Anxiety is a normal, healthy emotion we all experience from time to time. However, for some people, their anxiety becomes disproportionate to what’s happening, and they can find themselves feeling anxious without there being any clear trigger. If you suffer from an anxiety disorder, you might find yourself unable to stop worrying, living in a state of heightened stress. This can become an all-consuming experience that feels as though it has taken over your life.

We all go through periods of feeling down but if this feeling persists for a prolonged period of time, then you may be suffering from depression. Depression is a serious mental health condition, not a sign of weakness or something that someone can just ‘snap out of’.

If you have a personality disorder, you’re likely to differ from an average person in terms of the way you think, feel, or relate to other people. You may experience intense emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, and intense interpersonal relationships. Personality disorders typically emerge in adolescence and then continue into adulthood.

After a distressing event, it’s normal to have trouble sleeping or to struggle to adjust to everyday life, but if these symptoms last for over a month, you may be suffering from PTSD. PTSD is triggered by very difficult, frightening, and upsetting events and can develop following any event (or series of events) that have been overwhelming.

Eating disorders are characterized by an abnormal attitude to food that causes someone to change their eating habits and behaviour. If you’re suffering from an eating disorder, you might find yourself focusing on your weight excessively, making unhealthy choices around food, over-exercising, or using other behaviours to control your weight.

The effects of chronic pain and physical illness can cause significant emotional and physical distress, as well as problems with functioning at work, in relationships, and day-to-day life. Whether the cause of your pain or physical symptoms is known or not, psychological therapies have been shown to help people manage pain and physical illness, improve their quality of life, and function better.

Bereavement is the experience of losing a loved one. It is characterized by grief which is the process and range of emotions we go through when we lose someone - or something - important to us. Although bereavement is a normal process that everyone goes through, for some people it can be an overwhelming experience that brings up unmanageable feelings.