By Wayne Senior, Content Team Co-ordinator.
There has been a lot of change at No Panic this year. In the Content Team, our two previous editors Millie and Daniel left to pursue their careers, so we got a couple of new editors, Aimee and Ben. In No Panic, I became Chair. Keeping the Content Team going was initially a challenge, but things have settled down. We even managed to keep the Content Team going when we had serious website problems. That was a stressful time. Here I highlight some of the articles we published in 2024.
I’m going to begin at the beginning of the year not to be chronological, but because I don’t think we will publish similar articles at the beginning of 2025. One of our young contributors Lila Saw offered her tips on making progress with anxiety. Try these at the start of 2025.
Many of our contributors are students. Some write academic articles while on placement with us. Mohammed Adil Sethi wrote several articles for us. I highlight his article on Selective Mutism. This is an anxiety condition, but not one that comes up often in No Panic. Conner Keys wrote a few articles. This one is useful for those who struggle to stay away from social media, in case they miss out on something.
Staying with social themes, Chaima was one of our young contributors. She wrote about the fear of social rejection. No Panic is happy to support the No Phones At Home campaign, which aims to get people spending less time on their phones and more time doing things together. Their founder Charlotte Armitage wrote about how you can reduce your stress levels by digitally detoxing.
This year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness Day was movement. At No Panic, we encourage people to go for 10-minute walks. Our Patron Ruth Cooper-Dickson wrote an article on the theme of movement. Meanwhile our contributor Hannah Parton wrote about a specific kind of moment, when she shared her experience of moving house.
We support several people who have anxiety and autism, so I was delighted when Kay Inglis agreed to write about anxiety and autism.
We like to publish articles by authors of anxiety books. In return, they publicise the articles they have written for us, increasing awareness of the support offered to people who have anxiety by No Panic. Joshua Fletcher is a popular author with our members, so we were pleased to be able to publicise his book, “And How Does That Make You Feel?” Eleanor Segall wrote an article about her book “Arabella and the Worry Cloud”.
Summer is a time people go on holiday. Some people have a fear of flying. Our contributor Amy had some tips for them. Paris had advice on managing anxiety over the Summer in general.
Most people find funerals difficult, but they are even more difficult when you have anxiety. All those people packed together. One of our contributors wrote about her experience of funerals, and shared advice on dealing with bereavement when you have anxiety.
So in year 2, we have covered a lot of different aspects of life, from funerals to holidays. What will we add in 2025? If you have something to add, why not become a contributor?
