no perfect map of how to cope, or a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way to get through it.
Mental health is more than just the absence of mental illness. Positive mental health involves feeling good and functioning well, and there are ways to improve even if you don’t have a mental illness.
How do you know if your fears of coronavirus are out of control? And what can you do about it?
If Googling your health symptoms is taking over you’re day-to-day life and is distressing you, here are some ways to get help.
R U OK Day is tomorrow, encouraging all of us to check in with others to see if they’re OK. But what if someone says “no”? What should you say or do? Should you tell someone else? What resources can you…
When does a healthy concern about your health tip over into illness anxiety?
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