Mental health Archives - CatsKidsChaos

Compassion Fatigue: When Caring Too Much Feels Like Too Much

CatsKidsChaos — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Let’s talk about something we don’t often like to admit: sometimes, caring gets exhausting. Whether it’s looking after kids who need you at every waking moment (and even the non-waking ones), taking care of loved ones, or working in a role where you’re constantly helping others, there comes a point where your emotional gas tank […]

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Spring brings seasonal affective disorder relief

CatsKidsChaos — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 06:00:00 +0000

As someone who suffers from Seasonal Affective Disorder, signs of spring and spring arriving, are a massive mental health release for me. I shared this video on our social media. Each year as the days grow shorter, and the nights show signs of coming in earlier, the weather gets colder and damper and winter begins […]

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Managing symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder

CatsKidsChaos — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of mood disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of depression that occur at specific times of the year, typically during the fall and winter months when daylight hours are shorter. While less common, some individuals may also experience SAD during the spring and summer months, although this is rarer. […]

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10 ways to manage imposter syndrome

CatsKidsChaos — Mon, 01 May 2023 05:00:00 +0000

I have shared about my own struggles a little bit around Imposter Syndrome. This article by By Ian Child, author of ‘Your Own Personal Time Machine’ is really helpful and useful, and I hope it’s helpful if you are struggling or know someone who is. Imposter Syndrome is a persistent inability to believe that your […]

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Change Your Life by Outsourcing Parts of It

CatsKidsChaos — Mon, 23 May 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Sharing a guest post on how to Change Your Life by Outsourcing Parts of It, by Ian Child, author of Your Own Personal Time Machine. This post may contain affiliate links, which if you click on and make a purpose, earn me a small commission. They are marked with *AF. Time is precious – we’ve […]

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Living with Imposter syndrome

CatsKidsChaos — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0000

When you have lived with imposter syndrome all of your life, but didn’t realise it is an actual “thing” the relief that you feel when it turns out it’s not just you, and that there are ways to combat it, is life changing. Impostor syndrome (IS) refers to an internal experience of believing that you […]

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Toxic Positivity? Keep it to yourself please.

CatsKidsChaos — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000

What is toxic positivity and why you need to keep it to yourself, or better still drop it as an entirely bad habit? Toxic positivity is the belief that no matter how dire or difficult a situation is, people should maintain a positive mindset. It’s a “good vibes only” approach to life. And while there […]

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Five Strategies For Coping With Brain Fog

CatsKidsChaos — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 05:00:48 +0000

Brain fog is something I have struggled with due to anxiety and sleep deprivation and this helpful post from Erica Hughes over at Nine to Three Thirty is full of ideas for how to help with that. Brain fog for me is when I can’t remember things to the point when it gets in the […]

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How to Break the Stress-Sleep Cycle

CatsKidsChaos — Tue, 19 May 2020 05:00:00 +0000

How to Break the Stress-Sleep Cycle The UK has seen an overwhelming increase in the number of reported cases of adults affected by stress with 74% of the nation saying they have felt overwhelmed at some point in the past year, and 54% of people worrying about the impact it’s having on their health. Stress […]

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26/03/2020 – Coronavirus & Life as we now know it.

CatsKidsChaos — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:50:25 +0000

Unless you live somewhere were Coronavirus hasn’t landed (and I am not sure, but I think there are a handful of countries who haven’t faced it yet) then like us you may be adapting to a new and what seems like strange life as we watch and wait to see what happens. Life will go […]

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