Author: jamiecozablog
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Test Anxiety: A Guide for Parents (Part 1)
What is Test Anxiety? Test Anxiety is a sub-type of Performance Anxiety Test anxiety is a combination of physiological over-arousal, tension and somatic symptoms, along with worry, dread, fear of failure, and catastrophizing, that occur before or during test situations. Symptoms of Test Anxiety Test anxiety is normal. We all experience a certain level of anxiety when we […]
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Why am I so jumpy? The Impact of Trauma in the Body
Do you get a fright easily? Do you feel like you are constantly on edge and have grown a pair of eyes at the back of your head? When people tap you on your shoulder, do you jump out of your skin? These are some of the physiological responses that people may experience following a […]
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The Weight of Grief
Loss Loss is an integral part of being human. Loss is also one of the most dreaded parts of being human. As humans we seek out relationships and form emotional bonds and special connections with others (people and pets). When these bonds are broken through death, it may feel like a part of us died […]
Megan Main-Baillie, Psychologist, Fourways: Lonehill 