When the horseless carriage (car) was invented it looked just like a horse drawn carriage but without a horse. The inventors used design and thinking principles from the 19th Century as they ushered in the age of the automobile in the 20th Century. Now the government are using 20th Century thinking as they flounder to solve the problems of mental health in the 21st Century.

Many mental health problems are treatable by the individuals concerned using a more intelligent Self Help Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (Self help CBT) approach. The problem is that people do not know this. Self Help CBT is clinically effective, cost effective and empowering for the individual. And yet...where is it promoted? No where! The Guardian, today published an article on a report by Mind that stated 65% of adult participants with a pre-existing mental health problem said it had become worse during lock down. With younger people affected more and women more affected than men.

The centre for mental health pred...

In the early years of the 1900's Dr Freud was interested in very brief psychotherapy. He treated the composer Gustav Mahler in 4 hours for marital problems and the composer Bruno Walter in 6 sessions for paralysis on the arm. I managed to beat that record and cured paralysis in 4 hours. I had a secret weapon, that Freud did not. I know how many hours are in the week. Watch the video and see what I mean.

Repetitive negative thoughts are not nice things to have, but you may be forgiven for believing that was the extent of it. However, psychological things are never quite that simple. We know for instance that one of the main characteristics of depression is rumination, which is just a technical word for repetitive negative thinking. We also know that negative thinking has a role in stress and anxiety. 

Research has suggested a linkage of psychological factors, such as depression and anxiety with Alzheimer’s disease. This poses the question of how does depression and anxiety  become a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease? New research suggests it is through repetitive negative thinking, and in particular, processes of rumination — repeatedly thinking about the past — and worry, being concerned about the future.

A recent study measured 360 participants’  repetitive negative thinking, depression, anxiety, and cognitive decline levels for up to 4 years. 

The authors found that the greater...

Depression has the ability to capture your attention and to create, develop and nurture internal reality stories that are both depressing and entirely fictional. Learn what I dream about and see why the process of dreaming has some similarity to depression.

There is a really strong tendency to believe that your experience is always valid and accurate and represents reality. This video explains what that it wrong. The example being anxiety is a mistake made by your brain.

Two questions answered in one video.

Made possible by the members of Dr Purves programs. Thank you.

Today is the start of Mental Health Awareness Week. I am putting out a video each day ending with a Q & A on Sunday 24th May, in The Mental Health Wizard FB Group. Today I am putting my flag in the ground and changing the narrative from one of management (which I think is very poor) to eradication (which I think has much more power). Please leave comments and share as widely as you can.

Well here goes! This is the soft official launch day of www.anxietywizard4nhs.co.uk. I have taken the Anxiety Wizard program and put it onto a completely fresh site and system. It is now available to any NHS worker for free forever. No information other than email is collected, for login purposes. There is no marketing, there is no retaining of any information about the individual. It is fully private. Any worker can access it on any device. This is my way of saying thank you to the NHS for everything they do. Also, because you support me in what we do, this is in tribute to all of you for the contribution you have made to support Anxiety Wizard and the benefits it can bring. Please share widely. Let's get the word out. Thank you!

If you have an NHS email you can join now. 

The thing that no one says is this:- No one needs to be anxious!

Anxiety is completely unnecessary. No one needs to suffer from anxiety. Likewise panic, depression and stress are also unnecessary.

I do appreciate that you are where you are and it may not seem that helpful for me to say this to you. But, I am stating this fact because I want you to take action and remove the terrible burdens of anxiety, panic, depression from your life.

There are 3 powerful forces that keep anxiety in place.

1. The belief that somehow your anxiety is legitimate, valid or destined to be yours. 

2. The habit of years of practice, learning how to be anxious and developing a set of personal tools that create and maintain your anxiety. 

3. The lack of an alternative set of tools to reduce and ultimately eliminate anxiety. 

That's it really.

This weekend when you join Anxiety Wizard and start to take back control of your life you also get free the Stop overthinking Self Help CBT program.