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  • How to stop compulsively confessing in OCD

    How to stop compulsively confessing in OCD

    Feeling the need to compulsively confess every minor indiscretion you may or may not have done can be a symptom of OCD. This article shows how people with OCD, consumed with guilt, doubt and worry, falsely believe the only way to feel better is to confess, which can be as extreme as wanting to disclose […]

  • Emotional Well-being? And how to improve it.

    Emotional Well-being? And how to improve it.

    What is emotional well-being? Emotional well-being refers to the ability to recognise and handle all emotions in a way that does not negatively impact your life. Emotional well-being is recognising an emotion as it occurs, deciding if it is appropriate to the current situation, controlling what you feel and deciding what to do instead of […]

  • What is mental health, and why is it important?

    What is mental health, and why is it important?

    We hear a lot of talk about mental health. In the news, we read how Covid affected well being or social media’s impact on young people’s minds. But what is meant by the term mental health? We can have mental health disorders and poor mental health and events can impact it, and we read articles […]