Claire Eastham

"Don't Call Me Maybe": 5 Ways to Tackle Phone Anxiety

Telephobia isn’t a fear of phones as objects; it's a type of performance anxiety. Here are 5 tips to beat it.

98 Mental Health Patient Stories

4 Everyday Behaviours that Made My Depression Worse
4 mins
article
Bryce Evans

4 Everyday Behaviours that Made My Depression Worse

How (and When!) to Say YES to Your Inner Child
3 mins
article
Sarah Bailey

How (and When!) to Say YES to Your Inner Child

How My Mental Health Affects My Parenting Style
7 mins
article
Martin Gallagher

How My Mental Health Affects My Parenting Style

Animal Magnetism: Why Our Brains Love Wildlife
4 mins
article
Sarah Bailey

Animal Magnetism: Why Our Brains Love Wildlife

6 Ways to Cope with Social Anxiety this Christmas
5 mins
article
Claire Eastham

6 Ways to Cope with Social Anxiety this Christmas

5 Code Words We Use When We're Feeling Bleak
5 mins
article
Megan Potts

5 Code Words We Use When We're Feeling Bleak

Not All in Your Head: MS, Medical Trauma, and PTSD
4 mins
article
Willeke van Eeckhoutte

Not All in Your Head: MS, Medical Trauma, and PTSD

5 Ways to Escape the Toxic Misery of Perfectionism
6 mins
article
Claire Eastham

5 Ways to Escape the Toxic Misery of Perfectionism

How a Bathing Ritual Can Help You De-Stress with MS
6 mins
article
Birgit Bauer

How a Bathing Ritual Can Help You De-Stress with MS

Making It Through A Crisis, One Day At A Time
6 mins
article
Jeff Breece

Making It Through A Crisis, One Day At A Time

How Chronic Back Pain Led to Self-Discovery and New Loves
4 mins
article
Megan Potts

How Chronic Back Pain Led to Self-Discovery and New Loves

Is Lack of Sleep Seriously Affecting Your Mood?
7 mins
article
Sarah Bailey

Is Lack of Sleep Seriously Affecting Your Mood?

WRAP: What it is and the Role it Can Have in Recovery
6 mins
article
Megan Potts

WRAP: What it is and the Role it Can Have in Recovery

4 Myths about Suicide - Debunked
9 mins
article
Megan Potts

4 Myths about Suicide - Debunked

How I Use Self-Care with MS to Stave off Bouts of Depression
4 mins
article
Kat Naish

How I Use Self-Care with MS to Stave off Bouts of Depression

Is this a Heart Attack? When Panic Attacks Hit Hard
7 mins
article
Claire Eastham

Is this a Heart Attack? When Panic Attacks Hit Hard

About Life Effects

Living with one or more chronic conditions affects your life in so many ways. The only people who really know what you are going through are those who have faced the same challenges for years. With that in mind we have created Life Effects, an initiative shaped by patients, for patients.

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