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A heavy, flat, or numb state that lingers. Sleep, appetite, energy and interest often shift. It's treatable — and you are not alone in it.

Pregnancy and early parenting can bring low mood, anxiety, intrusive thoughts and exhaustion. It's common and treatable — asking for help is strength.

Extreme shifts between low mood (depression) and elevated mood (mania or hypomania). Stability plans and professional support make a real difference.

Low mood that follows the seasons — often heavier in autumn and winter. Light, rhythm, and gentle activity all help.

A near-constant sense of worry, dread, or being on edge. Can include physical tension and racing thoughts.

Sudden waves of intense fear with physical symptoms that peak fast. Panic attacks are frightening — and they always pass.

Intense fear of being judged, embarrassed or watched. It's not shyness — it can shape whole days around avoidance.

Persistent worry about being seriously ill — checking, googling, seeking reassurance. The relief never lasts long.

After a frightening or overwhelming event, the nervous system can keep reacting as if the threat is now. It's a normal response to abnormal events.

Long-term or repeated trauma — often in childhood or relationships — that shapes how safe the world feels. Recovery is possible, and slow is fine.

Grief is love without an easy place to go. It comes in waves and has no timeline. All feelings are welcome — including the confusing ones.

A different way the brain manages attention, energy and impulse. Support and accommodations often matter more than 'trying harder'.

A different way of experiencing the world — often rich focus, sensory sensitivity, and different social wiring. Not a mental illness, but easier with the right support.

When masking, sensory load and executive demand outrun your capacity. Rest, reduced demand, and unmasking are the real recovery.

Unwanted intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and behaviours to try to neutralise them (compulsions). The thoughts are not you.

Uninvited, distressing thoughts that clash with your values. Almost everyone has them.

Intense emotions, quick shifts, and pain in close relationships. Often rooted in early experiences. DBT-style skills help — a lot.

Experiences like hearing voices, seeing things others don't, or holding beliefs that feel very real. Support and treatment help many people live well.

Difficult relationships with food, body, and control. All are treatable. Early help matters.

When something becomes hard to control and harms your life. Recovery is possible, and rarely linear.

Hurting yourself is usually a way to cope with unbearable feelings — not attention seeking. Kinder alternatives exist, and support helps.

Thoughts of ending your life can feel like the only way out — they are not the truth about your future. Please reach for support now.

Prolonged pressure that outpaces recovery. Burnout is not laziness — it's a signal to change the load.

Sleep and mood are tightly linked. Small, kind, repeatable changes work better than perfect routines.