Matt Hussey

It’s Christmas. That means digging out those traditions and rituals that for most of the year live in a bin bag in your attic. Rituals like fighting your way across the country to be with parents, or deliberately isolating ourselves to avoid the usual meltdown that happens around the

Anxiety is everywhere. According to pretty much every statistic measuring anxiety, there has been a steady increase in people feeling a sense of dread or fear about their lives. And it’s global. It’s believed around 4% of the global population currently experience an anxiety disorder - more than

Continuing on the themes I’ve been exploring over the last two weeks. If you’ve missed them you can find part 1 and part 2 here. What’s the theme? Oh, how we find meaning and make sense of this dysfunctional world of ours.  Now traditionally, when the world

These are tough times. Come to think of it, I said the same thing three years ago during the depths of Covid, when I first started writing about mental health. And look at us now! We fell out of the pandemic frying pan and into the existential fire of war

The world isn’t great at the moment. Throw a digital dart at any news site, or your own social media page, and you’ll land on things talking about at least one of the following:  * The Israel-Palestine conflict  * The war in Ukraine  * Global warming  * The aboslute awful state of

Ah, the internet. The digital equivalent of your local tip or dump. The place where your thoughts and feelings go to die.  That may sound harsh, but sadly it’s true. On social media alone, every minute of every day, we share:  * 527,760 snaps on Snapchat  * 456,000 Tweets