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Most people have suffered day-to-day stress & anxiety. For some this will be one-off & temporary, but for others, stress & anxiety is pretty much
a part of their day-to-day life
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By better understanding how & why you feel the way you do is in & of itself a huge comfort to most people. The act of understanding is empowering and
also lets you know that you're not
alone in how you feel
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Our help articles are broken down into two broad areas: anxiety & stress. You may want to just take a look around.
If so, please jump in. There's
plenty to learn
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If you're not sure where to start, why not scroll down, and take a look at our run-down explaining the difference
between stress & anxiety
Not sure where to start?
Okay, you're not sure where to start. No probs. Let's take a quick look at something: what's the difference between stress & anxiety?
stress
Put simply stress is feeling (understandably) overwhelmed physically & emotionally by what's going on in your life - too busy at work, forever run-off your feet with childcare, struggling with unexpected and unwanted problems in your life.
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Stress will pass as things improve - the key is trying to find ways to manage the symptoms in the meanwhile: tense muscles, lingering headaches, irritableness to name a few.
Does this feel like it could be you? Why not check out our stress
help pages
anxiety
Anxiety is when you feel worried about stuff in your immediate & longer term future. Sometimes this can be very real things like whether you'll successfully finish that important project at work.
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But often, people feel worried about much vaguer things: being in a social setting, your financial security & career, or perhaps starting a romantic relationship with someone.
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Anxiety is different to stress as you may not feel better as things in your life improve
Does this feel like it could be you? Why not check out our anxiety
help pages
But, please remember
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Everyone is different. It's hard to generalise about these things as there are 101 different reasons about why you might be feeling the way you do.
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If you feel that you are not able to manage your feelings of anxiety & stress on your own, please don't suffer in silence. Help is available. Please seek the help of a suitably qualified medical practitioner.