JohnG - John Glanvill - Anxiety Specialist

Emotional Exhaustion, Fatigue and the Life That Is Draining YouFatigue is a touchy subject. An aching body, unrefreshing sleep, brain fog and that sense of being emptied out can make a person feel

OCD Compulsions Are Not Commands. They Are Bargains.A compulsion looks like an irresistible urge. Wash. Check. Order. Replay. Confess. Avoid. Repeat a sentence in your head until it feels right. Ask again. Wipe

Do You Know How You Want to Be Loved?Most people say they want love. Fewer can say, with any precision, how they want to be loved. Fewer still know how the people closest

If There Is an Afterlife, How Should That Change This One? I do not know whether there is an afterlife. I hope there is. I have found no proof, only reports, traditions, personal

As calmness is to anxiety, what is the opposite of OCD?The Opposite of OCD Is Not Calm. It Is Play. After many years of living with OCD and then working with it in

Perfection Is a Prison You Can LeaveFor a long time I treated perfection as a kind of safety. If I could get things right enough — look right, sound right, perform right —

A few years ago I was waiting for a coach after a week-long retreat. People were chatting in that loose, tired way you do at the end of something intense. A single woman

I Was the Person Who Rejected MeSometimes writing things down helps me see how I used to operate without realising it.As a teenager, I felt a deep separation from people and from life.