Warren Abercrombie

You might know the feeling. Your shoulders are up around your ears before you've noticed. Your chest tightens when a certain name comes up on your phone. You've talked things through, maybe more than once, and you understand why you feel the way you do. But understanding hasn't made it stop. That gap between knowing and feeling is where I do a lot of my work. Why talking isn't always enough Stress, anxiety and hard experiences don't only live in our thoughts. They show up in how we breathe,...

You had the early night. You took a weekend break. You went away for a week and came back, and within about three days it was as if you had never been away. If rest keeps failing to do what rest is supposed to do, the conclusion that many come to is that something is wrong with you. You're not disciplined enough about sleep, or not doing the right kind of switching off, or you've simply become someone who can't cope with what everyone else copes with fine. There is a more useful explanation....

You understand your anxiety, you can explain exactly where it comes from. So why hasn't it changed? Why insight alone isn't enough, and what actually helps.