Category: Mind-Body Connection
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Brain Fog and Derealisation with ‘Normal’ Scans
Experiencing brain fog and derealisation despite normal MRI results? Explore the unique psychological challenge of living when you can’t fully trust your own mind.
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The Globus Sensation: Why Your Throat Feels Stuck
Feel a persistent lump in your throat with nothing there? Learn what globus sensation is, why anxiety makes it worse, and an approach to living well with it.
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Palpitations Panic: The PVC–Anxiety–PVC Cycle
Trapped in the PVC anxiety cycle? Learn why benign heart palpitations feel terrifying and discover practical strategies to break the fear feedback loop.
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When Scans Are Clear But The Pain Is Real: Next Steps
You have sat in that waiting room, again. You have described the pain, again. And the results have come back clear, again. “When scans are clear but pain is real” is one of the most searched phrases people type after a normal MRI or clear X-ray. If you have reached for your phone at midnight…
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When Your Doctor Says ‘It’s Just Anxiety’ (But You Know It’s Not)
You’re sitting in the GP surgery. Your heart is pounding. You’ve just explained your symptoms: the exhaustion, the pain, the way your body doesn’t feel like it belongs to you anymore. And then your doctor leans back and says it. “It’s just anxiety.” Those three words land like a punch. They dismiss weeks or months…
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When Physical Symptoms Leave You Wondering What’s Really Going On
You wake up with chest tightness. Again. Your first thought races to your heart, but then you remember your doctor said it was anxiety. So you try to breathe through it. But what if they missed something? What if this time it’s different? If you’re living with a chronic health condition, you know this loop…
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What to Do While Waiting for Test Results: A Guide
Your GP says the words “urgent referral” or “two-week pathway”, and suddenly your chest tightens. Your hands go cold. The rest of the appointment becomes a blur. You walk out of the surgery dazed and panicked, and the questions start immediately: What did they see? Why urgent? What aren’t they telling me? If you’re waiting…
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Understanding Isolation in Chronic Illness
You’re sitting with friends, but you feel utterly alone. They’re laughing about weekend plans while you’re calculating whether you’ll have the energy to make it through lunch. Someone complains about being tired, and you bite your tongue. They have no idea, you think. And in that moment, the chronic illness makes you feel alone in…
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Gut-Brain Connection: Managing IBS Anxiety Effectively
You’re queuing at the supermarket when you feel it – that familiar cramping in your abdomen. Your chest tightens. Within seconds, you’re scanning for the toilet, heart pounding, mind racing through worst-case scenarios. Later, at home, your stomach feels worse. And you wonder: did the anxiety make your IBS flare up, or did your IBS…
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How to Communicate Pain Effectively to Your GP
You already know that normal test results don’t mean nothing’s wrong. You’ve probably experienced being dismissed as “just anxious.” If you’ve been reading along, you understand why this happens and how frustrating it is. But here’s what you might not know: how to communicate your pain in a way that helps your GP help you.