Counselling Conversations with Julie

Are you someone who feels the physical effect in the lead-up to a presentation, feels sick, sweating, shaking, and feels like you are going to faint, what the heck is going on?

Moderate levels of stress, the positive stress that motivates us for example to ask someone out or to have that difficult conversation, can enhance our performance, however, too much stress can sabotage our efforts.

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*This podcast talks about Domestic and Family violence.

Domestic and family violence means any ongoing acts of violent behaviour between current or former intimate partners, typically where one partner tries to exert power and control over the other, usually through fear. 

Domestic and family violence is a crime and is always the fault of the offender.

For help in Australia: Lifeline- 13 11 14, SMS 0477 13 11 14

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Safety is a fundamental human need essential for our mental and physical wellbeing. A sense of safety is paramount for our minds and body to feel secure and anxiety-free.

The loss of safety directly impacts our stress response. This ultimately affects our health, relationships and quality of life.

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We are all unique and individual and self-knowledge about who we are can lead to a life of wellbeing both physically and mentally. We can make better life choices in our lives to become more productive and satisfied in our personal and professional lives.

The benefit of really knowing ourselves through understanding our personality and character traits is one of the keys, as they are significant predictors of our behaviours and attitudes.

Agoraphobia is a mental health condition that causes excessive fear of certain situations. Some people may even avoid leaving their homes. Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder that causes an intense fear of becoming overwhelmed, trapped, or unable to escape and get help.

Stress appears in our lives in many shapes and forms. We are happily getting on with our lives and then it hits us. An overwhelming feeling that everything is too hard, too loud, too much effort, just too much! We are running on empty. What’s going on?

Faced with constant challenges, the overload of stress can make it difficult to cope. At this stage, you are in what is called stress fatigue or crisis/chronic fatigue. It can impact your daily living and your mental and emotional health.

The death of a loved one can be among the most distressing experiences a person can face. The loss of the person is evident, they are no longer with you, and you grieve and have profound sadness. Your feelings and emotions are evident and often validated by others.

However, what happens when we feel a profound sense of loss and sadness but there has not been a death of a loved one?  It is often more difficult to recognise and validate these emotions. 

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Depression affects how you feel about yourself and your day-to-day life becomes more difficult to manage. It is characterised by a persistent depressed mood or loss of interest in things you previously enjoyed, lack of energy, appetite changes, self-esteem, trouble sleeping or sleeping more than you usually do, some people feel irritable or have difficulty concentrating.

We know that a range of contributing factors can lead to clinical depression. Possible causes can include some or a combination of biological, psychological, and social sources of distress.

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Stress is a common everyday occurrence in our lives. We need a certain amount of stress that does not overload our internal resources. Positive stress helps us meet our challenges to grow and learn.

On the opposite side, we have negative stress. It is the kind that wears you out and places your mind and body in distress, it can be exhausting. Chronic stress or stress that persists for a long time or is constantly recurring takes a heavy toll on our whole wellbeing, both mind and body.

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Mental health exists on a complex continuum, and experiences vary from person to person on how they think, feel and act when in different levels of distress and challenges.

It also helps to determine how we handle stress-related incidents, and relationships with others and helps us to make healthy life choices. Mental health is important at every developmental stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through to adulthood.

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